Dr Helen Gowling

Neurodivergence comes with its own set of strengths! From hyperfocus to creativity and more. What’s one of your favourite neurodivergent strengths? Let’s celebrate them today!
#NeurodivergentStrengths #NeurodiversityWeek #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek #differentnotless

For nearly a century, Grunya Sukhareva’s groundbreaking work on autism was ignored.
This #InternationalWomensDay, let’s honour the true pioneers in science and give credit where it’s long overdue.

#GrunyaSukhareva #SayHerName #WomenInSTEM #AutismAcceptance #HiddenFigures #Neurodiversity

A recent study examined the reach and accuracy of the most viewed TikTok videos (n = 133) about informal autism information (Aragon-Guevara et al., 2023). The researchers found that 27% of the videos were classified as accurate, while 41% were classified as inaccurate and 32% as overgeneralised.

🚀 Meet the team behind **The Divergent Space**! 🎉

Learn more about Helen here 👉 www.thedivergentspace.co.uk/dr-helen-gow...

#MeetTheTeam #TheDivergentSpace #BehindTheScenes #Teamwork

Lunch catch-up today was the perfect chance to reflect on our journey at The Divergent Space Ltd and plan for the year ahead. Pausing to refocus helps us stay aligned with our goals and not get lost in the day-to-day hustle. #Reflection #BusinessGrowth

The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling We’ve all done it. Who hasn’t been innocently hanging out at the inauguration of a man dubbed by people in his own party as the next Hitler and accidentally performed a Nazi salute that could only be ...

OH MY GOD @thedailytism.bsky.social I just screamed😂

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Absolutely this. If anyone is interested in learning more about this I can recommend the podcast “feminism, fascism and the future”.

Bishop Urges Trump To 'Have Mercy' In Powerful Plea During Inauguration Prayer Service Love this ❤️ And his reaction!

Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

This is not democracy. When governing is influenced to such a degree by unelected billionaires who are so out of touch with real life. 😔

N=1. Solid evidence base there 😂

“Debating” human life and dignity makes me feel nauseous. Especially because it often includes point scoring and jeering in politics.

Hmm that brought up an interesting response from different parts of my mind - the sensible (I need a new roof), the lavish (I love to travel) and the charitable (cat rescue). It’s hard to say which one would win or if they would come to some sort of compromise 😂.

Music is so powerful. I’ve seen it used well within dementia care as well. And my own experience in drum circle was hugely healing

Well played. 🤣 and educational

This was a really helpful thread. I am starting to listen to more podcasts. I don’t know very much vocabulary yet so at the moment it’s just familiarising myself with the sound. I also read a graded reading book every day, despite not understanding what I’m reading. ありがとうございます

Tandem seems good for talking to real people (instead of AI like some apps use)

I am trying to become a bit more social media aware for my work. If you could give my business page a follow I would really appreciate it. 🥰

After my twitter account being hacked, X becoming a cesspool and now metas recent changes - I figured it was time to find a new social.