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Dyscluded

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Auto/Biographical PhD research on mothering and autistic children. Creative research methodologies. University of Plymouth. Advocate for SEND, mental health & neurodevelopmental conditions. ADHD. MBA (Exeter).

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Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Nov 17

Happy to be here. My profile collage is the collage I produced for my #PhD to represent my #mothering experience disrupted by cultural narratives of #mothering, #autism, #disability #neurodevelopmentaldisorders #unpaidcarers #truecolours #love #dyscluded

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Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · 28d

And so it starts again…mother blaming and autism shaming! #autism

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · May 20

Evening.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · May 21

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · May 20

No bonus for the execs who gave us the choice of swimming in sh*t or not swimming at all. Good.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Thames Water: big bonuses due from emergency £3bn loan ‘withdrawn’

Environment secretary makes announcement after company’s chair said he ‘may have misspoken’ to MPs

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Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · May 21

I am so impressed (and like many others surprised) that the flaws in the children’s wellbeing and schools bill have been raised by peers in @houseoflords.parliament.uk - yet completely denied by this incompetent government. It demonstrates how the education minister is utterly out of her depth.

Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · May 21

Yesterday in the House of Lords, the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill faced fierce scrutiny. Peers from all political backgrounds argued that it delivers a far-reaching expansion of state power concealed under a rhetoric of safety &wellbeing.

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The Bill That Broke Itself: How the House of Lords Dismantled the Schools Bill

A Committee Debate That Struck at the Core of Government Overreach

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Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Apr 15

I have been a bit quiet on here recently but yesterday I received confirmation that I have passed my PhD! I am so relieved and happy!

Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Mar 21

Really looking forward to this :)

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nacholib.bsky.social @nacholib.bsky.social · Feb 21

And who they didn't like

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Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Feb 7

Today is #viva day and today I’m adding, to my research playlist…three little birds by #bobmarley as this was playing as I walked into @plymuni.bsky.social #phd

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · Feb 4

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39901435/ CW suicide.

This is important. Team writing re the link between lack of sleep, & autistic people taking their own lives from the despair of exhaustion.
This research desperately needs to happen, because there's so much we are getting wrong for autistic people.

Suicidality in Autistic Adolescents and Adults: Sleep the Unexplored Connection? - PubMed

Despite substantial evidence linking insomnia with increased suicidality in non-autistic populations, its role in autism remains under-explored. Poor sleep, most commonly insomnia symptoms (hereafter ...

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Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Jan 29

Some children with #EHCPs are placed in independent schools as it is deemed the only suitable provision. Adding #SchoolFeeVAT (& even worse #learningsupport #VAT) this option is being removed for children with #SEND that do not have an EHCP. How can the government justify this?

Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Jan 29

I hope more organisations like @mindcharity.bsky.social make the ethical move to Bluesky.

Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Jan 22

This is terrifying as a large number of parents report having their concerns about their children dismissed by professionals. The move to make teachers the gatekeepers to neurodiversity assessment is detrimental to children. We know our children. Listen to us #phd #SEND #dyscluded

Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · Jan 22

NEW POST: One NHS trust has come up with a “novel” way to cut neurodiversity assessment waiting lists: Create more barriers to getting on the list in the first place. @rachel.stopsafetyvalve.uk explains more www.specialneedsjungle.com/c...

Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Jan 17

The impact of this persistent dismissal was significant. It made them feel isolated and dyscluded.
I'm still massively struggling
A roller coaster of emotion.
Everybody
Telling me
I was overegging it
I wasn't talking to anybody
What's the point?
#mothering #unpaidcarers #dyscluded #phd

Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Jan 15

I love hearing the woodpecker doing their thing when out for an early morning foggy walk with my doggy! 🙏#lovedevon #nature #lovemylabrador #devon

Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Jan 14

On this day six years ago I was in the @britishlibrary.bsky.social to find a book chapter for my #MSc in nutrition and behaviour dissertation. #mothering #autism #restrictedeating #dyscluded @bournemouthuni.bsky.social

Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Jan 14

As you get to know your child
You know how to handle them.

Nobody offered to help me.

As well as being dismissed, mothers of autistic children face judgment, when all they want is help and support to understand their child, and how to help them. #mothering #autism #phd #dysclused #send

Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Jan 14

It's really embarrassing.
You feel like there is judgment
I'm sure
There are some parents who judge,
some who don't,
You feel like there's judgment
You just have to make your apologies
and go.
That's all you can do.

Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Jan 14

That same mother explained

He had a massive meltdown
Now I understand why
I didn't understand why

I literally had to pick him up
put him underneath my arm
I picked him up
by his waist,
Put him underneath my arm.
That's the only way I can get him out of here.

Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Jan 13

The women in my research all reported having their concerns dismissed:
You're making a bit of a fuss
You're a first-time mum
You don't understand
It'll be fine
I don't know who to ask
Every time I ask somebody
They just dismiss me
Tell me it's nothing.
#mothering #phd @plymuni.bsky.social

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Helen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social · Jan 12

“Open the document,” is the best trick I will ever play on myself. When writing or editing seems totally impossible, just open the document. #ThisDiss #AmWriting

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Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Jan 10

Delighted to have had my paper ‘dyscluded mothers’ accepted for the @IAMAS 2025 conference. #mothering #motheringautisticchildren #unpaidcarers #send #phd @plymuni.bsky.social

Dyscluded @dyscluded.bsky.social · Jan 8

Great to see @plymuni.bsky.social has joined the bluesky community #postgraduateresearcher #phd #research #studentlife