Georgia Harper
@mindtheflap.bsky.social
A strange blend of autism policy analysis and silly Doctor Who discourse. Probably not helping the stereotypes. Views my own. She/Her. https://linktr.ee/mindtheflap
Pinned
STOP comparing London railway termini
St Pancras is MAJESTIC
Waterloo is GIANT
King's Cross is ADVENTUROUS
London Bridge is SHINY
Liverpool Street has MANY CONNECTIONS
Victoria is CONVENIENT
Euston
Paddington is HISTORIC
Marylebone is COSY
St Pancras is MAJESTIC
Waterloo is GIANT
King's Cross is ADVENTUROUS
London Bridge is SHINY
Liverpool Street has MANY CONNECTIONS
Victoria is CONVENIENT
Euston
Paddington is HISTORIC
Marylebone is COSY
it is frustrating to be thinking "I need to take time to consider my thoughts before commenting, there's a lot of nuance, I'm not sure what to make of it yet"
and then see one of the usual columnists with no experience or expertise on neurodivergence whatsoever go "I CAN HELP ASK ME I KNOW IT ALL"
and then see one of the usual columnists with no experience or expertise on neurodivergence whatsoever go "I CAN HELP ASK ME I KNOW IT ALL"
As the trans community have known for a while now - the definition of activist is someone who dares to state they exist
December 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
it is frustrating to be thinking "I need to take time to consider my thoughts before commenting, there's a lot of nuance, I'm not sure what to make of it yet"
and then see one of the usual columnists with no experience or expertise on neurodivergence whatsoever go "I CAN HELP ASK ME I KNOW IT ALL"
and then see one of the usual columnists with no experience or expertise on neurodivergence whatsoever go "I CAN HELP ASK ME I KNOW IT ALL"
Credit where it's due, Suzanne O'Sullivan states explicitly in the opening chapter of The Age Of Diagnosis that she is not arguing for welfare cuts.
So I assume that will now get as much coverage in media reporting as her other views, right? ... Right?
So I assume that will now get as much coverage in media reporting as her other views, right? ... Right?
Tory leader uses title of Age Of Diagnosis book, spouts toxic stuff
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Badenoch announces Tory review of which conditions qualify for benefits
‘Age of diagnosis’ of ‘low-level mental health issues’ such as ADHD making system too costly, Conservative leader says
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Credit where it's due, Suzanne O'Sullivan states explicitly in the opening chapter of The Age Of Diagnosis that she is not arguing for welfare cuts.
So I assume that will now get as much coverage in media reporting as her other views, right? ... Right?
So I assume that will now get as much coverage in media reporting as her other views, right? ... Right?
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repost if you’ve had your coffee now and you
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
repost if you’ve had your coffee now and you
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Latest from me: on overdiagnosis, a craze/bandwagon the govt is indulging by commissioning an official review, complete with the clunky blurring of mental illness & neurodivergence www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right’s callous overdiagnosis bandwagon is rolling. Wes Streeting should not be on it | John Harris
Thankfully, we now know more about conditions such as autism and ADHD. The health secretary must not be part of this attempt to turn back the clock, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Latest from me: on overdiagnosis, a craze/bandwagon the govt is indulging by commissioning an official review, complete with the clunky blurring of mental illness & neurodivergence www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Now that the "overdiagnosis" framing seems to have been adopted wholesale by government (or at least large swathes of the media), I should probably plug The Video again youtu.be/JDxVGtarAME?...
Is Autism Overdiagnosed? I Read "The Age Of Diagnosis"
YouTube video by Georgia Harper
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Now that the "overdiagnosis" framing seems to have been adopted wholesale by government (or at least large swathes of the media), I should probably plug The Video again youtu.be/JDxVGtarAME?...
Those who meet me soon realise that I am several anxiety disorders in a trenchcoat. I first sought help for this in 2015. I've done several rounds of NHS talking therapy, and have had medication since 2019.
I had no formal diagnosis until 2021. I only found out about *that* two years later.
I had no formal diagnosis until 2021. I only found out about *that* two years later.
December 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Those who meet me soon realise that I am several anxiety disorders in a trenchcoat. I first sought help for this in 2015. I've done several rounds of NHS talking therapy, and have had medication since 2019.
I had no formal diagnosis until 2021. I only found out about *that* two years later.
I had no formal diagnosis until 2021. I only found out about *that* two years later.
In fact, even if this *does* turn out to be perfectly benign (and I'm not saying it will), it's too late now. Launching with press briefings on "overdiagnosis"/welfare, especially before official info, obviously means the communities involved will distrust it. Really ending the culture wars there 🙃
Will post proper thoughts on the diagnosis review later on when my brain is less fried, but: oh ffs that press framing
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In fact, even if this *does* turn out to be perfectly benign (and I'm not saying it will), it's too late now. Launching with press briefings on "overdiagnosis"/welfare, especially before official info, obviously means the communities involved will distrust it. Really ending the culture wars there 🙃
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Once again, PIP is not a diagnosis-based benefit. To get it you need to score enough points in a functional test. Diagnoses are a red herring.
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Once again, PIP is not a diagnosis-based benefit. To get it you need to score enough points in a functional test. Diagnoses are a red herring.
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So this doesn't come off as too doomy - the fact that there's now a prominent anti-neurodiversity backlash is, to me, a sign of how far we've come. Schools & society in general have advanced so far over my lifetime. We have much to do, but years ago there was almost no recognition.
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
So this doesn't come off as too doomy - the fact that there's now a prominent anti-neurodiversity backlash is, to me, a sign of how far we've come. Schools & society in general have advanced so far over my lifetime. We have much to do, but years ago there was almost no recognition.
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ADHD & autism are five-to-ten times more prevalent in prisons vs the general population. Refusing to recognise, support & truly value neurodivergent people isn't just inhumane - it's fiscally ruinous. Kids struggle to focus, feel overwhelmed, we call them bad then lock them up. & it costs loads!
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
ADHD & autism are five-to-ten times more prevalent in prisons vs the general population. Refusing to recognise, support & truly value neurodivergent people isn't just inhumane - it's fiscally ruinous. Kids struggle to focus, feel overwhelmed, we call them bad then lock them up. & it costs loads!
Will post proper thoughts on the diagnosis review later on when my brain is less fried, but: oh ffs that press framing
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Will post proper thoughts on the diagnosis review later on when my brain is less fried, but: oh ffs that press framing
I don't know what I expected
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I don't know what I expected
Just watched Delta and the Bannermen for the first time, fantastic A+ 10/10 no notes
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Just watched Delta and the Bannermen for the first time, fantastic A+ 10/10 no notes
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Whamageddon only really works if a big part of you *wants* to get caught, like a summer water fight
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Whamageddon only really works if a big part of you *wants* to get caught, like a summer water fight
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buying christmas presents for my girlfriend is so hard
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
buying christmas presents for my girlfriend is so hard
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Hi! I'm someone who has the audacity to be brown and autistic on the Internet, and I wrote this piece because I'm also too audacious to care about whether I make certain people uncomfortable. It's not about you! But if you THINK it's about you, then it most definitely is. Hope this helps!
Hapworth's autistic sense of justice never strays far from her side, but was suspiciously absent when Hapworth was accused of being racially insensitive, leading many to believe it had wandered off.
Missing! “Autistic sense of justice” nowhere to be found when it’s time to talk about race
A woman’s "autistic sense of justice" has been reported missing after it failed to appear when it was time to talk about racism in the autistic community, sources have said. Beth Hapworth, 26, uses…
thedailytism.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Hi! I'm someone who has the audacity to be brown and autistic on the Internet, and I wrote this piece because I'm also too audacious to care about whether I make certain people uncomfortable. It's not about you! But if you THINK it's about you, then it most definitely is. Hope this helps!
While it hasn't happened to me yet, "having my diagnosis questioned by a doctor I've never met who half-remembers reading some horrible headline somewhere" has sat firmly on the already long list of worries I have about medical appointments for a while. We're going backwards.
I wrote about systemic medical bias, chocolate medals and Eamonn Holmes
Diagnosed but not believed: Autistic women and the medical gaze
A GP I met for the first time three minutes ago is glancing over my electronic health record, trying to match it with the woman before him…
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
While it hasn't happened to me yet, "having my diagnosis questioned by a doctor I've never met who half-remembers reading some horrible headline somewhere" has sat firmly on the already long list of worries I have about medical appointments for a while. We're going backwards.
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I wrote about systemic medical bias, chocolate medals and Eamonn Holmes
Diagnosed but not believed: Autistic women and the medical gaze
A GP I met for the first time three minutes ago is glancing over my electronic health record, trying to match it with the woman before him…
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I wrote about systemic medical bias, chocolate medals and Eamonn Holmes
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If you are eligible for the mobility component of PIP, you can spend *your own money* topping that up to have a great accessible car. Critics should ask: Why are you against this? What it is about disabled people that makes you believe it’s wrong to have nice things they paid for themselves?
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you are eligible for the mobility component of PIP, you can spend *your own money* topping that up to have a great accessible car. Critics should ask: Why are you against this? What it is about disabled people that makes you believe it’s wrong to have nice things they paid for themselves?
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🚨 ♾ Our report out yesterday calls on HM Government to deliver an effective new autism strategy. Open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to view the following:
- Full report
- Easy Read report
- Report summary with conclusions and recommendations
- Shorthand
- Full report
- Easy Read report
- Report summary with conclusions and recommendations
- Shorthand
New autism strategy must deliver change for autistic people - Committees - UK Parliament
This is the key conclusion reached by the House of Lords special inquiry committee on the Autism Act 2009 in its report ‘Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy’.&...
committees.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🚨 ♾ Our report out yesterday calls on HM Government to deliver an effective new autism strategy. Open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to view the following:
- Full report
- Easy Read report
- Report summary with conclusions and recommendations
- Shorthand
- Full report
- Easy Read report
- Report summary with conclusions and recommendations
- Shorthand
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Today, @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk published their report, 'Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy'.
Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]
Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]
New autism strategy must deliver change for autistic people - Committees - UK Parliament
This is the key conclusion reached by the House of Lords special inquiry committee on the Autism Act 2009 in its report ‘Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy’.&...
committees.parliament.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today, @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk published their report, 'Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy'.
Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]
Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]
I posted too close to the sun
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I posted too close to the sun
I was not a good fit for the corporate law route they push on everyone with my degree, I re-evaluated what it means to be autistic as I learned more about the neurodiversity movement and disability politics, and I became incapable of ever shutting up about it
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I was not a good fit for the corporate law route they push on everyone with my degree, I re-evaluated what it means to be autistic as I learned more about the neurodiversity movement and disability politics, and I became incapable of ever shutting up about it
thinking about the "podcast" I was really excited to listen to weeks ago but still haven't yet because it's not really a podcast at all, it's just a YouTube video, there's no actual podcast RSS feed to queue in the podcasting app I use and so I keep forgetting about it
*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
thinking about the "podcast" I was really excited to listen to weeks ago but still haven't yet because it's not really a podcast at all, it's just a YouTube video, there's no actual podcast RSS feed to queue in the podcasting app I use and so I keep forgetting about it