Love this :)

Something is very wrong with a system that fails to support those who are most vulnerable when they are in need.
None of the findings are a surprise to me sadly but let’s hope change is coming in the form of better resourced services. 9/9

Recommendations include healthcare professionals providing reasonable adjustments. The webinar will be available on their channel soon: www.youtube.com/channel/UCN8... 8/

Suicide or deliberate self inflicted harm was the cause of death in 35% of the autistic children in the report. 7/

Parents struggle to attend all the appointments their child is expected to attend. 6/

The report was thoughtfully discussed by 3 other speakers. Things that struck me - children from more disadvantaged backgrounds are over represented ie die more often. 5/

He was one of the 818 children included in the recent National Child Mortality Database
Programme Thematic Report www.ncmd.info/wp-content/u... 4/

It was a sobering listen —first an account from a parent whose late son was let down horribly by health, education and social care. 2/

I hope it helps

Thanks for sharing.

- I also wonder if sometimes children with avid eating have unmet needs that they are meeting via sensory seeking via eating. It’s complex!

Thanks for a thought provoking and inspiring day @profblissett.bsky.social et al.

Feeling lucky to be working alongside so much greatness :)

..to recognise whether avid eaters are appearing to be avid because they are just eating enough to meet their true appetite needs to be the right weight for them versus it being something to be tackled.

But I also know it’s hard to manage the constant wanting of food! Particularly in food poverty

- some great discussion about where does neurodivergence fit in and highlighting the growing interest in researching this.

- I wonder if equating fatness and weight gain with health (which I don’t agree it is but recognise that this is the paradigm most research funders align with) misses the need

- respectful of the challenges parents face in feeding their children

- so much respect for all the work that has gone into this - I can’t imagine the painful details in planning all of this work and the joy in seeing it all completed

- I hope the team secure funding for the next steps!