taperoo2k

My initial thoughts about Emily's book? It's an uncompromising portrait of what life can be like for autistic people if left undiagnosed in childhood. It's beautifully written, there are some laughs and there are points where I cried.

Currently being titrated for ADHD meds, seems to have had an effect.

@Shrink_at_Large They used an episode of psychosis from the 2000's to refuse putting me on the waiting list for talking therapies.

Literally everyone I know is being deemed too high risk for NHS therapy services. Bollocks.

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@vitt2tsnoc As many times as they need to stuff their bank accounts with cash. Have to hand it to them, they turned a gold medal win into a career of mucking about on ice rinks.

Fuck my life how many times must these two do a Last Dance?!

@HarleyShah They always trot out these excuses when a government moves to ban animal cruelty posh toffs call sport. There are humane ways of dealing with foxes that get into chicken coops etc. You don’t need baying hounds and drunk toffs on horses to chase a fox to death.

Why is the TL full of posh wankers likening themselves to wild animals incapable of control or empathy, like it's a valid gotcha?

@vitt2tsnoc It’s so they can cram as much stock in as possible. The Superdrug near me expanded into an empty unit next to it. The old version of the shop felt like it had more space.

Shopping in Superdrug is a horribly lit HELL. Why are the aisles SO long, thin and cramped in EVERY store? Who signed off “claustrophobic tunnel” as the brand aesthetic? Who the fuck thought make people feel like hamsters stuck in a maze as a “vibe”? I actually just walked out.

@almurray That I think was likely a deliberate choice by Del Toro. You’d expect something utterly wild for a Del Toro Frankenstein film, but when you look behind the spectacle Del Toro is a really thoughtful film maker.

Loved Frankenstein. Though it was del Toro it seemed strangely conventional (maybe he's been digested a bit by the mainstream) but it felt like a throwback to telling the story plainly but thoughtfully.

@Shrink_at_Large Anything to avoid admitting the truth which is poverty wages and exploitation keeps profits up. No care shown to those get chewed up and spat out of the workplace, they become the scapegoats to hide the perniciousness of the system.

Fascinating his idea that people develop multiple conditions because they are not working rather than they get multiple conditions and that’s why they can’t work.

@brianofarabia @Shrink_at_Large The cost of benefits as a share of GDP is stable and likely going to fall by 2029/2030. Welfare claimants are an easy scapegoat to avoid restructuring the tax system to ensure those with the deepest pockets pay a fair share of tax to fund all the things the state needs to do.

@Shrink_at_Large “Benefits” are what’s bankrupting this country and it’s unsustainable. How is a shrinking cohort of taxpayers, supposed to pay for a burgeoning cohort of “takers”, answer me that please?

I promise you SEEMS is the operative word. Benefits are so poor in this country many people are driven to food-banks. It’s often a miserable, anxiety-provoking, depressing reality we should all be ashamed of. Please watch ‘I, Daniel Blake’.

@VickiWistow @Shrink_at_Large They don’t see the reality of benefits or having to deal with the incompetence of the DWP. The middle classes will feel the pinch soon, I think this is partly why there has been hysteria around benefits. If the middle Classes go “hang on why aren’t we taxing the rich”…..

@Shrink_at_Large They’re so weird being jealous of people on social security, using food banks, etc, when the only reason they’re publishing their bs at all is bc of the privilege they enjoy and the climate being whipped up against people on “benefits.”

@Shrink_at_Large Benefits = survival. It’s not about feeling owed, it’s attempting to survive in a country where we’ve lost empathy and everything is geared towards making the rich richer, while those down the pecking order fight over the scraps.

The idea that disabled claimants feel ‘entitled’ couldn’t be further from the truth. In reality, people claim benefits not because they believe the state owes them — but because they’ve been left with no other way to survive, let alone live.

@Shrink_at_Large It’s a normalised part of society. There is an outdated view of disability that dominates the media landscape that feeds the prejudices disabled people face on a daily basis.

Shocking how unable people are to recognise ableism.

@Shrink_at_Large It's a funding issue, they'd love to hire staff with the right training and experience but can't. I was lucky enough to get treated by Professor John Geddes for about a decade. I'd honestly not be here if not for him.

@taperoo2k They aren’t trained properly then. I am so sorry to hear this xx

DWP Press release:“We’re exploring digital transfer of NHS medical evidence to DWP ‘where people consent.’” In mental health, what will a work coach make of a discharge or disengagement? To them it looks like recovery or lack of need. But it rarely means that-especially nowadays.

@samhfarrell @Shrink_at_Large I've had an assessment and the RTC provider won't prescribe ADHD medications due to my high blood pressure, likely due to liability concerns. Which I understand.

@taperoo2k @Shrink_at_Large Can't advise directly cos I'm not sure of the current situation, but if you haven't already, it's worth asking in UK ADHD groups on FB about right to choose and shared care, where the NHS pays for private assessment. Unfortunately often the only realistic access to ADHD services.

@Shrink_at_Large And if you don't consent? Automatic fail? I can see them making it mandatory with some breezy language about choice. Work coaches should not have access to people's medical records.

@MrsArcanum @Shrink_at_Large @UKLabour Labour really do not value disabled people who are not working and they don’t value those who are given the cuts to the access to work scheme. It’s ableism with some eugenics mixed in aka Work Cures All things including disability in their minds. Wankers.

@Shrink_at_Large What is wrong with this @UKLabour Government, that they choose to fixate on the ONE benefit that has the least amount of fraud, is designed to cover a need, and is not employment related?

Really not good. PIP changes will be considered for all claimants including existing ones - upending a win we made when the green paper was going through parliament- and PIP still to be the gateway benefit though many are in LCWRA not PIP as they serve different needs.

@Shrink_at_Large They are trying to get all the proposed changes through one piece at a time to avoid another rebellion.

@beckysowsseeds I played a little earlier, seems a lot more polished than the first game (which I love).

PowerWash Simulator 2, my beloved ♥️

@RachelCDailey I noticed he’s not made any comments about the ADHD task force report that shows an underdiagnosis if anything. No doubt you’ll have seen it. For those who’ve not. england.nhs.uk/long-read/repo…