Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
@Autistic_Doc
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GP @NHS | Associate Professor @BSMSMedSchool | Research Lead @DoctorsAutistic | Autistic/ADHD/dyslexic/hEDS | Views are my own | #Neurodiversity #MedEd
Brighton, England
Joined July 2021
🗞️ NEW PAPER 🗞️ Experiences of #ActuallyAutistic adults previously diagnosed with BPD/EUPD "misdiagnosis carried stigma, introduced diagnostic overshadowing, & led to harmful experiences... they felt powerless to challenge it" Read free: https://t.co/DS8taAPhbe
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Happy to share that our commentary (with amazing @drharikeerthan), was published y’day in the @MedEd_Journal by @asmeofficial. Since then, we’ve been receiving deeply personal messages—from neuroatypical superspecialists who had to drop out mid-course 1/ https://t.co/SS9D8uYC1T
asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Neurodivergent doctors challenge a harmful archetype of
Thrilled to share that our manuscript 'Unmasking the professional doctor archetype' (by @drharikeerthan & me) will be published in a future issue of @MedEd_Journal. Time to move away from deficit-based models & recognise the strengths of neurodivergent ways of practicing medicine
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Epistemic injustice... being autistic means one’s credibility and capacity to relate an accurate account of one’s own experience is often questioned. How can I be a doctor if I am autistic? Conversely, how can I be autistic if I am a doctor? https://t.co/8nk5HueS6C
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The release of this book snuck up on me! Finally The Neurodiversity Child Autism Assessment Handbook is to be released soon (April 21st), which will take you step by step through a truly neurodiversity affirmative child Autistic identification.
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New paper out from @yellowbicyclist @autisticdoctor @autistic_doc and Jon Ives: Reasonable adjustments for autistic clinicians: A qualitative study.
journals.plos.org
Autistic people experience barriers to accessing healthcare. Autistic clinical professionals may be able to help improve this situation. Previous research, however, has shown that Autistic clinical...
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Huge congrats to @DoctorsAutistic member Dr Samantha @auti_medic23, blazing a trail for #autistic medical students & doctors everywhere🩺🎉 Watch out for her project at @AutismEurope Congress, deepening our knowledge of the experiences & support needs of autistic medical students
Finals Passed 🎉 Officially Dr Samantha ☺️🎉👩🏼⚕️ Wheeling to a ward near you Aug 25 ♿️
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I was so delighted to be part of the @rcpsychNDPSIG conference and hear from so many interesting speakers before and during it. Here is a snapshot of some of them and not least @SEDSConnective patron Dr Eccles Chair of NDPSIG who I felt did the most amazing plenary speech.
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The last speaker panel of the day from this wonderful conference with various speakers and Chairs @rcpsychNDPSIG #NDPSIG2924 #thinkingDifferently #UlrichMullerSedgewick
@BendyBrain #BErin @PerinatalBirder #MKinnear @Autistic_Doc #MEvison
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Really exceptional talk from @benerinerin (@BSMSMedSchool) at @rcpsychNDPSIG this afternoon, exploring his research (with @BendyBrain) on why neurodivergent people may be more creative
@MullerSedgwick @BendyBrain @SamuelJTromans @SanaHashmi5 @rcpsychDPSIG @rcpsychNY @SussexUni @BSMSMedSchool @UniOfSurrey @PerinatalBirder @Autistic_Doc Ben Erin sharing a refreshing perspective on Neurodivergence and Creativity. Researching on this fascinating theme ‘with’ neurodivergent people and how these learnings help us understand NDV in different contexts. @BSMSMedSchool #NDPSIG2024 #RCPsychThinkingDifferently 🧠🔆
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@MullerSedgwick @BendyBrain @SamuelJTromans @SanaHashmi5 @rcpsychDPSIG @rcpsychNY @SussexUni @BSMSMedSchool @UniOfSurrey @PerinatalBirder @Autistic_Doc Ben Erin sharing a refreshing perspective on Neurodivergence and Creativity. Researching on this fascinating theme ‘with’ neurodivergent people and how these learnings help us understand NDV in different contexts. @BSMSMedSchool #NDPSIG2024 #RCPsychThinkingDifferently 🧠🔆
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@MullerSedgwick @BendyBrain Beyond the neurotype: Dr. Eccles explores complex but ever present brain-body links & overlap across neurodevelopmental conditions,especially hyper-mobility in neurodevelopmental & psychiatric conditions & beyond @SamuelJTromans @SanaHashmi5 @rcpsychDPSIG @rcpsychNY #NDPSIG2024
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@BendyBrain Wowed by @PerinatalBirder speaking the TRUTH about perinatal challenges for women with autism and ADHD. Why are clinicians so reluctant to allow patient autonomy? #NDPSIG2024
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When your ACF supervisor is researcher goals 🔥🔥🔥 As always, a hugely ‘lightbulb’ and engaging talk from Dr Jess Eccles on the interaction between body and brain! @BendyBrain #NDPSIG2024
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@BendyBrain @PerinatalBirder The neurodivergence paradigm - stimulating presentation from @Autistic_Doc dispelling common myths @RCPsych #NDPSIG2024
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We are pleased to see more accurate terminology used by @Autistic_Doc, something we have been publishing & advocating for many years ! #thinkingDifferently
#neurodiversityParadigm vs neurodiversity and #neurodivergence
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Laurence and Elysia have collaborated with Anna, Rosiel, Scout, Kai, and Jane to write a paper about neurodivergence, intersectionality, and eating disorders from the perspective of lived experience. @InsideOutInst @Bfoundation @beatED
https://t.co/CTRLbOEzUi
#neurodiversity
link.springer.com
Autistic people and those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are at a high risk of developing an eating disorder. While there is limited evidence on the relationship between other forms of...
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🗨️"Ontologically, the neurodiversity paradigm argues that neurodivergent people are different—not flawed, impaired, or disordered... Epistemologically, [it] argues that neurodivergent people should be central to the creation of knowledge..." Read free:
asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
In this “When I say…” article, the authors argue for a philosophical transformation in how medical education values different ways of thinking and learning: the neurodiversity paradigm.
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💬 "this paradigm promotes critical thinking around things we have previously passively accepted as real. This considers the influence of power on how we constructed such historical ‘truths’ and how these are then maintained as part of the wider status quo"
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️ "medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation" Read free: https://t.co/mJ0Kfxpe6W
@BSMSMedSchool
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🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️ "medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation" Read free: https://t.co/mJ0Kfxpe6W
@BSMSMedSchool
#Neurodiversity #MedEd
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Have you seen our new paper from @DoctorsAutistic on #autistic psychiatrists? @PSIAutismSIG @thriving_autist @AsIAmIreland @NeurodIreland
🗞️🗞️🗞️ NEW PAPER 🗞️🗞️🗞️ Experiences of #ActuallyAutistic psychiatrists recognising themselves and others as autistic Read free: https://t.co/tcyw2IvTqe
@BSMSMedSchool @LSBU @rcpsych
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