🆕First @SPAA_Project publication: Health and wellbeing outcomes and social prescribing pathways in community‐based support for autistic adults: A systematic mapping review of reviews.

“.. a Big Spider Web of Things”: qualitative study led by @KerenMacLennan describes how indoor public spaces are over-whelming sensory environments for #autistic adults. 6 principles can improve environment + quality of life. NEW, FREE to 20 Oct: https://t.co/8m7Lf5RidO

"Economic costs, the most frequent constraint in this sample, reflects the fact that many autistic adults must turn to the private system because of the numerous waiting lists in the public system and the scarcity of services offered to autistic adults"

Call for #ActuallyAutistic & #Neurodivergent participants 18+ 📣 I'm excited to launch my PhD survey, researching museum accessibility for ND adults. It aims to find out ways to improve access. It takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete & is available here: https://t.co/KWk5ZdNebA

When autistic people are more likely to suffer from suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts and potentially make up 40% of suicides, suicide prevention has to include increasing recognition, access to support, and understanding for all autistic people. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay

Our new paper on adjusting #telemedicine for #autistic patients. I hope this supports #GeneralPractitioners + other #HealthcareProfessionals & reduces barriers to healthcare access for #ActuallyAutistic people. https://t.co/baohrqC4bX @Academic_owl @AutisticDoctor

Worrying findings about understanding of autism in mental health settings...

In this review we identify types of community-based support and services for autistic adults from previous reviews, assess how they measured changes in wellbeing and find out what factors helped people progress through services. We discuss what this means for social prescribing.

Dr Michael Dixon on the Government's overprescribing review: “Empowering patients via social prescribing will not only help reduce overprescribing, but can help tackle inequalities, reduce NHS budgets, and lead to a more sustainable healthcare system.” https://t.co/o4Mq3KsvKg

New post! Hospital reasonable adjustments. Some of you may have previously read my post about healthcare aimed at healthcare staff (I’ll add it below too) and I have been asked to do one more focused on the perspective of the patient. Hope this helps! https://t.co/UIDK2duZk7

SP-relevant study: "Aging on the Autism Spectrum: Self-care Practices and Reported Impact on Well-Being" https://t.co/ke1g6ItnCh "Socialization and a desire for community inclusion facilitated self-care practices in some instances and deterred such practices in other cases."

#SocialPrescribing study looking for participants. If you're involved in delivery and/or decision-making around social prescribing please take a look!

Social prescribing and classed inequality: A journey of upward health mobility? These authors "offer a counter narrative to socio-political assumptions that social prescribing reduces health inequalities"

Poster text reads: I am a postgraduate researcher at the University of Plymouth looking for professionals involved in social prescribing (e.g. referrers, link workers, leaders of community-based activities available through social prescribing) in the UK (2/4)

‘Oh no, not a group!’ The factors that lonely or isolated people report as barriers to joining groups for health and well‐being. Discusses in the context of social prescribing.

'Deficit-based model significantly lowers autistic people's self-esteem and confidence'- Cairi McKenzie when recommending a strength-based approach to care and the importance of listening to autistic people in the health and social care sector #PARC21

Social identities and mental well-being in autistic adults https://t.co/naOdQNzsr7 Social identification with more groups, especially other autistic people, is found to be associated with better mental wellbeing. Authors suggest social prescribing may be useful for this.