Tess Cooper 🏳️🌈
@tessacooper5
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🏳️🌈 Queer polyam, they/them 🧠 Autistic / ADHD 🧡 Co-founder @collab_future 👶 Co-parent to two small people 🌱 Facilitator 🎧 DJ
Nottingham, England
Joined October 2010
👋bye twitter peeps If you follow me for facilitation, recruitment, org culture, DEI stuff find us: https://t.co/vKLaMhYUV2 If y'all follow me for my autistic, polyamory or LGBT+ related tweets find me:
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September tends to be a time that people start thinking about gathering teams for away days! Do have a read of this post before you start planning
I love this post on running good away days. Do less, well. As always, appreciation for @tessacooper5 for this one X
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🙌🌈 Can't wait... So excited about some of the new mixes I'm bringing for this.
Get in the mood for @NottsPride with mixes from our DJs this Saturday! https://t.co/hLa7oYurZq
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https://t.co/dVFLrwjkuX 👑💜⭐️💕✨ See you at @Elevenhockley
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The regret rate of gender-affirming surgery is 0.3%. The regret rate for knee replacement surgery is 6-30%. "Transition regret" is a false narrative being pushed by the media to prevent people from getting access to life-saving, gender-affirming healthcare. However...
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Loving listening to my latest mix in the gym https://t.co/zu2FEtua1h The @Drake @breakbot remix levels are a bit off at the start but maybe my mix can persuade them to do an official mix 😜😍
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All. Of. This.
"Tell me about yourself"... Why autistic people have difficulty answering open-ended questions about themselves. Let's break this one down... \1
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🤣🤣 I have a very precise "examine, roll and squish"technique for eating blueberries because I like them so much but the fear of a squishy tasteless one is real.
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So good to talk openly with a brilliant group of people, & to be asked honest and practical questions from the audience when it comes to #inclusion If anyone wants to chat to our team about supporting our programmes or working with us on creating a more inclusive culture DM me.
@tessacooper5 Rania says "it starts very young. Young people are taught at school & uni that the interviewee has the power. Programmes like @collab_future are re-teaching young people that it's an equal relationship" in order to create the change 👊🏽 #wjinclusiverecruitment
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Pumped to chair this event next week with ace panel - @bex_sterry, @tessacooper5, Elvi Morrison @maudsleycharity & Rania @wjdesign🌞 Also looking forward to seeing lots of people IRL too, it's been a while! Still some tickets left -
Still space to join us next Weds 28 June to chat about #inclusiverecruitment Covering everything from techniques and tools, to building a holistic culture and supporting your staff as well as candidates. RSVP (free but ticketed): https://t.co/y2Z1jqs7SJ
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Looking forward to joining first in person event in ageeeees! Come say hi!
WJ Lunch and learn: Inclusive recruitment in digital 🗓 28 June 🕛 12-2pm 📍St Bride Foundation @sbf1891, London (nr Blackfriars/ City Thameslink/ St Paul's) 🥪 Lunch will be provided! Hope to see lots of you there! https://t.co/y2Z1jqs7SJ
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This whole thread is so affirming.
#ActuallyAutistic why are autistic people more likely to be gender non conforming? Tell me your thoughts... I think it' because binary gender constructs serve a purpose that a lot of us aren't interested in.
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One of the many reasons I started @collab_future inclusive recruitment work
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Such an important thread. I had my first meltdown on public transport the other day. While I felt ashamed it was actually a huge positive step to know I was safe enough to release in that way because my partner was there. Masking them was destroying my body previously.
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@kelly_bewers @space4coop @ImaniCB etc send me a couple of your energy boosting tunes and ill try work my magic at the weekend to get some DJ practice in 😍
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Relistening to one of my morning mixes to help me get into a flow before a big day of facilitation! https://t.co/XSgej7VZhP And just realised my fellow facilitators might enjoy a personalised mix for their workshops?
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Loved experimenting with a new genre on my first one too https://t.co/OoHNePOxZr
#ActuallyAutistic peeps tell me songs that regulate you and I'll build ya a playlist of related beats!
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Shout out to @AutisticCoach_ who made the suggestion to autistics to spend 15 mins each morning on special interests. Round 2 of my morning DJ mixes and I'm feeling gooooood! https://t.co/UKQXdNlUm1
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Its an absolute privilege to be building such a beautiful space with @nickstanhope. Where such beautiful people can feel at home and find some magic & peace! Walks, chats, breathing and DJing! What a dream. Follow our journey & come visit https://t.co/JlbZwB7XDY
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A year on from my abortion, I'm accompanying my partner to his vasectomy. I thought I'd reshare my blogpost around why my abortion was in fact a "pro-life" choice https://t.co/9skSxo2s9s
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At the start of this year I chose to have an abortion even though I became pregnant in a deeply loving relationship, and with a lot of hard…
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I did have a particular chuckle at the "get easily distracted" versus "find no joy in the little things". My struggles with focus have been painful for me at times, but sometimes it's simply because I'm appreciating the world around me and all it's possibilities!
Soooo I was reading an autism charity website and I had a LOT of fun converting their very deficit descriptions of autism & ADHD into deficit-centred descriptions of neurotypical people Enjoy my #audhd and #actuallyautisic comrades
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