Mum to 2. Auntie to many others through all of the voluntary work I do. Passions: helping people help themselves and reach their potential + shaping change
Leeds, UK
Joined October 2011
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Mandy Craven retweeted
Start of term has not gone smoothly for parents as disability transport in Leeds is in chaos. No comms re times before hand, buses not turning up, turning up on the wrong day. @FionaVenner @Jonathan_Pryor when this will be sorted?
#wedeservebetter #SENDtransport
Mandy Craven retweeted
Controversial tweet:
ABA therapists could learn a lot from watching My Cat From Hell.
Yes, the main guy is a cat behaviorist, and yet he still takes into account the cat's well-being, emotional state, and safety all at once.
#SayNoToABA
Mandy Craven retweeted
Thinking more abt the whole CBT as glorified gaslighting issue & how one of the supposed “thought distortions” is “catastrophizing” but I haven’t seen the reverse “minimizing” labeled as a “thought distortion”. Why is that? 1/
Mandy Craven retweeted
Our next twice-monthly #ActuallyAutistic #PeerSupport session on Zoom is next Tuesday! For more info on how to join it or any of our other sessions, please check out our news post here: leedsautismaim.wordpress.com…
Mandy Craven retweeted
It’s Day 2 of our Christmas advent! Today you can win a Casdon Flymo Lawn Mower! Simply RT&FLW & tag a friend who would like to #win! Ends 03.12.19 at 10am. All winners will be contacted directly. T&C’s apply. #Advent #Christmas #Countdown #Prizes #Win #Giveaway #Comp
Mandy Craven retweeted
Clarifying note - in school I silently angrily accepted authority because I was too anxious to -not- do what someone said. But I hated every second of it when it made no sense (for example, waiting 5 minutes so everyone could "form a line" to go down the hallway for 30 seconds).
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Mandy Craven retweeted
We have a survey asking for your views on the #ActuallyAutistic Reference Group in #Leeds! You can share your views on the group and help to make it better.
You can find it online here at surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LeedsAu…; there's a paper copy available here: wp.me/p7MwlH-wP
Mandy Craven retweeted
Our vice chair @MandyCraven was interviewed live on air yesterday. She’s at 1hr36min bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07lds…
Mandy Craven retweeted
I feel like people don’t understand why or how ABA was actually traumatizing for me. Because no, it has nothing to do with my individual practitioner. No, it has nothing to do with the fact that my treatment started a decade ago. It’s because operant conditioning is manipulative.
Mandy Craven retweeted
Opinion: Ivanka Trump's behaviour at the G20 is only acceptable if she's playing a secret feminist takeover long game bit.ly/2NkSzFp
Mandy Craven retweeted
Still time to register for our events this Friday at Leeds Town Hall @AdvonetUK @changepeople_ #safeguarding #CQCRestraintReview #safecare #respectincare #Leeds
There are strong links between our @LSegregation and #Safeguarding feedback events on Friday: Read all about them in our blog post, as well as how to register for both: advonet.org.uk/rss-and-safeg…
Mandy Craven retweeted
Leep1 members out protesting today 👍👍@CafeLeep @able_together @Leep1leeds @ConnectintNorth @ABCD_in_Leeds – at Leeds, England
Mandy Craven retweeted
Thanks to everyone who came to and helped organise this year's @BigBetterLeeds #Autism information event this year. It was an absolute pleasure as usual!
Mandy Craven retweeted
Next Friday, we're holding a free event to launch work around #Safeguarding and improving it based on people's feedback. If you would like to attend, please book at safeguardingfeedback.eventbr… #LeedsSafeguardingWeek @LeedsSAB @LeedsSCP
Mandy Craven retweeted
Everyone in the Leeds Autism AIM team wishes you a happy #AutisticPrideDay! Come see us, @LeedsABCGroup and @getmebetter in the Clarendon Wing of the @LeedsHospitals LGI from 10am-1pm!
Mandy Craven retweeted
This is REALLY not a good take on the anti-vaxxer situation. You're basically leveraging anti-vaxxers' hate of autistic people to argue against them. How about.. being autistic is not equivalent to being dead? How about..autistic lives are worthwhile? Autistic people are human?
On the way to meet an artist. Too anxcited, but hoping it’s the start of a BIG chapter in this #ActuallyAutistic life that will change the outcomes of others
Mandy Craven retweeted
Today’s celebration in Manchester UK of 10 years of autistic-led disability rights activism, “The Future is Gold,” was an utterly thrilling and extraordinary event. Thanks so much to @KatHumble and @AutisticUK for inviting me. (This is @QueerlyAutistic’s wonderful tattoo.)
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Former Ofsted head says government school funding claims are misleading theguardian.com/education/20…