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Dietitian's and Feeding Therapist's for adults and children, helping individuals to find their own food freedom by understanding and addressing the anxiety, restriction and fears related to food, eating and their body.

Supporting autistic people is not a month long project.The six things on this tile are not complicated. They do not requ...
20/04/2026

Supporting autistic people is not a month long project.
The six things on this tile are not complicated. They do not require specialist training or a formal diagnosis to action. They require attention, consistency, and a willingness to take autistic experience seriously even when it is inconvenient or unfamiliar.
Real inclusion is not built in April. It is built in the decisions made by the people and systems around autistic people every single day. Decisions that require intention, consistency, and a genuine willingness to prioritise autistic experience over convenience.
Support is not seasonal.

Acceptance does not live in hashtags or awareness ribbons.It lives in the GP who does not tell their autistic patient th...
19/04/2026

Acceptance does not live in hashtags or awareness ribbons.
It lives in the GP who does not tell their autistic patient that they "do not seem autistic." In the school that does not make a child earn their sensory accommodations. In the employer that suggests you take a break because they do not want you to burn out. In clinicians who value authenticity, encouraging and supporting you to unmask, for the better.
Acceptance is behavioural. It is structural. It shows up in the small daily decisions made by the people and systems around autistic people, not just in April.
💬 Where have you seen real acceptance in action? Where is it still missing? 🧡

The idea that autism is a tragedy is persistent and damaging.This narrative drives interventions focused on making autis...
18/04/2026

The idea that autism is a tragedy is persistent and damaging.
This narrative drives interventions focused on making autistic people less autistic for the comfort and convenience of others. It frames autism as something that has happened rather than a natural variation of humanness.
Autistic people are not tragedies. They are people navigating a world that was not designed for them, often without adequate support, understanding, or acceptance. That is what needs to change.
💬 Are you ready to push back against this narrative? 🧡

April is Autism Acceptance Month.Not awareness. Acceptance. There is a difference, and that's important.Awareness says a...
17/04/2026

April is Autism Acceptance Month.
Not awareness. Acceptance. There is a difference, and that's important.
Awareness says autistic people exist. Acceptance says autistic people belong, exactly as they are, no masking, or trying harder, or having to justify why your brain thinks the way it does.
We think it's important to share content that centres autistic voices, challenges the narratives that have never served the community, and sits firmly in a neuro-affirming, acceptance-based approach to autism.
Different, not less. 🧡
💬 What does autism acceptance mean to you?

Nourishment is not conditional.It does not look the same for everyone, it was never supposed to and doesn't need to be. ...
30/03/2026

Nourishment is not conditional.
It does not look the same for everyone, it was never supposed to and doesn't need to be. For neurodivergent people, the relationship with food, hunger, and eating is shaped by sensory differences, interoception, executive functioning, and a bunch of other factors that rarely get acknowledged in mainstream conversations about nutrition.
Everyone's experiences are valid. All of them.
💬 What does nourishment look like for you? 🧡

For a lot of ND people, hunger does not show up the way we are told it would. It might not register until it is extreme,...
29/03/2026

For a lot of ND people, hunger does not show up the way we are told it would. It might not register until it is extreme, or it might be disguised as irritability, anxiety, or a headache. It is widely accepted as a difference in interoception. What lots of people do not know is that a dysregulated nervous system makes recognising hunger even harder. When the nervous system is in fight, flight, fawn or freeze, those already quiet internal signals go silent.
Movement can help bring the nervous system back down enough that those cues become a little easier to read. This is how regulation and eating are connected for neurodivergent bodies. No promises, but could be worth a try....... 💬 Does your hunger show up differently when you are dysregulated? 🧡

How many times have you been told to sit still? Don't bounce around? Stop tapping? No fidgeting?If you are neurodivergen...
28/03/2026

How many times have you been told to sit still? Don't bounce around? Stop tapping? No fidgeting?
If you are neurodivergent, probably more times than you can count. And every single time, what was really being asked of you was to work against your own nervous system.
Stimming is your nervous system keeping you safe. Suppressing it does not make the need go away. It just means you are managing two things at once instead of one. And over time, suppressing what your body actually needs in the moment trains you to override that connection entirely, which contributes to a whole range of other problems.
For some people, the pressure to suppress stims has come from schools, workplaces, families, and even clinicians who should have known better.
If your stim helps you stay regulated, it is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. That is worth protecting, not correcting.

Dyspraxia does not always make it into the conversation when we talk about movement and neurodivergence. It should.Dyspr...
28/03/2026

Dyspraxia does not always make it into the conversation when we talk about movement and neurodivergence. It should.
Dyspraxia frequently co-occurs with autism and ADHD, which means for a lot of people in this community it is already part of the picture, whether it has been named or not.
For people with dyspraxia, the neurological load of coordinating movement is genuinely higher. Fatigue is not a side effect. It is built in.
Movement still has real benefits. Repetitive and strength based movement can improve coordination, balance, and stability over time. The key is working with the body rather than against it. Pacing matters. Rest matters.
The same reframe applies here too: movement does not have to look a particular way to count.
When the body feels more regulated and less depleted, eating tends to feel more manageable too.
💬 Do you have dyspraxia? What has movement looked like for you? 🧡

Stimming gets a lot of attention for what it looks like. Not nearly enough for what it actually does.For lots of autisti...
27/03/2026

Stimming gets a lot of attention for what it looks like. Not nearly enough for what it actually does.
For lots of autistic people, stimming is the most effective way to manage sensory overload and keep the nervous system regulated.
Stimming during meals might be what makes staying at the table even possible. To feel safe . To actually taste the food. To not be so overstimulated that you hear every. single. knife scrape on the plate!
Regulation first, eating second. Sometimes they happen at the same time, and if that's what works for you, that is exactly how it should be.

Did you know?When the body is dysregulated, hunger cues can become muted or harder to detect.Movement can sometimes help...
25/03/2026

Did you know?
When the body is dysregulated, hunger cues can become muted or harder to detect.
Movement can sometimes help ground the body and reconnect awareness to internal signals, allowing hunger cues to become more noticeable.
This looks different for everyone. There is no single “right” way to regulate.

Knowing something is beneficial for you and actually doing it are two very different things.Movement can be a powerMovem...
25/03/2026

Knowing something is beneficial for you and actually doing it are two very different things.
Movement can be a powerMovement can be a powerful regulatory tool for autistic people, by helping to deescalate the nervous system. Who would have thought turning down fight, flight, fawn or freeze might make eating feel a bit more manageable?
This is all good information, but getting started is genuinely hard and sometimes it doesn't even feel good while you are doing it. For autistics that are also living with chronic pain, hypermobility or fatigue, movement comes with a whole other layer of complexity.
At the same time, that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't work. The benefits of movement tend to be cumulative rather than immediate. They might just show up at your next meal.
The key might be reframing what movement actually is. Walking out to the washing line, climbing the stairs to get to your bedroom for a nap, racing around the supermarket at 4pm to pull dinner together, stretching, fidgeting and dancing around the house are all valid forms of movement.
The benefit is still real, even when the experience is complicated.
💬 What does movement look like for you, and what gets in the way? 🧡

If you are autistic, movement can be a useful regulatory tool. When the nervous system feels safer and more regulated, e...
24/03/2026

If you are autistic, movement can be a useful regulatory tool. When the nervous system feels safer and more regulated, eating and mealtimes will typically feel more manageable.

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