Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻♀️
@DrMBotha
ECR community psychologist focusing on dehumanization and objectification of minority groups in science. Tweets my own.
✨NEW PAPER ALERT✨ “Autism research is in crisis”: A mixed method study of researcher’s constructions of autistic people and autism research - by me and Eiliidh Cage Buckle up for a long(ish) thread about how autistic people disrupt research agendas! 1/ frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
Ma’am said that unless you’re a veteran you have fake PTSD and shouldn’t talk about it in a job interview and that’s why gen z doesn’t wanna work
I just interviewed a gen z candidate for the first time in my life and I am absolutely agog at the things they disclosed and said
🚨 NEW: The boss of Motability has hit back at “misrepresented” and “hostile” commentary after a website was created to identify Motability vehicles [@johnpringdns]
Again, pretending to find a conscience now, as we enter the endgame stage of a genocide you did PR for, is not going to wash. The BBC should never be forgiven for its complicity, its self-censorship, and how it allowed itself to be pushed around by lobbyists to hide the truth.
A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
This man is targeting disabled people & carers
🚨 NEW: Version 3.0 of the Motability checker is out, and better than ever before, boasting an accuracy rate of over 98%.
A story: a good friend is dealing with horrendous pain and the worst periods of her life. She has GI issues. She tries: was acupuncture, diet and matching my workouts with menstrual cycle. Her Dr. tells her she has fibroids & just🤷🏻♀️s I tell her that’s absolute BS. 1/
Abortion is illegal in Texas. You are praising God for low income women in east Texas losing what was possibly their only access to pre-natal care and cancer screenings. E.V.I.L.
BREAKING: Planned Parenthood in Tyler, TX has SHUT DOWN! Praise God!
Apparently a Lord said in the Lord's debate on the #UCBill that the disabled "Self identify as disabled" to claim health related UC benefits . What chance do the sick & disabled have when this is the ableist lies pumped out by politicians & the media.
the fact the Universal credit bill had its first and second debate and then was passed through the Lords in less time than how often people get uc (every 4-5 weeks) is a fucking travesty
I see the most wild things in the name of "reflexivity", anything other than actual reflexive practice from those who hold power in the creation of knowledges. Reflexivity for thee but not for me, especially if you're saying something I don't like 👀
Just had a peer reviewer on a lived experience led paper about psych medication tell us to include what meds the lead authors are on. For Reflexivity.
I'm looking for the best neuro-affirming information and resources from speech and language therapists on apraxia of speech - any support really appreciated! Please message or reply below!
Yet another tragic and avoidable life and it is the very same story. Failure to act on pathological fetal heart rate changes in the presence of likely uterine hyperstimulation during an induction. The utterly predictable response from the Trust. How many more?🥺
Baby died 'after midwives dismissed concerns' bbc.in/4kJZBOv
Baby died 'after midwives dismissed concerns' bbc.in/4kJZBOv
DWP internal documents show Labour assurances on Universal Credit cuts are worthless thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20… @h_sharland for @TheCanaryUK
They die. Disabled people die.
I have never seen a homeless person with Down syndrome
Bank accounts of two pro-Palestine groups have been frozen, following the proscription of Palestine Action. The High Court said this would not happen, yet local protest groups are now being targeted. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
New: the hundreds of parents being investigated for child abuse when they seek help or diagnosis for their sick children thetimes.com/article/720f66…