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The forgotten history of autism | Steve Silberman


Steve Silberman, author of the book Neurotribes, offers a brief history of autism, from Nazi extermination plans and a discredited journal article about vaccinesand how that has shaped our current understanding of autism. Through to autistic people reclaiming their power, … Continue reading

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Love, love, love (Simply Love) – Empress Harmony


Made in Toronto…  

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Children Of The Revolution – T Rex


Children Of The Revolution T. Rex, Marc Bolan Yeah Well, you can bump and grind, it is good for your mindWell, you can twist and shout, let it all hang out But you won’t fool the children of the revolutionNo, … Continue reading

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Techno Feudalism | Yanis Varoufakis


Yanis Varoufakis observes how we have mode beyond capitalism to to state he calls Techno Feudalism.We no longer have capitalism but after a decade and a half of governments printing money pumping m to prop up financial markets and big … Continue reading

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A Midsummer MADx – Sat 8th June, 2019


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That’s not ‘trauma’ that’s ‘traumatic’…


We have come to think and talk of traum as evil things that happend to us perpetrated by evil people. That’s a fairly new way of thinking about it, made up on the back of an envelope by a small number of people – you might be surprised where it comes from.
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Boxing Kitty…


Boxing Kitty says…

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Recovery as a Self-Directed Process of Healing and Transformation By: Patricia E. Deegan Ph.D.


The word “recovery” has now stuck onto every sentence uttered in mental health services just so we’ll know just how “recovery oriented” everything and everyone has now become. “Recovery oriented” is now an established branding but just what does that mean? … Continue reading

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“Consensus reality” is Major Major reality reality…


‘Experiences that fall outside of “consensus reality”…’ Tis an odd thing to say, eh? There is no such thing as “consesus reality”. For sure, when it comes to “mental health” there is no consensus -anywhere. Maybe that’s a good thing. … Continue reading

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Remembering is not required – Babette Rothschild


From Babette Rothschild… No3 in Series from the book:  8 Keys to safe trauma recovery. This below is from the series of short videos summarising the book.   #3 Remembering is Not Required “One of the holes we have in … Continue reading

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