Picture: National Autistic Society website When I try to think about what #WorldAutismAcceptance day means to me, I hardly know where to start. The autistic experience is so ingrained into my my life now, it's hard to remember a time when it wasn't - or at least when I though it wasn't. A huge amount… Continue reading What World #AutismAcceptanceDay means to me
Always a person
Photo by camilo jimenez on Unsplash On Saturday, I had a visitor. A man came to my door. A man I knew I had little in common with. A man who stood for a lot that I didn't. A man that rubbed shoulders with people I didn't really trust. It was my MP. I decided… Continue reading Always a person
When the magic starts… on #Blogging
I wrote the tweet below in 2020. We were nearing the conclusion of our year of #NurseBloggers2020 (some of you may have been involved!) and I was trying to capture some ideas around the blogging process: https://twitter.com/Nyrs_Emma/status/1324273560194605056?s=20 Fast forward a couple of years and I've found myself being asked by others for some tips and… Continue reading When the magic starts… on #Blogging
The Therapeutic Misconception
Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash Attaching the term "therapeutic" to research may create a "therapeutic misconception," in which participants construe the protocol design as therapy directed at the individual rather than as research designed to generate generalizable knowledge" "Principles of Biomedical Ethics" Seventh Edition 2013- Tom L Beauchamp and James F Childress The ethical… Continue reading The Therapeutic Misconception
Receiving Consent 