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Kathryn Stinton

@kathrynstinton.bsky.social

Independent Early Years Consultant/Elklan Tutor. Ex Local Authority Area SENCO/Teacher enjoying my freedom. Animal lover + volunteer at Vale Wildlife Hospital. www.kathrynstinton.com

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Simon Knight@simonknight100.bsky.social · last wk.

There is something very very wrong with our country & the culture that allows situations like this to occur time & time again. The ease with which those with learning disabilities are treated with appalling disregard for their inherent humanity is a stain on our society that we do little to address.

Daniel Hewitt@danielhewittitv.bsky.social · last wk.

🔺 A sword, cocaine, abuse: Inside 'nightmare' care company for disabled people Our ITV News investigation has uncovered allegations of physical assault, sexual abuse and drug-taking at an award-winning care company for adults with learning disabilities. www.itv.com/news/2026-07...

RSPB@rspb.bsky.social · 4w ago

Feeling the heat? So is our wildlife! Water and shade can be a lifeline to the birds, bees, bugs & other critters that share our spaces. Tell a friend to tell a friend, we're helping wildlife beat the heat 👇

Illustrated infographic titled “Help wildlife beat the heat” showing a sunny garden with a tree, long grass, shrubs, a wooden fence, a shallow water dish, a muddy puddle, and wildlife including a Blue Tit, bees, a frog and a lizard. The graphic shares simple ways to help wildlife during hot weather: hold off mowing so grass grows longer to provide a cool refuge for small animals; plant dense, leafy shrubs to create shady hiding places; set out shallow water stations for drinking and cooling, remembering to refill them daily; and create muddy puddles, as wet mud is essential for many birds to build and repair their nests. A final note adds that amphibians and reptiles will thank you too.
Special Needs Jungle@spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 2w ago

More than 60,000 disabled children are living in areas of England where no accessible summer holiday clubs are available, according to new research from national disability charity Sense. thiis.co.uk/research-fin...

Research finds more than 60,000 disabled children have no access to summer holiday clubs - THIIS Magazine

More than 60,000 disabled children are living in areas of England where no accessible summer holiday clubs are available, according to new research from national disability charity Sense. The charity found that one in 10 local authorities responding to its research commissioned no holiday club provision for disabled children, leaving an estimated 61,415 young people

thiis.co.uk

Rosie (she/her)@airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 3w ago

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of: improved recognition changing help-seeking behaviour institutional incentives pressures within existing service pathways Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.These patterns suggest that rising demand is not simply the result of increasing prevalence, but of several processes operating simultaneously, including: real increases in distress in some groups improved recognition of previously unmet need changing expectations about support systems that frequently rely on formal diagnosis as the primary route to assistance Across the system, support is too often accessed through pathways that are slow, fragmented and heavily dependent on diagnostic categorisation. While diagnosis remains essential for some forms of clinical decision-making, the evidence suggests that current arrangements do not always provide the most effective or efficient way of identifying and responding to need. In particular, where access to support depends heavily on formal diagnosis, demand for diagnostic assessment can increase more rapidly than systems are able to respond, generating long waiting times, duplication of assessment and pressure on specialist services. The next phase of the review will therefore focus on clarifying the relationship between distress, diagnosis and need, and on examining how systems might respond more effectively to these patterns. A central objective will be to identify opportunities for developing more coherent, evidence-informed care pathways that enable support to be provided earlier and more proportionately, while ensuring that specialist services are available in a timely and appropriate manner for those whose needs are most complex.
Ramandeep Kaur@mumof3amigos.bsky.social · 3w ago

It is shocking that people with a learning disability die much earlier than the general population. But once again, nobody has mentioned the even more shocking statistic that people from an ethnic minority who have a learning disability die much earlier still. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Over half of adults with learning difficulties do not live past 65, report says

The government says the findings are stark, while a campaign group says they should be "headline news".

bbc.co.uk

Kathryn Stinton@kathrynstinton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Announced today by Best Practice Network, applications are open for the Department for Education funded online Level 3 Early Years SENCO course. www.bestpracticenet.co.uk/early-years-...

Early Years SENCO 2026 | Best Practice Network

Applications are open for the Early Years Special Educational Needs Coordinator (EYSENCo) programme, a role that identifies and supports children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)...

bestpracticenet.co.uk

Helen Czerski@helenczerski.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

NASA's Blue Marble picture of Earth, from 1972
Sue Cowley@suecowley.bsky.social · 4mo ago

League tables, Ofsted, narrow conceptions of curriculum, emphasis on testing, misguided focus on 'competition', plus sadly some deliberate playing of the system. Maybe we need to rethink what is meant by 'top performing'?

The Sutton Trust@suttontrust.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 NEW: Top performing secondary schools are effectively shutting out disadvantaged pupils with special educational needs. Our new polling suggests this is often a deliberate strategy to limit the numbers of these pupils coming through their school gates 🧵⤵️

Kathryn Stinton@kathrynstinton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A recording of the fantastic Special Needs Jungle 1 1/2hr webinar about the SEND Proposals. A must watch! Hayley Mason -Seager "We need to be louder than we've ever been before ..... Our silence will be taken as consent." www.specialneedsjungle.com/webinar-reco...

WEBINAR RECORDING! The legal implications of the Schools White Paper’s SEND Proposals - Special Needs Jungle

WEBINAR RECORDING: SNJ's Legal Round Table on the SEND Proposals in the Schools White Paper, with four expert SEND solicitors.

specialneedsjungle.com

Isobel@isobelandcat.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Can you do me a quick favour today? ✍️ The government is finally asking if they should ban cages for hens in the UK. 🐔🐔 Lobbyists are trying to block it, so we need huge numbers to show them that the public wants this ban NOW: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

Days left to act: Ban cruel cages for hens

Right now we have a unique opportunity to stop this industrial-scale torture: The UK government has proposed ending the use of cages for hens, and they have launched an official consultation to ask th...

you.38degrees.org.uk