​Road trip to the National MA Education (Wales) Workshop at #USW! 🚗 Looking forward to listening to the speakers and hearing about the student dissertation projects. It will also be great to see the Programme Directors after such a long time - bound together by our WhatsApp group.

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On World Autism Awareness Day, we’re proud to spotlight research that is reshaping how we understand Autistic children’s experiences of play. PhD researcher and senior lecturer, Yasmeen Multani, is… ...

On World Autism Awareness Day, we’re proud to spotlight research that is reshaping how we understand Autistic children’s experiences of play. PhD researcher and senior lecturer, Yasmeen Multani, is c...

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Talking language + Autistic experience in last night’s session. Want more? 4pm today, Newport City Campus — MA SEN/ALN (Autism). #Autism #Neurodiversity Siarad am iaith + profiadau Awtistig neithiwr. 4pm heddiw, Campws Dinas Casnewydd — MA SEN/ALN (Autism). #Awtistiaeth #Niwdroamrywiaeth

​​Step away from the screens. ​Go see the beautiful night sky. Let the vastness ground you so you are truly ready for what tomorrow brings. ​#Perspective #Recharge #ReadyForTomorrow

Bore da pawb! Stay safe out there ❄️

​There's something beautifully symbolic about this lone daisy in November sleet. It speaks to persistence, quiet strength, and blooming even when conditions aren't ideal. A little dishevelled but present!

A vibrant spectrum moment on the way to Newport City Campus. Teaching the Autism modules is my purpose. Absolutely love my job! 🌈 #AutisticLecturer

What a beautiful day...and breathe.

A list of annual children's & YA book festivals and events for schools, teachers and parents to look out for. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/competitions... #kidlit #ukedchat

Children's Book Festivals and Events

Children's book festivals - our calendar of events running annually in the UK which schools and individuals can take part in. 

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The first sign of domestic abuse - emotional or physical - leave. Get out as fast as you can & never look back. If you have to think twice if u "deserved" that - you didn't. You never deserve abuse. Don't save the relationship for the kids either - you're not doing them a favour. Plan & escape.

This book will literally change your perspective on disability.

Robert Chapman@drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 2y ago

Comrades! Now the audiobook's finally out, I have five codes for free audible copies of *Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism*. If you want one just like and share/quote this post. After 48 hours I'll pick five sharers at random to send the codes to.

#OliversCampaign Why is @NHSEngland delaying the 2023 LeDeR report on avoidable death of people with learning disabilities & autistic people? Previous reports showed 1200 deaths per year Is this linked to the Assisted Dying Bill, which raises serious concerns for these communities

Fully funded PhDs in Aural Diversity at University of Salford: laura.salford.ac.uk Aural Diversity explores how hearing, listening & responses to sound vary across individuals and groups. £20,780 stipend, no tuition fees, research funding. Apply by 28 Feb for Oct 2025 entry. @salforduni.bsky.social

The Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research Hub - LAURA

The Leverhulme Doctoral Centre for Aural Diversity seeks to disrupt and transform thinking across disciplines by fundamentally reconceptualising hearing to include the whole spectrum of aural experien...

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Postgraduate Open Evening at 4pm today - Newport City Campus (UK). Join the Professional Learning in Education team to find out more. www.southwales.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Interested in studying the MA SEN/ALN (Autism) course that I lead? Join us on the 5th Feb to find out more. www.southwales.ac.uk/events/event...

Check out our critical neurodiversity studies conference call for abstracts and save the date! ndhumanities.com/2024/12/17/c...

The Collaborative Research Network for Equity and Inclusion presents: Impact in Learning: Parental Engagement Audience: Educators in Wales When:  Wednesday 29th January 2025 Time: 15:45 – 17:15 Speaker:  Roy Broadfield Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b27487...

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Disabled people in the UK face £583 extra costs per month on average, even after benefits are taken into account. One in five disabled people face extra costs of over £1,000 per month. Disabled people are exceptionally likely to live in poverty. #Dispatches

How I Communicate explores the communication of minimally/non-speaking autistic young people aged 13 - 21. We need: ✅ Parents/carers of minimally/non-speaking autistic people 13 - 21 who ✅ Attend a UK education setting to ✅Take part in an online focus group Info below 👇 #Autismresearch Please share!

What is "Executive Function" anyway? www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-blog/...

Navigating Executive Function & Autistic Inertia in a Neuroaffirming Way | Autism Blog — The #ActuallyAutistic Coach

Have you ever heard the term "executive function"? It's a way of describing the cognitive processes that help us plan, focus our attention, remember instructions, and manage multiple tasks successfull...

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A passport to play for people with profound disabilities youtu.be/x1eIxwQ_CFs?... #PMLD #PIMD #play

Passport to Play - Dr Debby Watson

YouTube video by The Sensory Projects

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Sunrise reflected in a mirror. #CodiadYrHaul

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"Valuing people for their skills can mean overlooking their inherent value as a person—one who has every right to exist regardless of their abilities. [Yet] over-valuing certain abilities means looking down on ppl who don’t share them." @ferrousmu.bsky.social: thinkingautismguide.com/2023/02/we-n...

Since reading NeuroTribes, we think of psychologically and sensory safe spaces suited to zone work as “Cavendish bubbles” and “Cavendish space”, after Henry Cavendish, the wizard of Clapham Common and discoverer of hydrogen.

Cavendish Space, NeuroTribes, and Steve Silberman

Since reading NeuroTribes, we think of psychologically and sensory safe spaces suited to zone work as “Cavendish bubbles” and “Cavendish space”, after Henry Cavendish, the wizard of Clapham Common…

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CN: Eating disorders Many factors are likely to contribute to the development of an eating disorder. But research shows neurodivergent people are disproportionately affected. Autism researchers discuss many possible reasons why, @theconversation.bsky.social: theconversation.com/autistic-peo...

Autistic people and those with ADHD are more likely to have eating disorders. Here’s why – and how this affects their treatment

More than 1.1 million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder. Around a third of these people are also neurodivergent.

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Very good new and much needed article "Is neurodiversity a Global Northern White paradigm?" by Vishnu KK Nair, Warda Farah, and Mildred Boveda. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Is neurodiversity a Global Northern White paradigm? - Vishnu KK Nair, Warda Farah, Mildred Boveda, 2024

In this article, we engage in a critical conversation with scholars of neurodiversity. We emphasize the transformative role neurodiversity has in creating a cru...

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Hi everyone. Sorry to start your day with bad news. It's my very sad duty to inform you all that @stevesilberman.bsky.social , my wonderful husband and best friend, passed away last night. I'll have more info later. For now, please take a moment to remember his kindness, humor, wisdom, and love.