The single source of universal trauma for #Autism is school.

Kemi Badenoch wants to scrap Public Sector Equality rules. Scrapping the Public Sector Equality Duty means Disabled people are considered last, not first! @DisRightsUK has issued a statement in response. Read it here disabilityrightsuk.org/news/…

Arrest the rioters. Arrest the arsonists. Arrest the politicians who incited the riots. Enough is enough.

I think this risks oversimplifying a complex issue. Recognising SEND isn’t about reducing a child to their diagnosis, it’s about understanding the factors that may influence behaviour, while still maintaining appropriate boundaries and expectations. Both can (and should) coexist.

This isn’t making the case, not at all. The evidence is there. This is raising awareness. This is a warning that these parents have support & a whole army of the #SEND community behind them that won’t silently allow the abuse and mistreatment of these children and their families

Conservative MP Edward Leigh thinks disabled people and pensioners cost too much. He claims £2350 to pay his Council Tax, and £2500 to pay his energy bills every year But he isn't disabled or a pensioner, he is on £94,000 He should pay his self and cut the bloody benefit costs

How does the idea of an autism spectrum 'erase' autistic people with higher support needs, when the whole point and meaning of a 'spectrum' is literally acknowledging that autism presents and manifests differently in different people and every autistic person has different needs?

Children with #SEND are at a significant disadvantage in a school in @CityWestminster one child has 29 exclusions and other children have been forced out of the school #Bullies #SEND #Autism @warwickmansell @Beth_Tastic @Links4Alliance @BBCNews @myldn #WhitePaper #Inclusion

RT @ICARSBanRandS: “In the Name of Discipline” In England’s schools: Life-threatening restraints used for “good order and discipline.” Chi…

Thank you Chris Coglan MP for joining us at the SEND parents event chaired by Rory Bremner yesterday & for this powerfully moving statement in the commons on the heartbreaking impact on families facebook.com/share/v/1DSkHHv… @

“Right from the start, from the time that someone came up with the word ‘autism’, the condition has been judged from the outside, by its appearances, and not from the inside according to how it is experienced”. Donna Williams (1996:14).

I’m troubled too Graham. I don’t want my d having to jump someone else’s hurdles to prove she can’t leave the house (and worse) gatekeeping at its most harmful

Let’s not forget that the revised Mental Health Act should make it harder for autistic people to be detained under s3. Frith’s words will just make it easier for some psychiatrists to justify removing a person’s autism diagnosis. Vested interests are crawling out of the woodwork.

The continued use of restrictive practices as disciplinary sanctions on SEND children is unacceptable. The burden of communicating an unmet need, distress, or a system failing to listen is placed on the child. We must move from control to care. #HarrysLaw

#FF Colleagues, leaders, and advocates who continue to bring care and commitment to their work in service of children and families. @YEP4Rights @ICARSBecky @IAmSophiaNelson @AndyDRC @WillDobud @SenSaraGelser @JudgeWren @MRFIVEINC @JayRuderman @RachaelGass @NDRNadvocates @1SirCrypto @EleshaJD @itscarolinecole @JimGamble_INEQE @TommyJamesLaw @SerenaFreeHer1 @judgedillard @tinkerbellbites @jabetts123 @EDalmayne @KieranRose7 @HeidiStevens13 @PeterStefanovi2 @iElijahManley @RiseNowUS @BruceLesley

co concurring physical conditions eg hyper mobility syndrome or EDS that often walk hand in hand with Autism/ADHD indicates that Autism etc is not a stand alone condition that some researchers can dismiss because they have researched in a silo of their own making. See Firth.

Ex-Southern Health CEO. More circulating of white, male, self-congratulatory bods while people continue to die preventable deaths.

If I monitored my child’s toilet breaks at home, I’d have SS around 😬

An important question often asked by @NotFineinSchool families has been raised today: “Hi all, is it normal for school and the LA to push home education? Can we be forced to home educate even if that’s not what we want?” ‘Can’t meet need.’ ‘This isn’t the right school for your child.’ ‘Deregister to apply for an EHC needs assessment.’ Families pushed into non elective home education at an unprecedented scale currently. Many do and find respite and relief. But many don’t. Off-rolling is often silent with families consequently facing home visits from safeguarding, education welfare teams families end up laughing out of the door in understandable frustration. The lens of scrutiny is only going to escalate for families whose children are not in school. We must think and do very very carefully. These children have often lost all trust in adults from statutory services and their families have too. The moral injury and impact ripples across lifetimes.

Ann Memmott’s view on Uta Frith’s Tes story.