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Enquire | Reach @enquirereachasl.bsky.social · 1h

NEW BLOG: Untangling additional support for learning

Designed for those supporting professionals and families, our new pages provide useful resources for others to use and share. Answering key questions they help separate fact from fiction.

Read more: enquire.org.uk/blog/untangl...

#UntanglingASL

Untangling additional support for learning - Enquire

More about our new pages, designed and developed for those working with professionals and families entitled to support for learning.

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Empower:ED Scotland @empoweredscotland.bsky.social · 5h

www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2553915...

Number of children in poverty in Glasgow revealed

Child poverty in Glasgow has continued to rise to more than one in four children.

www.glasgowtimes.co.uk

Empower:ED Scotland @empoweredscotland.bsky.social · 5h

“The number of pupils in Scottish schools with additional support needs (ASN) is likely to rise again when figures are published later this year, education secretary Jenny Gilruth has said.” Unmet needs I would argue increases likelihood of relative poverty. More misery on the way.

Henry Hepburn @henryhepburn.bsky.social · 6h

ASN numbers likely to rise again, says education secretary www.tes.com/magazine/new...

ASN numbers likely to rise again, says education secretary

Jenny Gilruth also says she is ‘astonished’ that food banks and clothing banks have become ‘normal features’ in Scottish schools

www.tes.com

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Empower:ED Scotland @empoweredscotland.bsky.social · 5h

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'Nobody wins with this': Parents call for U-turn after council cuts nursery hours

Families claim they were not consulted before the council announced its decision to move schedules to a term-time system.

news.stv.tv

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Empower:ED Scotland @empoweredscotland.bsky.social · 16h

We can’t let this happen here.

Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 22h

The chump administration has gutted Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in the Dept of Education.

This department is responsible for ensuring that 7.5M children are not discriminated against & are treated fairly within the public school system.

#Pinks

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Empower:ED Scotland @empoweredscotland.bsky.social · 17h

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Plans for new activity centre for people with additional support needs

North Lanarkshire Council has received a planning application which proposes a new venue offering indoor and outdoor respite and therapy.

news.stv.tv

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NASUWT Scotland @nasuwtscotland.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks to @monicalennon.bsky.social for lodging the motion 'NASUWT Report on the Cost of Living Crisis and the Derailing of Scottish Education' which highlights the critical impact of the cost of living crisis on the Scottish teaching profession & pupil wellbeing

www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

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Empower:ED Scotland @empoweredscotland.bsky.social · 17h

Me too 🤣

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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 21h

'Something is happening at the European School of the Year that raises big questions about the wider direction of Scottish education' 👀

www.heraldscotland.com/news...

@jamesmcenaney.bsky.social

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Sibs @sibs.org.uk · 1d

It is important that young siblings who are growing up with a disabled brother or sister are able to look forward to exciting things in their future. Read our parent tip on helping siblings achieve their own ambitions. #siblings www.sibs.org.uk/parent-tips/...

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Empower:ED Scotland @empoweredscotland.bsky.social · 1d

Please share and complete an opportunity to be heard.

Connect @connect.scot · 1d

Parents and carers! School inspections are changing, and it is really important to make your voices heard at this pivotal moment! Your response to our survey will help us form Connect’s response to the Scottish Government’s consultation. Closes Mon 10 Nov.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/L62SJYD

Image showing a classroom with text: 'Connect Parent/Carer Survey: School Inspections are Changing: Shape Connect's Consultation Response'

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Connect @connect.scot · 1d

Parents and carers! School inspections are changing, and it is really important to make your voices heard at this pivotal moment! Your response to our survey will help us form Connect’s response to the Scottish Government’s consultation. Closes Mon 10 Nov.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/L62SJYD

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Enquire | Reach @enquirereachasl.bsky.social · 1d

Our helpline is now closed for the October break - but don't worry! You can still access our advice & information:

🌐Visit our website - enquire.org.uk
🎬View our videos on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/Enquire...
📖 Pick up a copy of our Parents and Carers guide at your local library

Text reads Enquire helpline is now closed, overlaid over a close up photo of autumnal leaves with dew drops.

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 1d

Nice article about someone realising they are autistic in later life.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

A new start after 60: I realised I had autism – and suddenly my life made sense. I have never been so happy

After decades of loneliness and depression, Cathleen Caffrey had come to think of herself as a bad person. Then she learned about others who had struggled to fit in …

www.theguardian.com

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 1d

From arms, civil rights, governments appeasement, and more. Have a listen on this great podcast discussion with @cluthaman.bsky.social and @ronniebarbour.bsky.social!

Bylines Scotland Radio: Barbour and Roche Ep.1

Two grown men desperately try to make sense of politics

bylines.scot

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Autism @autismtalk.bsky.social · 1d

The sudden rise of AuDHD: what is behind the rocketing rates of this life-changing diagnosis? Do you agree?
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The sudden rise of AuDHD: what is behind the rocketing rates of this life-changing diagnosis?

Just over a decade ago, autism and ADHD were thought to be mutually exclusive. But in recent years, all that has changed

www.theguardian.com

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Empower:ED Scotland @empoweredscotland.bsky.social · 1d

October holidays. Kids off school. Stressed about what to do to entertain them everyday. Costs more for food, entertainment, heating, right? Juggling time off work. Now imagine it 52 weeks a year for 4 years with one hour education a week. What impact would that have on your family?

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 1d

I am presenting at The Gestalt Language Processors Conference 2025 with Cathy Shilling from The Speech Den this week. We will be exploring all things GLP and Monotropism related. This is one of our summary slides.
Find out more: registration.glpconference.co.uk/glp25

Infographic titled “Gestalt Language Processing Reframed: Monotropism, Interests & Connection.”
It contrasts a Deficit View of GLPs & Autism (left column, red boxes) with a Monotropism Informed Neuroaffirming Reframe (right column, green boxes), using arrows to show each shift in understanding:

Deficit View: Echolalia = lack of intent or understanding and meaningless repetition
Reframe: Echolalia = communication, grounded in deep attentional and emotional resonance

Deficit View: Scripts are rigid or blocking progress
Reframe: Scripts are anchors from which meaningful communication can emerge

Deficit View: GLPs have delayed or disordered language
Reframe: GLPs uniquely acquire language deeply and relationally through attentional processing

Deficit View: Structured analytic interventions needed to fix and cure
Reframe: Trust and connection support shared flow and communication

Deficit View: Redirecting attention and distractions help
Reframe: Allowing time and space for passions and processing is regulating

At the bottom, it says:
Find out more & join Cathy Shilling & Helen Edgar – Gestalt Language Processors Conference 2025.
Logos for The Speech Den and Autistic Realms – Neurodiversity Affirming appear in the corners.

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Emma Sutton @emmalgsutton.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday

Pre-Monday anxiety kicks in
The tension is palpable
Innocent questions get barely a grumble in response
Zero eye contact, smiles, lightness
The atmosphere is heavy, sliceable
And no attempt at levity works because even the thought of Monday is DOOM

School refusal robs the weekend of fun

a close up of a soldier 's face with a helmet that says ' doom eternal ' on it

Alt: a dark, eerie close up of a soldier's face with a helmet that says ' doom eternal ' on it

media.tenor.com

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Louise Ting @neuro-observant.bsky.social · 1d

Every time someone talks about “curing” autism, what they’re really saying is:

That autism is a disease
That we are broken
That we shouldn’t exist

It’s not just wrong - it’s dehumanising

We’re not a problem to be solved.
We’re real, valid humans

Why is that so hard to see?

#AutismAdvocacy

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Empower:ED Scotland @empoweredscotland.bsky.social · 1d

news.stv.tv/north/the-wo...

'The world is our oyster': Dundee charity's expansion plans after £1.5m makeover

The Yard will now be able to offer respite care, out-of-school clubs and early years support.

news.stv.tv

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 2d

🎙️New podcast episode is out🎙️

When two grown men try to make sense of politics...

@ronniebarbour.bsky.social

@cluthaman.bsky.social

Bylines Scotland Radio: Barbour and Roche Ep.1

open.spotify.com

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Empower:ED Scotland @empoweredscotland.bsky.social · 2d

Watching John Swinney fail to mention that there are any issues in Scottish Education live on The Sunday Show. Parents are watching ALL politicians. Denial isn’t helping. Our parents have various political persuasions, pretending we don’t have issues is incredibly insulting to so many.

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Glasgow Times @glasgowtimes.bsky.social · 2d

"With the nursery accessing the grass area directly outside the Primary 1a and Primary 2a classroom, our concern, as parents, is that the noise will disturb the learning of our children."

Primary school parents raise concerns over nursery move to building

www.glasgowtimes.co.uk

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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 4d

'It seems to stand to reason that we need teachers to be spending as much time in the classroom as possible.

'In reality, that assumption is entirely, unequivocally wrong, and it’s not actually all that difficult to understand why' || Education Specialist @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social 👇

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