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sp1ngirl.bsky.social
@sp1ngirl.bsky.social
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Parent to a child with SEN. Often found advocating for support for own family and others. Likes to learn/share info on related issues incl. UK law/policy. Retweets are not necessarily endorsements.
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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 7h
"expert" is just a word for someone who knows what they are talking about.
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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 16h
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
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Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social · 6h
An extraordinary outburst—directed at a small hospice charity subject to devastating funding cuts—from the CEO of a major NHS trust. I doubt that Arthur Rank Hospices's patients and families share his assessment of the 'value' of the oustanding care provided. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Arthur Rank Hospice media campaign left bad taste, says NHS CEO
An NHS boss says the hospice beds that funding has been pulled from were
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sp1ngirl.bsky.social @sp1ngirl.bsky.social · 1d
Complex issue, have mixed views:
- Diagnosis is a place to start looking for individual needs: it can't tell you what they are.
- Problems like stereotyping are rife where knowledge/experience is poor.
- But diagnosis is useful: without it needs not acknowledged. Helps people understand themselves.
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F.L. Everett @fliceverett.bsky.social · 2d
Morning, #journorequest.. have you lost your job/work to AI? And is it doing a rubbish job? I'm looking for case studies for a broadsheet piece, who have been 'replaced' by AI, or find their work has dwindled. If you know anyone/that's you, please message me! Thanks very much. [email protected]
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Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 2d
Wow: Helen Hayes, committee chair, says: "All of us, as constituency MPs, see children not being offered places at schools of their choice, because of their additional needs." That's a massive criticism of the schools system.
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Tania Tirraoro @tanialt.bsky.social · 2d
From yesterday’s #WomenOfTheYear event we attended
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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 2d
An amazing event yesterday for the #WomenoftheYear Lunch & Awards, attended by SNJ’s @Tanialt.bsky.social & @RenataWatts.bsky.social. Lots of networking done! More pix from the luncheon here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/special-needs-jungle-ltd_send-send-activity-7383813523816153088-WKEh #SENDSKY
Tania and Renata in smart attire
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NAPLIC @naplic.bsky.social · 2d
Friday is #DLDday, the day we raise awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). And we REALLY need greater awareness.
Join us in supporting @radld.bsky.social to raise awareness of DLD.
Lots of resources at: radld.org/dld-awarenes...
#DevLangDis
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 3d
If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer

His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate
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Jane Bradley @bradleyjane.bsky.social · 3d
NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias. 
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.
www.nytimes.com
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 2d
"Peter". Now fixed.
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Nature @nature.com · 2d
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com/4hj9NNV
Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.
go.nature.com
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 5d
I wrote this on Nathan Gill, Russian bribes, Reform and Farage nearly two weeks ago. Here it is again if you’re sick of the silence of the UK media

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
It's time we asked some serious questions about Reform and Russia, says Neil Mackay
As a former prominent leader of Reform faces jail for taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements, Neil Mackay says we have to ask serious…
www.heraldscotland.com
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Jess McCabe @jessmccabe.bsky.social · 3d
So what this teacher - who won’t put a name to this opinion - is suggesting is that hundreds of parents are getting all these professionals to falsify their views in reports, in evidence to tribunals.
Make sense?
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Jess McCabe @jessmccabe.bsky.social · 3d
To get an EHCP you need absolutely reams of proof. Nothing a parent or teacher says will count as evidence and everything in the document comes from medical doctors, educational psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists etc
apple.news/Ab9AovlKvSw-...
Rich parents are using SEND diagnoses to get their kids help they don't need — The i Paper
We are fast reaching a stage where the SEND system is only navigable to those with privilege
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Jess McCabe @jessmccabe.bsky.social · 3d
The polite second version of my response to this. First had more
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Jess McCabe @jessmccabe.bsky.social · 3d
To get an EHCP you need absolutely reams of proof. Nothing a parent or teacher says will count as evidence and everything in the document comes from medical doctors, educational psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists etc
apple.news/Ab9AovlKvSw-...
Rich parents are using SEND diagnoses to get their kids help they don't need — The i Paper
We are fast reaching a stage where the SEND system is only navigable to those with privilege
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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · 3d
Sunday reading explores 'difficult' women: from Jane Goodall to Jess Phillips. We need more to move things forward #equality occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
Difficult Women | Athene Donald's Blog
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 4d
New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...
Russia and the rise of the radical right
Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d
Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 5d
If this reminds you of an extremely famous book you might have read in high school… yes.
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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5d
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 4d
Is the Supreme Court obstructing justice?

[NYT Gift Article] Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency

“In interviews, federal judges called the Supreme Court’s emergency orders “mystical,” “overly blunt,” “incredibly demoralizing and troubling”"
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 6d
The Nathan Gill scandal should be huge news so why has the British media been mainly silent about it? (I think we know 🤔)
Here's Fiona Bruce shutting down any mention & acting like the audience aren't interested.
#bbqt
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4d
We will need Nuremberg-like trials
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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4d
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d
a russ vought special
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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4d
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.
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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 20d
We're delighted to partner with @publiclawproject.bsky.social & @39essexchambers.bsky.social on this training based on our book 'Making Lawful Decisions' by @stevebroach.bsky.social and @torbc.bsky.social.

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Public Law Project @publiclawproject.bsky.social · 21d
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sp1ngirl.bsky.social @sp1ngirl.bsky.social · 5d
For me it is a clash of objectives in how children are assessed and what 'grades' represent that is at the root, as you touch on. Demonstrating proficiency, 'sorting sheep from goats', readiness for higher qualifications, being 'work ready' etc. It is complex and no easy solutions.
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sp1ngirl.bsky.social @sp1ngirl.bsky.social · 5d
I think the tendency is for schools to transfer all the pressure to achieve to CYP, rather than thinking about how well the 'learning environment' itself is supporting them to do well (academic and wellbeing). More reflection helpful? e.g. why do some perform well at primary but not secondary, etc.