Marie

NEW POST: The Government’s use of unaccountable ‘experts’ for SEND reform is shutting down debate & excluding vital voices: those of parents and people across the sector who don't agree with them—and says Dr Kieron Smith, it's undemocratic: www.specialneedsjungle.com/s...

An amazing bit of work by my colleagues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Textile banners with tbe text 'Girls say no to the bombs' with images of dives and peace and womens symbols

Banner by UK peace activist Thalia Campbell, a founder of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in 1981. She produced over 250 textile banners in activism for disarmament of nuclear weapons #WomensArt #WomensHistoryMonth

Frontiers | Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence: getting a grip on autism While the autism diagnosis emphasizes “deficits” in social communication, the article advances that sensory–movement differences underpin autism through a re...

Senior author of classic theory of mind & autism paper (Frith) minimizes autistic ppl's sensory issues. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Yet hypersensitivity is in original (Sukhareva, Asperger, Kanner), autistics' accounts. Interaction happens *btwn* ppl. More in sensory-1st paper:
tinyurl.com/3dvbahy8

Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis - Nature A study of several longitudinal birth cohorts and cross-sectional cohorts finds only moderate overlap in genetic variants between autism that is diagnosed earlier and that diagnosed later, so they may...

I wonder what Simon Baron Cohen thinks of Uta Friths’ comments in TES today?

Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis | Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Challenging child behaviours positively predict symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Rare Diseases This study investigated the validity of conceptualising elevated stress in parents of children who exhibit challenging behaviour within the framework …

Courtesy of Dr Evan’s who originally posted this on X.

Paper on PTSD in Carers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dancing while the Middle East burns...MPs slammed for cha.cha.cha-ing in parliament amid Iran war | LBC A group of MPs traded policy debates for dance moves when Strictly Come Dancing celebrities led a health-focused dance session in Parliament.

Twinkle toes Hoyle getting out of filing his expenses claims again. Good job that the host of Rip Off Britain was there to help him with his Foxtrot.

www.lbc.co.uk/article/mps-...

See Trump is his usual presidential self. Please explain to me how we ended up here, because I’m having great difficulty in understanding how the American public can be so simple and vote for a man who would be better placed residing in an asylum than the White House.

Fabulous, appreciated, a job for tomorrow as too many competing interests with the boy wonder today :)

Her interview with Laura K. this morning was delightful and candid.

Thanks.

Do you know if it is recorded Caroline? I’m looking after my son now, so cannot give this my undivided attention.

"Trauma doesn’t stay neatly contained in the past; it shows up on paperwork, at parents’ evening, in moments that should be ordinary."

It's time we stop the courts failing women
https://goodlaw.social/jb6i

Couldn’t agree more.

The Israeli Army Unit That Recruits Teens With Autism Many autistic soldiers who would otherwise be exempt from military service have found a place in Unit 9900, a selective intelligence squad where their heightened perceptual skills are an asset.

Everything about this makes me feel deeply uncomfortable. Lines are blurred between exploitation and inclusivity.

Maybe it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that this could happen in the UK.

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

No, autistic people are not ‘mind blind’ – here’s why The idea that autistic people lack a ‘theory of mind’ has shaped ASD research for 40 years. The evidence never supported it – and it’s time to move on.

What if we stopped trying to 'fix' autistic people and helped them instead?

By shifting priorities, especially since the very research used to justify 'fixing' them is often irreproducible, we could actually make life more bearable.

Jess Phillips: “I have never turned a blind eye" on grooming gangs YouTube video by BBC Politics

How many more times have we 'turned a blind eye' while others were placed in harm’s way for the sake of science or social research? From abuse, psychiatric neglect to the torturous treatment of Autistic & disabled individuals, we have become a nation defined by “turning a blind eye”.

In other news, this is 30 years old, now I feel incredibly old.

Fifteen St Andrew's Healthcare staff arrested amid abuse claims Patients and their relatives say there is a culture of abuse at a mental health hospital.

It’s the same attitudes toward vulnerable individuals.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists may claim they are 'improving lives,' but the reality suggests otherwise.

Every SEND family’s nightmare.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison

Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/31/d...

On Terms: Is There a Problem With “Problem Behavior”? A Bibliometric Prevalence Analysis - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Purpose Language shapes scientific interpretation, clinical decision-making, and public understanding of autism. Although much attention has focused on identity-first versus person-first terminology, ...

Behavior analysts are alarmed & appalled (at great length) by what they claim is "a notable shift away from the term problem behavior" to characterize autistics link.springer.com/article/10.1... rock-bottom ABA standards, with zero evidence re accuracy & consequences of terms used in autism research

Registered: "the experiences, barriers and enablers of autistic peoples' safety across life stages and contexts"--an umbrella review www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/vie... autistics "face serious threats to their safety such as victimisation, discrimination, violence, abuse, neglect, bullying..."

A Royal Reckoning YouTube video by Jonathan Pie

Sound on. This is excellent.
youtu.be/yiOvAgw4hwE?...

Hiroshi Yoshimura (吉村弘) - Wet Land (1993) [Full Album] YouTube video by should be asleep

youtu.be/Z3m7HXeiHpg?...

Surely all this is not without meaning.

Worth noting.

Institutional Misogyny -

Refers to the way specific organisations (police, legal system, healthcare, or schools) operate. It occurs when the "rules of the game" within an institution, even seemingly neutral, result in the mistreatment or exclusion of women.

Checking social media and seeing the most implausible crap ever, only to realise it might actually be true.

This is one helluva crazy episode of Black Mirror / Outer Limits / Twilight Zone (*delete where appropriate).

I really hope parallel universe me is doing okay.

Statistics on child sexual abuse | NSPCC Learning How many children experience sexual abuse in the UK? We looks at the available data to understand the scale of abuse and to support services, organisations and agencies in making evidence-based decisi...

This should not be normal.

A reminder from the NSPCC: research with over 2,000 young people suggests that 1 in 20 children in the UK have experienced sexual abuse.

Even more abhorrent are those in positions of power who betray that trust.

learning.nspcc.org.uk/research-res...