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Stock AI black and white image of 5 children and young people showing visible signs of distress. Hands covering their ears. Heads on hands. The writing states 223000 children missing school because their needs aren’t met. Neurodivergent kids left behind. Inclusion?
“ ghost children” unseen, unheard, unnoticed. We feel how unimportant our situation is to those in power. Anyone with any decency should be “ haunted “ by these figures. See what I did there? See these numbers, see our kids, this isn’t inclusion, it’s a national disgrace.
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It’s from evidence presented to Government by Dr Jason lang pinned above. Research from Glasgow university.
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Stock AI image of 5 children and young people showing visible signs of distress. Their head in hands or staring out of a window. Their writing states 223000 mainly neurodivergent children and young people are not in school or are on very particular time timetables in Scotland
Disabled by design. Your daily reminder that all these children and young people are being failed. These numbers are going to continue to rise. Is this deliberate? One thing about “mainstreaming” is it’s cheaper.
This looks like *such* a great project.
If it wasn't for the quantitative focus, I'd probably apply for it myself.
Have a read of our latest Neuro-affirming Community of Practice Scotland. Such great work going on around Scotland to make the changes we need
nait.scot/document/neu...
Btw probably important share the responses to the recent autism misinformation. As the mainstream news probably won't cover it.
Response from National Autistic Society www.autism.org.uk/blog/challen...
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Black and white AI image of 5 children and young people looking upset with their heads on hands or looking forlornly out of a window. The caption reads 223 ooo mainly neurodivergent children and young people not in school or on very part time timetables in Scotland
Imagine the impact this would have on your family, your ability to work. We hear teachers shouting that they aren’t baby sitting services, how do teacher/ parent work? Because their kids are mainly in school. The long term impact on our families is devastating on multiple levels. You see us yet?
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Stock black and white ai image of a young child sitting with their head in their knees. You cannot see their face and their head is obscured by a hood on their jacket. They have a school bag by their side and they are sitting in front of a large ominous brick wall. The text reads 223000 neurodivergent children and young people in Scotland can’t access their legal right to an education.
International woman’s day. What I will say is that if 223000 neurotypical kids were not able to access school and primarily men were impacted , forced into caregiving. This would not be happening. Been an awful weekend for autistic women and girls in particular.
Today for #InternationalWomensDay we are highlighting the stats around women providing unpaid care in Scotland.
49% of female unpaid carers reported having bad or very bad mental health.
Read our full briefing here: www.carersuk.org/media/t2qjbn...
Today for #InternationalWomensDay we are highlighting the stats around women providing unpaid care in Scotland.
60% of unpaid carers feel anxious or stressed when they think about their financial situation.
Read our full briefing here: www.carersuk.org/media/t2qjbn...
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Stock black and white ai image of a young child sitting with their head in their knees. You cannot see their face and their head is obscured by a hood on their jacket. They have a school bag by their side and they are sitting in front of a large ominous brick wall. The text reads 223000 neurodivergent children and young people in Scotland can’t access their legal right to an education.
International woman’s day. What I will say is that if 223000 neurotypical kids were not able to access school and primarily men were impacted , forced into caregiving. This would not be happening. Been an awful weekend for autistic women and girls in particular.
No thanks. As an autistic person, I find comfort and solidarity in the fact that we are all part of the same spectrum.
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Thanks you for all your support this week, folks! There's a whole lot of reading and listening here! 👇
I’m personally in the remove social media from children corner and stop the platforms from sharing bile to any age group.
