I is dressed for the Highlands 🤣😭

Listening through the road trip around the Highlands to #NeurotypicalsDontJuggleChainsaws with @kieranrose.bsky.social esp and honestly me and DH love this eps.... I could listen to Kieran all day ♥️👏 open.spotify.com/episode/57Y6...

#ArtAdventCalender #IsleOfSkye

#ArtAdvantCalender #ScotlandBreakfast near Loch Leven

I'm off for Christmas to Sit, Read, Think and absorb some cool ideas abd be offline ♥️👍 I'll be back in the new year. Enjoy a break ! ♥️👍

Listening takes energy. Real listening, I mean. The noise can be overwhelming endless content, hot takes, everyone eager to be heard. Easy to comment. Harder to actually sit with someone's ideas before responding.

Our December Newsletter... Happy Holidays Everyone! sh1.sendinblue.com/ah4z0kbc79pf...

Do they know their own brand here ? #FOSS

Can I call him differently contemptuous ?

Big Meritocracy at it again

Brutal choices this year

#Oddsock would like you all to know it's been a tough year for disabled & neurodivergent adults and kids. Stigma & ableism is on the increase. Caring for vulnerable people isn't a flaw it's what decent people do. He wishes everyone can be as comfortable as he. Happy Xmas 🎄♥️ Love Oddsock

FYI I know you want to fill this in #Autistic 🙏⬇️♥️

Just thought and think @jackworth.bsky.social you might know... But do we even track the amount of disabled ITT teachers coming in ? And do they have equal success in applying or qualifying ? Anyone asking this sure it kinda impacts equality there doesn't it ? Anyone know?

With the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) currently developing its recommendations for teachers’ pay for the next two years, our Education Workforce Lead, @jackworth.bsky.social, has written a new blog post looking at what he thinks should happen from 2026. Read the post 👉 bit.ly/3KMbSWU

Hearing this batman quote a ridiculous amount in my head these days: "Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn" - Alfred The Dark Knight

Might have hit witch central here if they have any ideas for banishments given the way things are... I'll let you know 🤣👍 #Glasto

On #MakerAdvent today we learn how to write BASIC code on a humble Arduino Uno. To be specific, a Cytron Maker Uno becuase it has built-in LEDS that we can use to create a quick light sequence. #BASIC was my first programming language, way back on the Commodore 16. youtu.be/0XuV6-_UGYk

#TheWarBetweentheLandandtheSea Russell T Davies thought I'll make a spin off Doctor Who commenting on all the things that are awful & we can just have sea people be the metaphor for everything. Climate Change, Immigration, Billionaires, Racism, AI, Culture Wars, Media, Politics.

New from @kieranrose.bsky.social There is no such thing as SEND theautisticadvocate.com/there-is-no-...

Well I might have found a useful post for X these days 🤣

One of the greatest gifts as a autistic my parents ever gave me was the expectation I didn't need to participate in anything if I didn't want to. Surprisingly made me participate in a awful lot of stuff. The ability to say no and feel normal about it is a very very important one.

🤣🤣 On way home about this ⬇️ as DH points out we don't actually own enough plates to do full on family christmas as the max we have is 4 of anything literally. Plates we only have 2 of those for the dog. Very fussy on the forks, knives too we only have two sets and DH eats with chopsticks. 🤣🤣

As an autistic who has completely different ideas of Christmas fun & has a house who rarely engages with the Christmas expectations. We surprising enjoy Xmas with no santa, rarely have dinners, with minimal decoration, same foods, books, long naps & binge watching shows we love. Equally Xmas Vibe.

Btw it is glorious down here #Glastonbury

Gone to see family down in glastonbury yesterday. Booked in gorgeous little hotel, seen everyone got in hotel about 4pm after.... ...and both slept for 15 hours. We are booking trips away to sleep 😳

This is a excellent piece on why northern cities often also get short changed on recognition and funding.

Ziggy is also totally correct on this one #DogsForFreeSign ♥️👍

P.S If you want to learn sign or support it go to the British Deaf Association or the National Deaf Children's Society ⬇️ for info www.ndcs.org.uk/advice-and-s...

Recent ITV News Wales report highlights the healthcare failings faced by deaf individuals. BDA Cymru Manager Martin Griffiths advocates for systemic changes in care. To read the article go to: bit.ly/42uMStm to watch the captioned video go to: bit.ly/4iBW8Ay

My parents paid for ASL classes in Atwater, CA, 1985. A neighbor close to my age of 5 was Deaf. He and I did just fine (lotta idiosyncratic signs) but my parents, unable to communicate, worried about having him over to swim. Cue the signed "You've Got a Friend". Parents first, but also neighbors!

Just on a personal 'Caroline note' to this ...I'm a CODA so opposite way round. I didn't get BSL to communicate with my mum or sister. They both took implants when I was younger so I could most time we are fine, dependant on the hearing aids working. Either way it should be standard. 🙄

Oddsock is absolutely right. And it isn't just about who pays - we had to wait 8 months after finding out our son was deaf before we could start a BSL course, even when we were paying.

#Oddsock Today would like everyone in the UK to know whilst deaf children get access to sign language through LAs. We don't universally give sign language training to PARENTS and often they pay out of pocket to communicate with kids. Oddsock feels this is stupid and unfair.

One of the best things you can do for neurodivergent people when giving instructions is incredibly simple: ✨ Write. Them. Down. ✨ Clear written instructions aren’t just helpful - they’re accessibility

Brutal exposure there Tism. Like Ouch. 🤣🤣 I was literally talking last week with @inclusionht.bsky.social on her podcast on this week. We are not prepared for praise or know what I'm suppose to do with it.

Delighted do this podcsst with @inclusionht.bsky.social two openly autistic adhd educators talk all thing education, send crisis & neuronormative expectations. One to listen to and hilarious in places! open.spotify.com/episode/63yd...

Lovely day spent teaching again with a keen #ECT today and honestly found myself reminding them teaching is a great profession to go into. I know its tough out there (like really tough) but talk up teaching if you can, new ECTs need to know they are making a great choice. You are btw. 👍

Crying Laughing 🤣🤣 The Matrix But Everyone is Autistic ⬇️ vm.tiktok.com/ZNRLDk8qM/

Wobbly but alive and physio has successful identified I've rotated one side of my hip completely why it keep subluxing. So hobbling a little longer whilst I try and move it back. Anyone has a functioning skeleton for Xmas 🙏 🤣 #SurprisinglyChipper #ButOnAlotOfStrongMedication 👍

I asked at BESA earlier in the year on the SEND panel do they know the risks of getting this wrong given the population of send, neurodivergent, disabled and carers equals about 35-40% of the population and they are pretty livid. Apprently not ⬇️ www.specialneedsjungle.com/performative...

A couple weeks ago a well meaning colleague of mine told me "If you don't put yourself in uncomfortable situations you'll never learn" and I have been seething in autistic ever since. What this means, I gather, is something like "take advantage of chosen, purposeful, supported challenges"

#TrackOfTheDay Monday again already? 😴 🧡🎶 @mrsveritea.bsky.social @kcauchi.bsky.social @amandarussell35.bsky.social @compscitsui.bsky.social @sneekylinux.bsky.social @nickidigest.bsky.social @gaiinz.bsky.social @littlemissteach.bsky.social @mindbodysoulnrg.bsky.social @ka81.bsky.social 1/3

"What if the reason we are no longer functioning is physical, not motivational? Hypermobility affects nearly 80% of #ADHD women and over 30% of ADHD men, compared to just over 20% & 10% in the neurotypical population. Hypermobile people are more vulnerable to viruses, pollution & yes, covid" ⬇️

This is probably the most accurate one I've read ⬇️ www.forbes.com/sites/drnanc...

Read this. Bang on. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Adjustments to PhDs are not complicated. Disabled PGRs are not complicated. None of this is complicated. It just goes back to the basis of reasonableness: is the adjustment effective (will it work) and is it practicable (can we do it)? And we can do much more than we think we can - if we want to