“They say that the council representatives were “dismissive”, and that an explicit request to have the meeting minuted was rejected. The council has confirmed that no minutes were taken during the event.” No minutes is a recurring theme?

How many more councils are saving money on education while unions are shouting about needing more resources? Considering the increase in additional support needs 40% how have these “ savings been made?

Guess that’s what happens when you build concentration camps, round up children, shoot protestors dead in the street, crush the free press, steal black votes, use public office to enrich yourself and your family, all while creating a proto-fascist regime. Apart from that - enjoy the World Cup, lads!

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@thinkingautism.com , many thanks for sharing my work about Why Attachment Theory Fails Autistic People, and What Might Work Instead autisticrealms.com/why-attachme...

How many needs aren’t met to save this money? How many teachers not getting a contract? Or support assistants. This is wow.

I treat all groupthink the same. Say "all white men" or "all cis people" and add something abusive, I will block you just the same as if that was "all trans people" or "all black people". Rules are the same for everyone in my nonbinary world. Why the fuck is this so hard to understand for some?

New blog: Exploring why attachment theory wasn't built with Autistic people in mind, how it has been used to blame parents like myself & looking at how understanding monotropism, the double empathy problem & Letsoalo's Neurodivergent Attachment Theory may help autisticrealms.com/why-attachme...

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National Official @mikecorbett1.bsky.social was on BBC last night talking about violence in schools.

Violence is out of control in Scotland: a trans MSP needs parliamentary security; a referee needs police protection; cops are attacked by football hooligans as they help paramedics; teachers suffer broken bones from pupil attacks Society feels dangerously febrile In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

This school toolkit for hypermobility was the idea of our chair Jane Green MBE but due to delays it was not published until May 2021. School toolkit for EDS JHS. Read more how it came about here : https://rpst.cc/9rrzPs

Lots in primary education. Local authorities put children with ASN in mainstream. Usually without meeting the families. Then kids become highly deregulated and assaultative. Then teachers blame parents. Look elsewhere to point the finger. The real victims are the kids. Scandalous

Neurodivergent and disabled learners don't need fixing. They need environments designed around human diversity. Building Anti-Ableist Learning Space is a five-part series on what that actually looks like. stimpunks.org/learning/bui...

More than 1 billion people across the world are living with mental health conditions, according to new figures from the World Health Organization. Behind that number are real people trying to get through each day while feeling unseen, unsupported, exhausted, or overwhelmed.

The usual rhetoric begins. 618 are in primary schools. Close specialist provision, less asn trained teachers ( if they actually were trained) . More dysregulated kids described as “ violent” because they have been placed there by local Asn forum. Yet its parents fault. Wow just wow.

What on earth?! 🤬😡🤬

Recent activity around #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek might have raised questions, or helped recognise, where a young person may benefit from extra support with their #mentalhealth. Our pages on Reach are a great tool to share with young people in your life. Visit: reach.scot/.../all-abou... #anxiety

Absolutely disgraceful that this is happening in Scotland

Lady Casey, who is leading an independent review of adult social care, criticised a system that “still behaves as if we are living in 1948 and not 2026” by relying on Unpaid carers to plug gaps in services. #NeededInScotlandToo www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Mr Tolley said the possessions taken included his two teddy bears, which he affectionately calls ‘mum’, three suitcases, and a trolley of items he collected to take care of himself. #YouUtterScumbags #ReadinBoroughCouncil www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/2610143...

The amount of unpaid carers being let down re no support for their cared for, is adding extreme exhaustion/burnout and not forgetting distress to the cared for, I understand staff sickness/holidays, but not hiring staff & leaving these people abandoned is morally wrong 💷💰🤮

Accessing Healthcare For Neurodivergent Adults

If you haven't joined our online peer-support community yet I highly recommend it. Wonderful group of neurodivergent people, all welcome, regardless of formal diagnosis or not. https://connect.neurohubcommunity.org/ ##ActuallyAutistic

Research Participant Request Autistic Burnout & School Return For Autistic Self-Identifying Adults 18+UK Experienced a period of absence from a UK mainstream secondary school due to autistic burnout. Successfully transitioned back into a mainstream secondary education Contact: [email protected]

We know that mental health and anxiety can be a reason for many children and young people to miss school. Our pages explain more about what a school or setting might be able to do to help, plus other sources of support. Visit: enquire.org.uk/parents/atte... #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

Please sign and share. Particularly if you’re a parent of a child with ASN. Our children remain at the bottom of society’s list of priorities sadly.

Private schools charging councils £250k for each Send pupil observer.co.uk/news/busines...

Think parents of children with ASN are interested in more than exams results. The positive destinations figure must be inaccurate as the unemployment figures in the same area for 16/25 year olds is particularly high. Not much journalism going on here.

‘This is what happened when I met the Modern Frankenstein’ I talk to the scientist making new life forms in the laboratory. Dr Adrian Woolfson has mastered how to design and build new genomes that have never existed before. He believes he’s started a ‘Second Genesis’ In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

What is the systemic relationship between autism and mental health? This article explores why Autistic people struggle to access services. https://neurohubcommunity.org/2026/05/08/autism-and-mental-health-the-system-wasnt-built-for-us/ ##ActuallyAutistic

Please read and share. 💯 percent this.

Being With People & The Value of Intensive Interaction A personal reflection. autisticrealms.com/being-with-p... #PMLD #PMID #ProfoundAndMultipleLearningDisabilities #IntensiveInteraction