With all the noise surrounding autism diagnosis, there are relevant studies that may have gone unnoticed. Autism Innovative Medicine Studies-2-Trials (AIMS-2-TRIALS) | King's College London www.kcl.ac.uk/research/aim...

PolitlcsUK Twitter account has c 400k followers. Labour ministers often give exclusive interviews But it's part-owned by an ex-Tory MP turned lobbyist - who bought it for £100 Ben Howlett:'I'm like that Nigerian guy on the internet, always working out who the stupid person is, except for politics'

Unusual question 1st thing on a Sunday, but I've been thinking (always dangerous when I think :) ) Policy under Blair, The Third Way, specifically how it incorporated different agencies like the CSA, Cafcass, & Police. Anyone know of policy docs from this period I can view or relevant research pls?

It looks like the medal I won in the parents egg and spoon race.

Saturday night tv, a bunch of celebrities sat on a wheel humouring Michael McIntyre (not the funniest man alive, in fact I’ve been to funerals with more comedic Vickers) singing along to Vindaloo and I pay a licence fee for this. Yes, I know I can switch over but boy wonder enjoys naming songs.

Right-wing Law & Order parties fielding violent criminals won't like this 'Full DBS checks for Parliamentary candidates [and Councillors too!] would lead to “better protected workplaces”' www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

Investments Groups involved in supplying NHS services prioritise profit over patient care and safety, isn’t this commonly known. Hard to believe that CQC had no incline prior to families going public about abuse. Nothing therapeutic about their treatment. Horrendous. www.msn.com/en-gb/health...

And it was all going so well. Don’t say you’ve not been warned.

Last year Sky News was rending its garments over Starmer's free eyeglasses: WHAT INFLUENCE DID LORD ALLI BUY? Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡

This image could represent an array of different injustices, and relatable if you’re an abuse victim who’s had any dealings with the system that protects men at all levels.

16 days campaign against gender based violence could easily go unnoticed unless you’ve been directly impacted. Abuse is all encompassing, if doctors, police, social workers are all ignorant to the signs or undermine victims then they too are complicit, and nothing changes.

NEW POST: In an SNJ exclusive, @rachel.stopsafetyvalve.uk highlights how ADHD and Autism “Right to Choose” assessments have been paused in at least nine NHS areas, as ICBs tell their contracted private providers to stop offering new appointments www.specialneedsjungle.com/a...

Sam Freedman in The Observer: “The big challenge is that there’s no way to save money without changing the eligibility for EHCPs. This looks like being one of the big political battles of 2026.” observer.co.uk/news/opinion-... We disagree—and we have a plan: www.specialneedsjungle.com/s...

If this is accurate it’s troubling.

For all the criticism, leaks and missteps, this is really welcome and I fully support scrapping the cap.

Delia Derbyshire (1937- 2001) UK musician/composer, pioneer of electronic music, working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1960s, she created the arrangement of the theme music for UK science-fiction TV series #DoctorWho #WomensArt

There’s no fool like an old fool. Never ceases to amaze how many rich men of a certain age have a fantasy wish list of qualities and aesthetics they want from a prospective partner when they themselves aren’t fresh faced & bushy tailed. Anyone can be exploited but this has gold diggers all over it.

Oh Mani youtu.be/vY9g-PgSiGA?...

It’s ‘insane’ to believe anything that this man has to offer. Ear defenders aren’t the problem, using vulnerabilities to stoke a culture war is. Same applies to Amanda Speilman regarding her comments on dyslexia. Both should be rendered irrelevant on matters of SEND.

“Silence is what allows people to suffer without recourse, what allows hypocrisies and lies to grow and flourish, crimes to go unpunished. If our voices are essential aspects of our humanity, to be rendered voiceless is to be dehumanised or excluded from one’s humanity”. - Rebecca Solnit

Watching the Two Ronnies not my usual viewing for a Saturday night but this joke stands the test of time. RC, “They say marriage is like a lottery” RB, “No, with a lottery, at least you have a chance of winning” :)

On SNJ Today: Enter our brilliant #Giveaway to win one of THREE copies of Understanding Parent Blame: Institutional failure and complex trauma. @catrionamoore.bsky.social reviews this important book by Prof. Luke Clements and Dr Ana Laura Aiello: www.specialneedsjungle.com/u...

Robbie Gibb's reported comment that if he did not get his way, he would 'blow the place up' suggests an attitude that is neither measured nor constructive. He is contributing to significant damage to the reputation of the BBC. As Sir Ed Davey argues Gibb’s position is untenable.

Fascinating conversation with Prof Brian Hughes, discussing “Psychology’s Quiet Conservatism: How a Supposedly Woke Science Promotes Capitalism and Protects Privilege.” youtu.be/0K75eNkaL4Q?...

New transport survey for 16-19 year olds has launched! 📝 Complete the survey here 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/zioiykibzm Read more here 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/zzekogukbq

Lily Allen’s West End Girl album is so relatable. Brilliant, punchy and a raw display of hurt & betrayal but undeniably her sound. Well worth a listen.

Movember The brilliant Matt Haig - Reasons to Stay Alive.

Gillian Wearing’s statue of Suffragist Millicent Fawcett, 2018, Parliament Square, London. The words are a quote from Fawcett on the death of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, killed when walking in front of the King’s horse at the Derby,1913, to highlight the women's cause.

Not exactly instilling confidence, those who presided over the last decade shld forfeit the right to dictate new legislation. Removing Mainstream EHCPs makes no sense. I foresee SEND schools replacing EHCP model, since my son’s existing 2021 plan was only recently updated.

All these charities also describe themselves as being funded by government. Alongside this, however, government is primarily portrayed as a barrier to the effective provision of services for autistic people. Cont/d theconversation.com/autism-chari...

"Promises were made, and lives and families built upon them. How have we reached a place where wrecking those lives is even up for discussion?" On Powell, Heath, Lam and the descent of the British right.

To all of those perceived crazy awkward disruptors or difficult women. The issue isn’t you. “In a sick society, women who have difficulty fitting in are not ill but demonstrating a healthy and positive response.” - Charlotte Perkins Gilman

I really love booming Pass Out by Tinie Tempah, reverberating at 4am onwards on a loop. Spectacularly sets up my day. How good of my neighbour to share his music taste.

TikTok is getting rid of the London staff who keep you safe from harmful, misleading and illegal content. When did they announce the job cuts? Eight days before those employees were due to vote on unionising. We’ve signed an open letter with @tuc.org.uk and @cwunews.bsky.social:

In an autistic child (age 5), targeting "whining" ("Emission of dissatisfied statements or sounds 2.5s or longer at speech level volume or higher") & crying ("Tears and facial contortions with or without vocal accompaniment") as "problem behavior"? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... ABA in 2025

“On my analysis, misogyny’s primary function & constitutive manifestation is the punishment of 'bad' women, and policing of women’s behavior. But systems of punishment and rewards, and conviction and exoneration, tend to work together, holistically." Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny K. Manne

Sobering statistics and those in the system that gaslight victims, or worse, should consider their positions. I know from my own experience, when I tried to escape, how little support from Leics Police & Freeva I received.

It’s a good job that I always check emails for smelling pistakes before pressing mend. 🤦‍♀️

NEW | The machine is working overdrive… Despite Prince Andrew, the British press is still pumping out the Royal Family's propaganda The Windsor mafia are happy to imply the disgraced ex-Duke of York is an outlie; the media is co-operating with that lie brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/despite-pr...

Extend that informants, and those who manipulate in wider social experiments. Only psychopaths interfere with the lives of others for professional, personal, political or financial gain. x.com/copscampaign...

“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart”. www.themarginalian.org/2017/07/17/w...

Writers of The Crown are not going to be short of material for the next decade given recent developments. :)

Quite the spectacle to see media outlets who've cheered on austerity saying 'oh god, SEND spending is out of control'. Well, if you gut councils, fail to provide local special school spaces, collapse SureStart and leave public/collective transport to rot, that's what happens. Cuts are expensive

The brilliant Charlie MacKesy has a new book out. An adorable human being with immeasurable talent.

"Gibb’s apparent Pavlovian response to hearing his favourite words and authors led him to swiftly appoint (often highly inexperienced) people to key positions of influence over the education of England’s millions of children"

I love Sundays, I can procrastinate with only the faintest anxiety for not being productive and watch stuff like this. :) youtu.be/vaG5tVnpkwc?...