A diverse list of stories and posts this week, but all interesting reads. As ever, leave your own story link in the comments if you've written or spotted something interesting that's not mentioned here.
On a purely personal note, thank you so much to anyone who nominated me for the BritMums awards. I may have mentioned (just) a few times that the Special Needs Jungle blog has been shortlisted! It's one of 20 blogs in the 'CHANGE' category and now needs votes to go through to the final stages. If you have time, I'd be really grateful if you could help it along. It's in section 3, number 15 at this link.
And after that quick promo, here's the special needs story round up:
- Telegraph: Gary McKinnon 'mentally fit enough to be extradited', claims report
- Not As Advertised: Are your kids getting out enough? Read Youngest 's salutary tale of Vitamin D deficiency!
- Southport Visiter: Family hoping to raise £12,000 to pay for Southport man’s Autism programme in America
- Contact A Family: Information about claiming DLA for children - a pdf
- Disability Scoop: DSM Committee Standing Firm On Autism Changes
- ITworld: Institute helps autistic programmers build mobile apps
- Love All Blogs: Lots of interesting posts on the Love Blogs special needs showcase this week
- Special Needs Jungle: Conversations with an Aspie teen... Share yours in the comments on the SNJ blog
- Bolton News: Son needing special school ‘is being failed by system’
- NAS Education update: Children’s Minister, Sarah Teather MP gives evidence to APPGA
- NYTimes.com: Asperger's, Autism and Learning to Drive
- Businessweek: Outsourcing to the Autistic Rather Than to India
- Wordswell: About the SEN Conference: Towards a Positive Future 16th June 2012
- DfE: Almost 400,000 pupils miss at least a month of school
- Belfast Telegraph: Northern Ireland: Teachers feel snubbed at lack of consultation on special needs changes
- Special Needs Jungle: Shortlisted for BritMums award – Why SNJ is all about CHANGE
- Guardian Teacher Network Blog: Engaging SEN pupils through film
- Ambitious About Autism: Countdown to Ambitious Film Club launch online film festival
- PR Newswire: Elsevier Launches New Journal: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- Medical News Today: Discovery Of Biomarkers For Autism Could Lead To Diagnostic Test
- Government E-Petition: Ring fence money for people with learning disabilities - e-petition started by Rosa Monckton
- Special Needs Jungle: Cambian launches Specialist Education Scholarships for children with Asperger’s or autism in their schools
- SAGE: Limited time FREE access to SAGE - Special Education News articles
- School Refuser: Emotionally Based School Refusal - Somerset Council Guide
Founder, Co-Director at Special Needs Jungle
Founder of Special Needs Jungle. (She/Her) Parent of two young adults with autism. New grandma. Tania, who is autistic, is a leading SEND advisor, working with the Special Education Consortium, Ofsted, and Whole School SEND. She is also an Advisory Board member of the Royal Holloway, University of London Centre of Gene and Cell Therapy and an Editorial Board member of Springer Nature Gene Therapy journal.
Tania is an experienced broadcast and print journalist & author. She also runs a PR, web & social media consultancy, SocialOro Media.
Tania is a rare disease & chronic pain patient advocate with Ehlers Danlos syndrome.
Tania is an experienced broadcast and print journalist & author. She also runs a PR, web & social media consultancy, SocialOro Media.
Tania is a rare disease & chronic pain patient advocate with Ehlers Danlos syndrome.
Latest posts by Tania Tirraoro (see all)
- Ombudsman report says councils are “standing in the way of support” by failing to offer personal budgets during the EHCP process - November 24, 2023
- 10 reasons the Change Programme might fail, by experts from across the SEND sector - October 27, 2023
- For children with SEND and their parents, a compassionate teacher is key - October 20, 2023
