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World Autism Day: A boy and his Assistance dog
Autism, Campaigns, special needs

World Autism Day: A boy and his Assistance dog

By Angela Kelly April 2, 2015 April 8, 2016

It’s annual UN World Autism Day, April 2nd today, although the National Autistic Society have stretched it into a whole week this year. As Tania has done the awareness day …

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Nice to tweet you.. The SNJ Twitter philosophy
Campaigns, Pick of the Tweets, SEN News Story Round Up, special needs, Twitter Chat

Nice to tweet you.. The SNJ Twitter philosophy

By Tania Tirraoro January 16, 2015 July 2, 2016

We get lots of new followers on Twitter every week, which is obviously pretty fab. And I’m guessing that they would all like us to follow them back. But we don’t …

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Teaching teachers and parents about social media safety
Campaigns, Internet safety, parenting, Teaching IT

Teaching teachers and parents about social media safety

By Tania Tirraoro October 9, 2014 May 15, 2020

This post isn’t specifically about special needs, but it’s for all teachers and parents everywhere to help you stay safe on social media. Yes, not your kids. You. My day …

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Should Awareness Days Try Harder?
Autism, Campaigns, carers, Columnists, Disability, Health, Rare Disease, special needs, Undiagnosed

Should Awareness Days Try Harder?

By Renata Blower April 25, 2014 April 8, 2016

Awareness day fatigue is a 21st century issue that has turned the the definition of supporting a cause into a quick click of a like button. Have charities and organisations …

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Autism Understanding Day – why hasn’t it caught on yet?
Autism, Campaigns, special needs

Autism Understanding Day – why hasn’t it caught on yet?

By Tania Tirraoro April 2, 2014 April 2, 2014

Hayley asked an interesting question in her Down’s Syndrome post last Friday – do we need awareness days? The answer is clearly ‘yes’ for all sorts of reasons, especially when …

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World Down Syndrome Day 2014: Do we really need awareness days?
Campaigns, Downs Syndrome, Health

World Down Syndrome Day 2014: Do we really need awareness days?

By Hayley Newman (Goleniowska) March 21, 2014 April 8, 2016

‘There’s an awareness day for everything nowadays’ the rather jaded GP muttered in my direction recently, in a tone that hinted ‘leave me out of  it please.’ ‘It’s awareness day …

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Rare Disease Day 2014: the largest awareness campaign ever, what’s next?
Campaigns, Columnists, Health, Rare Disease, special needs

Rare Disease Day 2014: the largest awareness campaign ever, what’s next?

By Robert Pleticha: RareConnect February 28, 2014 February 9, 2015

I’ve been involved in the recognition and celebration of Rare Disease Day, which is today, for the past five years. The main objective of the day is to raise awareness …

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The Special Needs Tweek in Review – add yours too!
ADD/ADHD, Campaigns, Pick of the Tweets, special needs

The Special Needs Tweek in Review – add yours too!

By Tania Tirraoro February 9, 2014 February 9, 2014

Stories we’ve tweeted or retweeted that we thought were interesting – and you might too. So if you missed them, we’ve rounded them up in a Storify. Enjoy

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Help for parents worried about their child’s development
Campaigns, Disability, Rare Disease, SEN & Disability Charities, SEND Resources, special needs

Help for parents worried about their child’s development

By Tania Tirraoro February 3, 2014 February 5, 2015

It’s always a scary time when you realise your child isn’t developing at the same rate as the children of other parents you know. Sometimes it’s obvious, other times it’s …

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The Disability Abortion Lie – when choice seems like no choice
Campaigns, Columnists, Disability, Downs Syndrome, Health

The Disability Abortion Lie – when choice seems like no choice

By Hayley Newman (Goleniowska) January 24, 2014 April 8, 2016

It’s easy to assume that the moral dilemma of whether to abort your unborn baby that you’ve learned has a disability, is confined to a shouty debate between pro-choicers on …

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Join us & back Jane’s campaign to improve legal rights in SEN Bill
Campaigns, Health, SEN Reforms, special needs

Join us & back Jane’s campaign to improve legal rights in SEN Bill

By Tania Tirraoro December 10, 2013 May 9, 2014

  “We define ourselves as a society by the priorities we choose” Jane Raca Earlier this year, disabled rights campaigner, Jane Raca and I were speakers on the same panel regarding …

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Anti-Bullying Week 2013: The Future is Ours. Safe, Fun and Connected
anti-bullying, Campaigns

Anti-Bullying Week 2013: The Future is Ours. Safe, Fun and Connected

By Special Needs Jungle November 18, 2013 November 13, 2016

This is a post you need to read and share if you have children who are online, whether they have SEN or not. It’s about Anti-Bullying Week and while this …

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When Tania went to #BlogFest and other stories
Campaigns, mumsnet, Personal Posts, special needs

When Tania went to #BlogFest and other stories

By Tania Tirraoro November 11, 2013 June 1, 2020

First came the bad news. Debs, who was due to be my ‘carer’ for the day, wheeling me around the venue, had been felled by the lurgy. Not just any old …

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Add the power of your voice to #ThisIsMyChild
Campaigns, special needs

Add the power of your voice to #ThisIsMyChild

By Tania Tirraoro September 7, 2013 April 8, 2016

As you know, Special Needs Jungle is delighted to be involved with the MumsNet #ThisIsMyChild campaign, reviewing its inaugural blog hop and if you blog (and if not, why not?) …

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NAS petition – Single point of appeal for EHC Plans
Campaigns, SEN Reforms

NAS petition – Single point of appeal for EHC Plans

By Tania Tirraoro September 7, 2013 April 8, 2016

The NAS has launched a petition calling on the Government to amend the Children and Families Bill to create a single point of appeal for challenging provision in Education, Health and Care Plans. This …

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#ThisIsMyChild MumsNet Special Needs campaign
Campaigns, mumsnet, special needs

#ThisIsMyChild MumsNet Special Needs campaign

By Tania Tirraoro September 7, 2013 May 15, 2020

Tania writes… MumsNet have today launched a new “myth-busting and awareness-raising” campaign called #ThisIsMyChild. It’s been launched in response to requests from MumsNetters and supported by input from some of the …

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Today is Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Awareness Day
Autism, Campaigns, Pathological Demand Avoidance

Today is Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Awareness Day

By Debs Aspland May 15, 2013 September 29, 2013

The PDA Contact Group have guest written a post for us – if you are experiencing this with your child, please get in touch. PDA is a very unknown, rarely …

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Making the Disabled Children’s Charter a health priority
Campaigns, Health, SEN & Disability Charities

Making the Disabled Children’s Charter a health priority

By Tania Tirraoro May 9, 2013 September 29, 2013

As you are hopefully aware, the beginning of April saw a massive shake-up in the NHS and the creation of GP-led Clinical Commissioning Groups as well as Health and Wellbeing …

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Our son’s rare disease sparked a search for answers- and support
Campaigns, Health, Rare Disease, Statementing

Our son’s rare disease sparked a search for answers- and support

By Tania Tirraoro April 23, 2013 May 9, 2014

Tania writes: I am often contacted by desperate parents searching for help with finding the special needs solutions for their children. It’s something that Helen never imagined herself having to do. …

Read more"Our son’s rare disease sparked a search for answers- and support"
Research backs Emma’s FACS battle
Autism, Campaigns, Health, parenting, Top Picks

Research backs Emma’s FACS battle

By Tania Tirraoro January 31, 2013 June 29, 2015

One of my fellow special needs mums, whom I met over Twitter, Emma Murphy, is spearheading a campaign highlighting the emerging dangers of taking the Epilepsy drug Sodium Valproate (Epilim) …

Read more"Research backs Emma’s FACS battle"

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