Another week of rain and economic gloom. Note to self, stop listening to the Radio 4 Today programme, it's starting your day off ALL wrong.
Still there is some good news for me, anyway: I've been asked to take part in a Dragon's Den/Apprentice type thingy for young people. Apparently, I'm an inspirational business expert. When I told Son1, he snorted with derision. Now I'm going to spend the next few weeks feeling like a total fraud. I said yes, of course, because my message to those young people will be to embrace opportunities when they come- both to help yourself and to help others.
Anyway, happy weekend and here's my pick of the posts and special needs news from the last week.
- Special Needs Jungle: If ‘child centred’ help is a no-brainer, why isn’t it happening?
- Ambitious About Autism: Ambitious about Autism helps create leaflet about mental capacity issues
- Mumsnet: Q&A with Sharon Hodgson, Shadow Minister for Children and Families on Mumsnet
- Bury Free Press: Autistic teen was ‘failed by system’ > another tragic story and lack of provision
- Kat's Cafe: ‘I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers’:#AutismPositivity2012
- Carers UK: new figures show cost of families forced to give up work to care reaches £1.3bn
- The Voice: Voice comments on scholarship scheme for SEN support staff :: Voice The Union
- The Guardian: Imagine the hell faced by our most vulnerable children, prime minister by Camila Batmanghelidjh
- Special Needs Jungle: Advocates For Children – a FREE SEN legal advocacy charity. If you missed this yesterday, here's the link again
- DSE International: Landmark research study shows targeted intervention improves reading & language skills of children with Down syndrome
- Informa Healthcare: Where to with treatment for ADHD?, Current Medical Research and Opinion, Informa Healthcare
- Autism and Empathy: Theory of War
- Thirty Days of Autism: ‘I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers’: a letter to my son for AutismPositivity2012
- Funding Announced For Autism in Waleshttp://ow.ly/aB3dP
- Aspie n the Family: Autism and sleeping from Aspie in the familyow.ly/aAvcY @MumForAutism
- Sky Badger: Free cash for disabled students inc. dyslexics! dld.bz/avmmF Disabled student's allowance.
- FooDee: Autism and restaurants - my first experience with discrimination - FooDee
- Sky Badger: Autism holidays in France.no need to apologise
- BBC News - Bullied 'more prone to self harm'
- 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
Can I please add my blog to your collection, it’s bluecrisps.wordpress.com
Thanks
Jeannette
Twitter: AutismMumma
You’re on it now!
Thanks so much for include the Cafe in your list! I’d love to have you take part in the Autism Awareness in Action Campaign too – You can find the link from my homepage (don’t want to spam you here!)
In any case I’m so happy to see your site (I LOVE your background – I might have to do something like that – I LOVE it, really!) and I’m adding you to my own RSS list now *grin*)
Um — please completely overlook my typo *head desk* I’m so embarrassed *smile*
I’ll have a look!