Friday's come around again - this one marks the day my boys break up for Easter and don't go back until April 18th. Son1 is on a WWI trip to Ypres, Youngest off sick with painful legs caused by Vitamin D deficiency, so their holidays have already started. My task - get Youngest out of the Technolair and into the sunshine, which is easier said than done.
While I'm doing that, have a look at these stories and blogs I found (or wrote myself) in the past week. Lots of good stuff. If I missed your great blog post or news story, leave it in the comments and I can add you to my RSS feeds.
- Medical News Today: Identification Of Gene Expression Abnormalities In Autism
- Telegraph: Number of children with autism soars by more than 50 per cent in five years
- Special Needs Jungle: My Westminster trip: Labour hears experiences from SEN experts & parents for policy review
- Netbuddy Says: A story about my brother...
- South Wales Evening Post: Scheme to give children a right to appeal over special educational needs to be piloted in Wales
- CYPNow: Disparity in child disability provision exposed
- CYPNow: Welsh children's commissioner denounces advocacy services
- CBBC Newsround: My Autism and Me wins a Royal Television Society award
- A Boy With Aspergers: Dream location - The Land of Nod Aspergers and sleep problems
- Time Magazine: Understanding Why Autistic People May Reject Social Touch
- Ambitious About Autism: New Quality Standard announced for children with autism
- New Scientist: Mothers of autistic children are out of pocket
- CYPNow: Children's palliative care funding pilot announced
- Special Needs Jungle: Unofficial exclusions – Has it happened to your child?
- NASEN: Nasen's response to the Children's Commissioner School Exclusions Inquiry
- Love All Blogs: Read the Love Special Needs Weekly Showcase
- Not As Advertised: Mothers' Day - cards no longer required
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)
- SEND Minister denies the Government is aiming to cut EHCPs by 20% with an emphatic, but unconvincing, explanation - September 22, 2023
- A new SEND minister NOW? Disabled children deserve better than to be a government testing ground for ambitious MPs - August 31, 2023
- Exclusion must be a last resort says EHRC as they support a family to justice over their disabled child’s treatment - August 2, 2023
On a fun note, there is a lovely new book out ‘The Wild Book’ by Margarita Engle chronicling her grandmother’s journey with dsylexia, a novel in verse. A real delight.