If your neurodivergent child is facing challenges at school, it's crucial to understand their and your rights as parents. South Africa has policies in place to support all children, ensuring they receive the help they need to succeed in mainstream education. 🌟
Read the full article by The Neuroverse here! 👉 https://zurl.co/KhYIk
#BabyYumYum #BYY #NeurodivergentSupport #EducationalRights #ParentingSupport #LearningDifficulties #SouthAfricaEducation #ChildRights #ParentingJourney
"Charities forced to ‘evict’ adults in their care to stay solvent, survey finds" - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/14/charities-forced-to-evict-adults-in-their-care-to-stay-solvent-survey-finds
#socialcare #autism #learningdifficulties
This is such a fantastic project and so proud of Katie, Chris and all the wondrous characters at #ExclusivelyInclusive They have designed a funky T Shirt to highlight the stark #HealthInequalities for adults with #LearningDifficulties. T shirts and bags and other bits will be available to buy after the holidays. https://www.ourcreativeconnection.org/blog/designer-labels-project
'The family of a man who died after he repeatedly banged his head against a wall in a mental health suite said there was no "safety net" for people with their son's needs.' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2l0yvzyvro 😡
#autism #learningdifficulties #autistic #socialcare
I can’t believe it took me this long to discover this wonderful app.
For myself and many of my students who are #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD this is a god send.
Yes it is AI so it is not perfect, e.g. the estimator function.
Wonderful #universal tool for #chunking especially for teachers/educators with little experience in this.
#GoblinTools #Education #iTeachSTEM #InclusiveEducation #LearningDifficulties
Recruiting 📡
Metacognition: awareness of our own cognition and memory, could be a key component of compensation strategies.
Requires:
~ 30 mins
– Over 18's
– Screening Survey
– Facial Judgment Task
– MCQ Survey
Link: bellsamuel.github.io/metacognitio...
#Psychology #Neurodiversity #autism #accessibility #actuallyautistic #autistic #Neurodivergent #brain #cognition #cognitive #learningdifferences #learningdifficulties #education #learning #ADHD #Dyslexia #audhd
RT from DFN Project Search St George's (@search_george)
Quick break, taking in the view
@dfnsearch @cricketgreensch @StGeorgesTrust
#inclusionrevolution #southlondon #london #foresthill #hornimanmuseum #learningdifficulties #learningdisabilities #autism #supportedinternship #supportedemployment #equityinemployment
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/search_george/status/1759565397076890002
Unacceptable, cruel & #ableist behaviour from #GreenwichCouncil, #BBC & the #court.
#Licence #BBClicensing #Television #|TV #disability #FinancialProtection #downssyndrome #disabled #learningdifferences #learningdifficulties #TVlicence https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/tv-licence-criminal-prosecution-london-single-justice-procedure-courts-licensing-b1129437.html
Wow - #TVLicensing and #GreenwichCouncil leave a woman with #downssyndrome and #learningdifficulties with a #criminalrecord after the Council who manage her finances screw up her direct debit, and then plead guilty for her in the fast track prosecution process after their screw up.
Was emailed a client’s EOY report card by their father today.
My client battles numerous #LearningDifficulties including #ActuallyAutistic. What amazed me is the comment by the principal that they provided “adjustments to … educational program”.
This isn’t the flex you think it is. It is an actual legal requirement.
:boost_anim_sleeping: Asking for a friend who was diagnosed with “learning difficulties” as a kid but a lot of what they describe sounds like less typical autism symptoms (e.g. can’t go out in public alone but is fine with a trusted person, not sensory overwhelm, more general discomfort). I promised to ask around for resources available in the UK to give them a starting point for looking into coping mechanisms and understanding what’s going on in their brain.
Any good orgs? Websites/reading materials? Access to/recs for therapy (they may be able to afford private if it can be spaced out)? Self help groups? Please, drop your recs and advice and I’ll make sure to pass them on. Ta! 😊
You can kill us all, but you can't kill truth. Eventually, more of us will come, because we always have, and will exist.
#lgbtq #vegan #veganism #mentalhealth #disability #autism #learningdifficulties
Here's to acceptance into my fourth (gasp) university QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
#MasterOfEducation majoring in "Inclusive Strategies and Practices for Autism".
#Education #Teaching #Tutoring #University #Disability #LearningDifficulties #Autism #InclusivityMatters
Back to the books perhaps? Application submitted anyway.
Decided to be smart this time and applied for part-time study.
I can't escape my #disabilities, but hopefully I can help others better navigate theirs.
#MasterOfEducation #LearningDifficulties #LifeLongLearning #CareerChange
Welcome to Essex: Kireon Wicks' road sign treasure hunt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-64969846
#Hobbies #Exploring #Essex #Signs #LearningDifficulties #TreasureHunt
It’s so difficult when a student comes in for help for College English and they should have been in the lower level class. Who placed them there? This poor person doesn’t even understand what a prompt is.
School just phoned. A slept nearly all afternoon, then woke just in for the Wellbeing lady to give her a little aromatherapy massage before hometime. If only all schools were this flexible #RettSyndrome #SETD5Syndrome #Disability #LearningDifficulties #epilepsy
RT @Cedefop: 📣 Check out Cedefop's 🆕 blog article on promoting digital inclusion in #VET.
🔹 Digital tools open a wide range of #learning opportunities, esp for students with special needs and #learningdifficulties.
👉 More on the VET toolkit for tackling #earlyleaving 🔗
@RenaPsifidou
Alexia Audrain designs hugging chair to comfort people with autism
Graduate designer Alexia Audrain has developed a chair with cocooning, inflatable walls that helps people with autism self-soothe when they are experiencing sensory overload.
Designed to emulate the feeling of being embraced, the Oto chair and its accompanying footrest squeeze the chest and legs via blow-up modules similar to those of a blood pressure monitor.
The Oto chair features inflatable walls that hug the user
This kind of deep pressure therapy has proven beneficial for people with autism, who can struggle with processing sensory information such as noise, light or physical contact, by helping them focus on the limits of their own body.
Normally, this requires help from another person by being tightly held, hugged or pinned to the ground. But with the Oto chair, Audrain hopes to introduce a sense of agency and dignity into the process.
A corresponding footrest applies pressure to the legs
"The aim of the chair is to allow as many people as possible to use it autonomously, in order to meet their own sensory needs," she told Dezeen.
"The hug should not be applied as in a restraint device or in psychiatric shock treatment. The user is in a seated position to remain in control of their body and open to the environment so that the hug is a choice."
The walls can be inflated and deflated using a remote
The blow-up modules at the heart of the hugging mechanism can be inflated and deflated via remote control or tablet, which allows users to fine-tune the pressure level.
Unlike the weighted blankets or vests that are sometimes used to administer deep pressure therapy, this system applies active rather than passive compression and thus provides more effective relief, Audrain said.
Pictograms make the remote control easy to use
Housed within a beech wood shell, the chair's plush interior is padded out with sound-absorbing upholstery foam and fabric, while distracting details such as zippers are hidden away, turning the design into a makeshift sensory deprivation chamber.
"The cocoon shape and the upholstery provide muffled acoustics that help users to concentrate on their senses and on their body while keeping them isolated from other stimuli," said Audrain.
"In the first version, there was also a zipper on the cushion. But for some autistic people, it was really too tempting to touch it and play with it, which would have disturbed the feeling of pressure on their body."
Audrain created the prototype chair during her degree at L'École de design Nantes Atlantique based on user feedback from people with autism and psychometricians studying sensory processing disorders. **
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Based on this input and her training in carpentry, Audrain envisioned the chair to look more like a piece of design than traditional "hug machines", deep-pressure devices and other medical aids.
The chair was conceived as a piece of design rather than a medical aid
"Users, families and the medical teams confirm that it is important to have access to beautiful and non-stigmatising therapeutic furniture to contribute to the soothing effect that it provides," the designer explained.
"I have used beech as it is a type of wood common in French forests unlike much medical furniture, which is made from plastic," she continued.
"Moving away from the aesthetics of medical furniture is important because it could facilitate the inclusion of autistic people in different public and private environments."
Plush upholstery doubles up as sound insulation
The Oto chair, which has been named a national winner at this year's James Dyson Awards, has already been tested in the child psychiatry centre of the University Hospital of Tours.
And starting in October, Audrain hopes to trial five of the chairs in different settings while working to make the manufacturing process more affordable, with the aim of commercialising the design within the next year.
The chair's shell is fashioned from beech wood
Other national winners, which will now enter the running to win the international James Dyson Award, include a device to reduce blood loss from knife wounds and a male contraceptive powered by ultrasound.
Photography is byCoralie Monnet.
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#furniture #all #design #seating #chairs #accessibledesign #learningdifficulties
