In loving memory of Mohammad Al-Muqaid, a paramedic from Gaza.

We will not forget Mohammad and will continue to call for a permanent and immediate ceasefire so that no more lives are stolen and humanitarian aid can be offered.

Lauren Fernandez now explains: 'if #NATPMentalHealth had been available, I doubt I would have been detained at the hospital. And if I would, staff trained in this training would be able to adopt trauma informed conversations that could have saved me & them from many escalations.'

Laughing Boy at Jermyn Street Theatre to 25 May written and directed by Stephen Unwin is a harrowing, life affirming, beguiling account of how the system failed Sara Ryan's autistic, epileptic son Connor. He drowned in his bath in a place where he should have been safe. 5*****

I still have your mobile number in my contacts. I would give anything to hear my phone ring and to see your name come up on the screen, but I know I never will. So, I need to focus on keeping your legacy strong. Last month generated £1452.31 in donations. To the big cancer…

I had an absolutely amazing day! And what an honour to have my name even associated with #NATPmentalhealth !

'Thank goodness we are doing this. Not just a ripple of change: droplets becoming a stream, river, wave an ocean. LOVE connects us all, seeing fellow humans friendship, learning, collaborating, being curious together. It's a wonderful opportunity' 👉Ann Memmott PgC MA 🌈 (She/They) #NATPmentalhealth

#SLTs we need to open our minds and put down our 'tools' and come into a space of collaboration and one that honours the many ways we language. Diversity in communication shows us there's more than one frame to understand how to empower someone to communicate.

Fabulous talk from Elaine Mcgreevy 🤗🤗🤗🤗 slide is all the ways we can language

Pupils at a London special school were ‘tortured’ in “calming rooms”, a leaked report shows. But some staff shown on CCTV hitting & kicking pupils, many non-verbal, and leaving them in their urine, are still employed there.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-688973…

'Linguistic care work in the context of disability justice is to work together to create optimal environments & material conditions for language (& mutual understanding) to take place.'
No-one is actually bad at language. Jon Henner & Robinson (2023)
…ticalstudycommunicationdisability.org/index.php/jcsc…

i'm speaking at the university of birmingham this thursday (2-3pm) if local folks are free and interested in hearing about how 'research evidence' about spoken language in education policy relies on deficit perspectives about marginalised communities. birmingham.ac.uk/schools/educat…