1/4 CBT should not be a gold standard for Autistic CYP. "For Autistic individuals with anxiety associated with sensory input, distress can result from being exposed to the sensory stimuli, and also in anticipation of being exposed." raelenedundon.com/why-cbt-may-no…

James Timpson OBE, CEO of the Timpsons group More than 10% of the firm’s workforce are former prisoners. It has an “upside down” management style where the 5,600 employees are in charge and the Timpson family is in the top 10 highest taxpayers in the UK theguardian.com/politics/artic…

'Particularly in secondary school, their pain is often attributed to growing pains. This undermines a young person’s agency and self-belief, and can have lasting effects that follows them through adulthood. Pupils learn to mask their pain... #hypermobility #neurodivergence

Pain in neurodivergent populations from the education children and young people paper. Quote from Dr. David Moore tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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I have been a consultant working in geriatrics/acute general internal for 26 years now & a junior doctor for 9 years before And i can never remember seeing so many patients who come in with an acute medical problem only for us soon to discover their housing situation is appalling

How unpaid carers should be treated - as one of the team, a professional in their own right, who spends more time than anyone else caring for them, an expert in their care needs & how they present when well & when poorly, someone who should be included not excluded. 🧵

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Schools SEND Pain Neurodivergent Chronic Fatigue EBSA and attendance issues ? #edutwitter #SENCos Bridget Phillipson

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So true. My children pick up illnesses at school and then face pressure to go back before they are recovered. We don’t tend to have much household transmission. Never passed Covid to each other for example.

Sue Cowley Thanks for saying this, Sue. This recent report from the IPPR reveals that, in the workplace, the cost of working through illness FAR outweighs that of taking sick leave, mainly because it spreads the illness to others. It’s the same for schools. ippr-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/Dow…

I didn’t know my daughter was in pain all the time until a physio spotted she was hypermobile and I started researching what that meant. She never complained unless it was really bad because she thought it was normal to wake up aching or for it to hurt to catch balls.

BBC Woman's Hour Nuala McGovern Indeed and so many more are disbelieved (keenly girls secondary) to have cooccurring physical health issues which affect autistic ADHD dyspraxic burnout , stomach issues pain and ‘anxiety’ physical. BBC Woman's Hour when can you highlight not only SEMH affects SEND #hypermobility

I was a TA, then Sec. trained teacher, worked in all phases, then Local Authority Advisory autism teacher, AET initial steering group and trainer lead SE then nationally, NAS education autism lead and later AHT. I have trained and designed autism ADHD dyspraxia education