Petition: Require education staff to be trained on learning disabilities and autism (ASD) petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6390…

Positive steps from ICARS (Int. Coal. Against Restraint and Seclusion) and United Nations working towards tighter legislation and reporting on the use of restraint and seclusion in our schools. But will the powers that be listen? #HarrysLaw Deirdre #HarrysLaw💛 Shaunagh #RemoveTheRoom Connie Egan MLA

Please share and spread the word with advocates who maybe interested in attending this event. Christine McClements Shaunagh #RemoveTheRoom Alice Tennant 🇺🇦 BASW Northern Ireland Kay MuMster74 Aine Hefferon Brigene Mc Neilly💙 @ZMcCullough_UUP Elaine Mcgreevy @Allylewistt eventbrite.co.uk/e/developing-p…

Only missing this because of the repercussions of seclusion and restraint on my son. #Catch22 #Infuriating #HarrysLaw

The newest member of our family, Wednesday. 😁 She will be trained as an assistance dog over the next few months. 🐕‍🦺 #GoldenRetriever #DogsOfTwitter #WednesdayAddams #NewbieDogOwner

My current position on the PhD roller-coaster. #PhDLife #Stuck #NotGoingAnywhere

The recommendations set out #HarrysLaw will start to come into effect with statutory guidance due to be released imminently including Mandatory recording and reporting of all incidents of restrictive practices. Schools will be advised that Article 4(1)(c) is no longer applicable

Children's Law Centre (CLC) are set to take legal action regarding the 2023/24 budget which has catastrophic consequences for children and young people in NI. Equality & Human rights cannot be diluted, we fully support CLC Lee action statement. #HarrysLaw

It’s worth remembering that ‘SEN’ is a policy choice, not an innate way of being. Those so-labelled arise from the inaccessibility of the education offered. If the numbers of kids with SEN is rising, it’s an indication that the the education offered is becoming less inclusive.

Really delighted to share this new call for a special issue in Autism Journal on... Autistic rights movement and social model in autism research and practice All methods welcome! See the call for details: full manuscripts requested by 15th Dec journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmsc…

Reasonable Force is not reasonable It’s incompatible with Autonomy Human Rights Trust Preventing crisis Movement Reasonable Force Harms, Creates trauma Bruises Emotional/ psychological Distress Anxiety Self harm Panic attacks Hyperventilating Fear #HarrysLaw

Just had a health professional explain to me that we're all on 'the spectrum'. #BangHeadHere

Thinking about doing a PhD vs actually doing a PhD

Looking forward to presenting at the NCPS conference this morning. I will be exploring barriers for autistic children and young people accessing appropriate mental health support.

To all those who won't be going. To those that tried. To those that can't. To those that wish they could.x

Does Design Care...? [3elfast] discussions and debates of 42 provoking questions begin Belfast School of Art Arts and Humanities Research Council with Paul Rodgers #DDC3

I cannot express how significant this is. Only a few months ago we were told our son, who was repeatedly restrained, had no case against the people responsible because they were within the law. That didnt make it right, or prevent the huge damage caused. This 👇 is amazing!!!!

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Such an amazing workshop to be part of. A privilege to work with so many talented people. A great start to the year! 😁