Anoushka
@Spittingyarn
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Writing | Neurodiverse family | Comedy & Books | Founder @transportsparks | taking @spittingyarn to other platforms
London, England
Joined May 2009
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Really enjoyed the opportunity to fangirl over Cusk last night while simultaneously aware that she would despise such basic behaviour. @liamllewelyn and Roberta Garrett’s book is on my Christmas list. Grateful to @wesbrownwriter for putting a great event together.
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I'm still dwelling on this great chat with @juliangough on the universe, creative processes amd what truths are not captured by science and maths. Read/watch/listen: https://t.co/pCPdnFugOE
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🚨The special needs system is on the brink of collapse. The government's spending watchdog will publish its own likely damning investigation this week But we’ve been chronicling the collapse for years. And I just want to set out how seriously bad things are … (mega 🧵)
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Due to a fairly-standard-for-me admin fail, I’ve ended up with two copies of this excellent volume of @lunatejournal. Happy to post my spare to any UK-based fan of contemporary writing for free. First come, first served.
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Two bus journeys with lots of standing around in the chilly autumn sun in between mean I’ve finished the latest @lunatejournal. Reliably excellent and interesting writing. A favourite literary journal.
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Happy Book Launch Day to @naomicfisher and @_MissingTheMark. The world needs "When the Naughty Step Makes Things Worse". So refreshing to open a parenting book and think "Yes!" and "That could work...". A full recommend to everyone I know with "pressure sensitive" kids.
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Only 73%?
Exclusive Woman’s Hour poll: 73% of mothers of children with SEND think the SEND system is broken. We commissioned a survey of 1,000 mums across the UK who have one or more children with SEND. 58% told us they gave up work or cut their hours to support their child ⬇️
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#Grenfell all in green ahead of the @grenfellinquiry report tomorrow: Thoughts with the community. Take care. @GrenfellUnited 🙏🏼💚
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Sad to hear of the death of @stevesilberman. His book “NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity” was a major contribution to the public understanding of autism and neurodiversity.
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I don't want to touch screens anymore, I hate it. I want dials, knobs, levers. Maybe even some cranks. Big chunky buttons. What's wrong with us? Why did we do this to ourselves?
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Can someone do this for London (although we have A LOT of parks and green spaces)? Or has it already been done? @ianvisits @geofftech ?
🌳ANNOUNCING: The Best NYC Park Bracket🌳 64 parks enter. After 63 matches (or "polls" for you, the voting public), only one (1) will exit as the Official People's Champion that can declare itself "The Best NYC Park" in all of NYC! Voting begins next week. Stay tuned.
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'We failed to find robust evidence that intervention amount was associated w intervention effects, regardless of intervention approach or outcome type.' @HBKidsHospital #autism @JAMAPediatrics
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My new favourite genre of art is 'fidget toy use-case montage'
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This is great. Anyone who thinks “neurodiversity” means people with cognitive functioning that is different to the predominant neurotype should read this. This is no mere quibble over semantics.
Neurodiversity is a vital concept. Understanding the difference between neurodiverse & neurodivergent is much more important than splitting hairs over linguistics. I made a comic explainer. Higher quality pics & with qus for reflection: https://t.co/nJdgVROFTo
#Neurodiversity
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Great interrogation of the “need” for a national register of children who are not going to school. #homeeducation #EHE #CME
The DfE receives twice daily the attendance and absence data of every named child on roll, so this is not a new register to record either persistent absence nor truancy. 1/ @BBCr4today @BBCBreakfast @itvnews @Channel4News @thetimes
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Further evidence of the need to move away from approaches which try to shape motivation through control, competition, and fear.
1/3 Definitive meta-analysis of research on student motivation published in 2021 that included nearly 250K kids. Clear confirmation of the benefits (for academic achievement & well-being) of intrinsic motivation + the harms of using rewards or punishments:
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