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#Autistic #ADHD Disabled Geriatrician she/her ⚪️ tweets are my own ideas and RT not endorsement.
Unceded Whadjuk Noongar Boodja
Joined July 2021
For autism acceptance day, a research summary of our healthcare improvement study celebrating the benefits of autistic doctors teaching hospital teams about neurodiversity. #AutismAcceptance #Neurodiversity full paper open access here: https://t.co/JKF4KM15wE
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To seek a ‘cure’ for autism is to seek to eradicate a large percentage of the population who think differently, see the world differently and experience life differently. This is eugenics.
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The thing that ‘causes’ autism is procreation. Not paracetamol, not vaccines, not mercury, not parenting, but basically just reproduction. Autism is highly heritable, largely influenced by genetic factors. Autistic people have always existed and will always exist.
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180 self-advocates gathered in Sharjah today for the Self-Advocates Summit. They shared experiences and spoke up on education, fair jobs, voting, support, governments, and media. #WeAreInclusion #WorldCongress2025
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Day 2 of #WorldCongress2025 features a crucial conversation on advancing inclusive education for persons with intellectual disabilities. Equitable access to quality education calls for innovative strategies, dedicated educators & strong collaboration with policymakers.
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In the side event 'Making and Using Easy to Understand Formats,' the team from Japan has shared insights on how they made easy read electoral materials for persons with intellectual disabilities bolstering their participation. #WorldCongress2025
#WeAreInclusion
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Great to be discussing making inclusive education a reality for ALL around the world @ACIE_Inclusion @InclusionIntl @stephgot
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Intentional co-planning & co-implementation with disability community and ‘regular’ school systems are essential to achieve inclusive education says @jodyRcarr @InclusionIntl @AllMeansAllAus @DownsyndromeAus @InclusionCanada
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We need your action now! Speak up for inclusion and against segregation of students with disability. Join our campaign 'Let All Kids Learn Together' - add your name/email and a letter will be sent to all Education Ministers in Australia https://t.co/SFi1OzJIA3
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📢 Our new paper on inclusive education incorporating the @Autistic_SPACE framework is published just in time for the new school year. With @ElaineMcGoldri6 @AoifeMunroe @CarinaByrn96583 & Rachel Ferguson. Please share widely @ncseirl @MICLimerick
https://t.co/BtKRbT33vH
journals.sagepub.com
The continuing policy commitment to Inclusive Education internationally requires the prioritisation of the creation of inclusive schools in practice. Research w...
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Disability Discrimination Commissioner urges Qld Govt to scrap plans to build more segregated schools | Australian Human Rights Commission
humanrights.gov.au
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“I’ve never met a parent who chose a special school, only ones who felt they had no other option.” – Prof Alastair McEwin Every child deserves to learn alongside their peers, in their local school, with the right support. Building more special schools isn’t giving families more
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What is this campaign about? The Queensland Government made a recent announcement to build 6 new special schools. This is a backwards step which goes against community expectations, the rights of...
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“Professor Andrew Whitehouse, who led a State Government review into ways to improve inclusion in schools…wants to see children with disability permitted to attend any mainstream school…Children with disability deserve the same opportunity to learn…as anyone”
EXCLUSIVE: WA’s education system must ‘enshrine the right to enrol’ for kids with disabilities in public schools and set up an independent body to resolve disputes, the author of a yet-to-be released report believes.
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Abuse of elderly and adults with disability up 22% in 12 months in NSW. Wow!! Can there be any stronger reason to seriously get moving on implementing recommendations of the Disability Royal Commission @NSWADC @Mark_Butler_MP @jennymcallister
https://t.co/aiQAjpjovP
theweeklysource.com.au
The NSW Ageing and Disability Commission (ADC) has released its latest data for 2024-25 and it makes for grim reading.
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We've made a downloadable booklet of the tweet on universal design and reasonable adjustments for Autistic kids in school. Scroll to the bottom of the Web page and click on the PDF button to download @DivergentSLT @EmilioLees #Autistic
divergentperspectives.co.uk
We are Divergent Perspectives. We provide training for professionals, especially Speech and Language Therapists supporting Neurodivergent / autistic people. We champion Neurodivergent people through...
Some examples of reasonable adjustments autistic children wish their teachers would do: 1. Please don't shout. It hurts my ears. It makes me worried. 2. Please move me away from my bully. 3. I want to sit at the window because when I see a tractor going past, I don't feel so sad.
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“We present the UK as a case study of systemic educational failure. We explore internal mechanisms as neuro-normative epistemic injustices which create the conditions for school anxiety.” https://t.co/h0Usya8Sr7
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The UK education system is failing to meet needs, leading to an attendance and school anxiety crisis. However, the system faults those disproportionately and mo...
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Acopia: a haiku It’s acopia Said no geriatrician In the hospital
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