Learning Disability Awareness Week, lots of positives flying around and talk of changing attitudes but not a lot of substance IMO. So, what can you, as a professional in non specialist services learn/do? A thread.🧵.

Thanks Twitter, you used to be good. Oh and here is a typo for the memoreis

I'm grateful for all 4,000 or so of you for your following and support and have made some true friends through this site. I may pop on every now and again for an comment or quip but if you'd like to get in touch, my website is the best place.

I am therefore going to step back from this account (which I kind of have been doing recently anyway). I will not deactivate it because there are gems on here worth reading. If you want to stay in touch I'll be on Instagram, Facebook and if you like dogs, Tik tok. 3/.

Engagement levels are so low which makes spending time curating anything of significance to try and create an impact a waste of time. A change to algorithms has all but killed the experience. 2/.

Twitter is the platform I've built my career from, but it's been getting harder and harder to justify spending time curating posts, you may have noted I've posted little of note in the last year or so. 1/.

Weightlifting in children is SAFE if dosed and loaded correctly and no, it doesn't stunt growth.

RT @theLDphysio: 5 weeks has gone so fast, here's a summary of us messing around with a purpose

5 weeks has gone so fast, here's a summary of us messing around with a purpose

Working on some things today.

No context placement is great

"that's a bloody heavy baby!" Jean in this week's Dementia friendly exercise group. We provide support to people living with dementia and their family/carers through exercise classes and are please to announce we have funding for 2025 to continue with the group!

Wait, they gave you 3 slots???.

"Whilst on placement I'm now less afraid to get things wrong. Now, I am trying different approaches and finding many of these work better. I wouldn't have been confident to try these at the beginning of placement" A reflection from a student at the end of week 4.

I'll be speaking on sensory processing and it's impact on clinical sessions and the patient no-one told you how to manage this year @TherapyExpo with the @UK_STA and @thestschool

Posted with good spirited consent.

When you realise it's not your final day and you've a whole week left of clinical placement

RT @2tubies: @1985Deanne Exactly. It alleviates responsibility from all professionals working within the education system. This is why so m….

RT @theLDphysio: I'm secretly proud of them but don't tell them that

I'm secretly proud of them but don't tell them that

Just to give you some perspective on this, I support a young person who is looking at transitioning to SEN services, none of the local schools have a place until 2027. BBC News - Parents lose hope as watchdog says Send system broken - BBC News.