Harriet Cannon

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Super article from an old friend and colleague, and others:

Inclusive Neurodiverse Campuses: A Participatory Approach to Understanding Neurodivergent Belonging in Higher Education, Hamilton, L. G., Williams, J., Neilson, D., & Petty, S. (2026)

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In what my husband says is a very 'me' thing to do, I lost my second favourite pair of running gloves somewhere on my 10km run over the fields today so had to retrace the entire route to find them because I couldn't just leave them out there on their own in the cold and the mud! Found them though 🥳

Yep, this is what I've seen (working with autistic university students). Sometimes I wonder if some parents prefer a private diagnosis (if they can afford it) precisely because it keeps things off NHS records. But I've never seen withholding that info be anything other than deeply damaging

Parents: Don't Hide Your Children's Autism Diagnosis From Them — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM since I didn’t know about my autism diagnosis, I just assumed there was something wrong with me and that I deserved what I got.

Parents, pls tell your autistic kids they are autistic: "You may think that an autistic child won’t notice they are different than their non-autistic peers; I have not met one autistic person (me included) who hasn’t noticed their difference early in life."

thinkingautismguide.com/2017/02/pare...

Absolutely this. I've seen first hand what it can do to people to find out, when it the depths of a terrible situation and struggling to access support, that they were diagnosed all along. Especially with private diagnoses that don't appear on your medical record

Anyone can become disabled at any time.

Your life can change in an instant, no matter how strong and healthy you think you are.

People will leave you. Funds will dry up. Life will get tougher.

It’s not a moral failing.

It’s a minority group you can join anytime.

There is “no evidence that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is overdiagnosed in the UK” and the condition could even be “underdiagnosed”, a team of experts has said

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@petewharmby.com isn't active on here these days, but he, along with others, has written a response to that Uta Frith TES article www.twinkl.co.uk/news/experts...

Ugh I shudder with the recent memory! I love books, I love the £1 WBD books, I love the idea of WBD...but very much hated the reality of costumes and other shenanigans!

Now that all our kids are safely at secondary school/sixth form, I can breathe the sweet relief that is my first year without the angst of World Book Day. After 13 years, freedom from its tyranny!

I read this earlier and I wasn't impressed, a bit like all the other quote posters. I guess I'm wondering why we're seeing this framing at the same time as the SEND white paper comes out? 😒

Such a great talk, lovely to meet you Monique!

Ah, another of Prof. Uta's regular, "The world moved on & I don't like it" articles, claiming that autism is a disease, & inferring most autistic women are likely misdiagnosed - not autistic, that if you can manage a conversation you're not autistic, & there's no such thing as masking.

Oh dear.

Brilliant. An expat im Dubai has a startling revelation, by @stephencollins.bsky.social

Love the idea of a Dark Library! Plenty to choose from to stock those particular shelves 😬

a jeep is driving down a road that has been damaged by an earthquake with the words viralhog on the bottom Alt: A Jeep is driving down a road that has been damaged by an earthquake. It is weaving between massive cracks and holes.

We should not underestimate the massive amount of cognitive processing power currently being taken up by having to map and re-map constantly the position and location of every single ruddy pothole on every single road so as to avoid losing a wheel whenever venturing forth from home

A silhouetted figure stands with arms raised looking out at a horizon aglow with the bright light of a very large full moon

Middle kid and I stopped on the moors on the way home to yell at the whopping great Worm Moon! 🌕

When modern researchers or orgs talk about “preventing” autism, they don’t mean “curing” living #autistic people. That is impossible; there is no non-autistic version of us hiding underneath!

“Preventing autism” means “eliminating autism from the gene pool” by screening out autistic pregnancies.

The rise of rejection sensitive dysphoria: ‘My chest feels like it’s collapsing’ It makes rejection, teasing or criticism feel unbearable, often prompting a strong physical reaction. Sufferers describe life with a condition that is only just starting to be understood

The rise of rejection sensitive dysphoria: ‘My chest feels like it’s collapsing’ - lots of neurodiverse folks get this. Do you? How does it manifest?
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Yep, that's the sort of scaffolded approach we try to arrange for students

I'm sure the high stakes nature of summative assessment doesn't help - there's little space or time or safety to get something a bit wrong and then try again without penalty, or without having to work through a 'process' like mit circs. But changing our entire assessment ethos and framework is HARD

The cherry on what has been a bizarrely brilliant, good news sort of a week!

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I have it in my head that @fergus.oolong.co.uk knows a lot about lights and why they are particularly problematic for some brains

Stop letting students avoid the microphone Andrew Routledge explores why universities still let students opt out of speaking, and what a better model looks like Andrew Routledge explores why universities still let students opt out of speaking,...

📣 Competence standards klaxon! 📣

I do really like the approach this article is talking about (we have something similar on some modules here). But we HAVE to talk about speaking and presenting skills in the legal context of competence standards

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Preparing for disability regulation shouldn't mean waiting for disability regulation Deborah Johnston explains how the Disabled Student Commitment can help institutions prepare for emerging regulatory expectations Preparing for disability regulation shouldn't mean waiting for disabili...

If #UKHE wants to ensure it's doing a better job of supporting disabled students, and to future-proof itself against potential regulation in this area, then signing up to the Disabled Student Commitment is a great starting point

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Been feverishly clicking refresh waiting for this to land. Finally, a route to accountability for the current mess that i provision for disabled students? www.officeforstudents.org.uk/news-blog-an...

Ha! Definitely old enough for an 18 year old...and 5'10 if it helps!

Already bought it 😆 Of course, I am now expecting at least three awful and expensive things to happen almost immediately to balance things out