Action for ASD

campaigning for suitable education for autistic and SEND children as well as better services for autistic and disabled children and families.

[Rachel 💚 ♿ 🌍 @ChasingGlimmers]

Did you know that @BorisJohnson's government have quietly changed the elegibility for Warm Home Discount? Disabled people will now NOT be allowed to claim it, despite being the section of people who have the highest energy usage. They're actively punishing us for being disabled.

[Action for ASD @Action4ASD]

Thank you for reporting it. It’s important that things like this are explained

[StarlightMcKenzie @StarlightMcKenz]

@Action4ASD Yes. That is why I reported it. The fact that it took some investigation to work out it was parody demonstrates how dangerous it is.. I, like many believed it was a genuine comment because we know those comments are acceptable to some.

[Action for ASD @Action4ASD]

Well I don’t know whether to take comfort from the parody of it. Sadly this belief is probably in the mind of some and would certainly have been a held belief by some professionals 30 years ago . We do have to wonder whether this was in the mind of some

[StarlightMcKenzie @StarlightMcKenz]

@Action4ASD It's a parody account. That doesn't make it okay. It is still not okay. But take some comfort that it was a very bad horrible joke rather than an innate belief. I reported it anyway because these kinds of jokes still incite hate but it is still not what the author things (I hope)

[Action for ASD @Action4ASD]

WHAT ? What century are we in ? Did I just go back in time and read this ?

[StarlightMcKenzie @StarlightMcKenz]

Did they say this out loud?

[Autistic Girls Network @AutisticGirls_]

The children "are put in a system which prioritises curriculum and test results over flourishing...These aren’t healthy conditions for young people to grow up in."
@naomicfisher is expected to 'fix' children broken by the education system.
https://t.co/40joivNIbf

[Special Needs Jungle @SpcialNdsJungle]

NEW POST: #SENDReview Chapter 2: Catriona Moore looks at proposals and questions about national standards, changes to EHCPs and more. She asks how the DfE will ensure public bodies obey new laws any more than they do now? https://t.co/gONOFDuq3p

[Square Peg @teamsquarepeg]

“Every day I get emails from several parents, asking if I can help their children. They tell me how distressed their children are, how they are harming themselves and how they don’t know how to help.” https://t.co/ePLXIYPJoI

[Autism care and share @autcareandshare]

No mp should be in any role they do not have first hand lived experience of , it takes someone that's lived our lives to understand them.

[IPSEA @IPSEAcharity]

All children of compulsory school age are legally entitled to receive a suitable full-time education. Schools cannot place children on a part-time timetable, save in exceptional circumstances to meet a pupil’s individual needs.

Read more about this here: https://t.co/ke0tGJ1kMD

[Matthew Keer @CaptainK77]

Thread shot, article chaser

[Barney Angliss @AspieDeLaZouch]

This is something I can get behind and local authorities should ask to be briefed regularly.

[Barney Angliss @AspieDeLaZouch]

For parents and young people living in Newham, it isn't news that the Borough has inadequate child disability healthcare, low quality EHC Plans, 2 year waiting lists for ASC assessments, weak leadership.

Another Written Statement of Action needed in SEND:
https://t.co/hwfHl0FOb0

[Action for ASD @Action4ASD]

https://t.co/vRvnfT8RvK

[Sal - Unpaid Carer @Unpaid_Carer]

My 16 yr old daughter has moderate #learningdisabilities. In the night she built her dressing table by herself (I had been putting off for wks). She followed the awful instructions perfectly. I only saw it built when I went to give her her meds this morning! I am so proud of her!

[StarlightMcKenzie @StarlightMcKenz]

One of the often cited purposes of education is to prepare children for the outside world. Many teachers have never worked in the outside world.

[Jayne McCubbin @JayneMcCubbinTV]

Update from court
We’re all crying happy tears
The judge says William should be given a chance

[Emma McNally @EmmaJMcNally]

We’re posting quotes daily at 2pm from the #tourettes community, help us be heard by retweeting daily #TourettesWeMatter
@SarahSharpCBiT @TICYorkshire @TTAGpatients @tourettescot @PCamhs @Action4ASD @SEND_Action @ocdaction @AshCurryOcd @speedomick @LpoolSENDCRISIS @letuslearntoo

[Action for ASD @Action4ASD]

Fantastic response