thehighcliffeguy

Personal views on life, Britain, SEND, local politics, the Independent Republic of Highcliffe, and whatever else I get dragged into.

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

Another false binary from the Laird of Logical Fallacies.

So, it's either kids sit quietly for 7 hours a day, or... anarchy.

[michelle maher @mmaher70]

2025
New investigation on NEETs will only target young disabled people, DWP document shows
'A new “independent” investigation into the rising number of young people who are not in jobs, training or education will exclusively target sick and disabled claimants, a government document has revealed.'
#NEETS #disabilitybenefits
https://t.co/XtyDyv1SJF via @johnpringdns

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

"Youngsters with ADHD and autism incentivised to get ADHD and autism diagnoses out of desperation due to an education system which fails too many people with ADHD and autism, experts have said"

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

Reminder:

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

It must be stressed that NHS England has already received major reports *this year* on the prevalence & diagnosis of MH issues, ASD & ADHD.

And the Govt already has data to show that autism & ADHD are *under*diagnosed.

Are they just trying to get a different answer..?
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[Dave McPartlin @dave_mcpartlin]

"Requires Attention."
Schools with high FSM are far more likely to sit under that label in the new Ofsted framework, especially the Achievement section.
Daft thing is, it already has our attention. It always will.
Poverty requires attention. Hunger requires attention. Trauma requires attention.
A judgement that ignores all of that - and then penalises the people giving their lives to the cause?
That requires attention too.

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

"Youngsters with ADHD and autism incentivised to get ADHD and autism diagnoses out of desperation due to an education system which fails too many people with ADHD and autism, experts have said"

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Youngsters 'incentivised' to get ADHD and autism diagnoses, experts have said

https://t.co/FWLnEv1H97

[ICARS (Int. Coal. Against Restraint and Seclusion) @ICARSBanRandS]

UK April 2019
A girl who tried to kill herself after spending months in an isolation booth at school has said she felt "alone, trapped and no-one seemed to care".

The teenager, who has autism, had no direct teaching and ate her lunch in the room, away from friends. https://t.co/9JcRDHz0aw

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

WATCH: The White House took down this video, but we still have it.

Trump: We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

@suzyg001 @LibConservatist LC is just a troll, quite an obsessive one at that, and is clogging up the feed.

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

@Elsebeth_Is Define "SEND-identified autism", in the context of waiting lists for initial diagnosis appointments being years long, and a rise in people (especially women) being diagnosed in their adulthood having not being diagnosed in childhood.

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

On the interim report into mental health, autism & ADHD.
The media seems to have ignored everything in yellow and focused on the bit in green.
Hmmm.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Grenfell survivors call Reform UK housing chief's comments on tragedy 'deeply dehumanising'

https://t.co/PUkhiviSCW

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

@Hardymatt0 @antlerboy Okay, so:

The screenshots show accounts calling for British children to be variously beaten, killed, imprisoned & deported, and racially abusing them, because some are not white.
I said: is this acceptable?
You said: of course it is.

So, yes, you're racist, kid.

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

The danger of dog-whistling.

This video came from a far-r1ght account, framed in a clearly raci$t way.
It was boosted by various other far-r1ght accounts, in the same way.

Govt behaviour tsar Tom Bennett also boosted it.

So, what kind of response did TB get on his post..?

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[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

Happy World Autism Day from the ham-fisted ableist culture-warriors at Teachers Trad Radio.

[Teachers Talk Radio @TTRadioOfficial]

One of our most downloaded shows in March on TTR - "Autism-it's Not a Spectrum". Listen back here: https://t.co/2Pyxj9PERE

[Andy @AndyNelson1977]

Today's World Autism Awareness Day. You'd hope that for once, Teachers Talk Radio might have something positive to say about SEND & autism. Maybe some kind words for families of autistic kids? Words of admiration for SEND teachers & SENDCOs? Nope. Look what they did instead.

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

@Hardymatt0 @antlerboy Wait, Matt, you think this stuff is.. 'acceptable' ...?

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

@LibConservatist @suzyg001 One last time.
My position in your so-called 'tug-of-war' is the opposite of what you believe it is.
Separately, I've described certain views as racist: views which it turns out you share.
End.

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

@LibConservatist I'm not calling you racist.
You are.

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

@LibConservatist Ah, now I see. You're uncomfortable because you don't see yourself as racist, but these comments have threatened that self-image.
OK, we're done here.

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

@LibConservatist Describing racist comments as racist is something I'm perfectly comfortable with.
https://t.co/x0xdc18ADz

[thehighcliffeguy @AdamHighcliffe]

Raci$m.

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