June Goh

Be, do, have - our desires await our being. SEND advocacy for charity

[Martin Ferguson @MrFerguson85]

The core problem I have with @Miss_Snuffy & others is that they replace complex, evidence-based realities with simplistic adult framed narratives. Childhood disability is not just cultural & recognising it is usually what enables children to become more independent, not less.

A balanced or nuanced approach is needed. One that provides support where necessary, but also encourages capability, growth & responsibility.

Side note: she has no medical training. The conditions referenced in the article can have differences in brain develop, genetics or physical function. Calling them “cultural” ignores decades of medical research. This is not research informed.

More broadly, the tendency to frame complex needs through a purely cultural lens risks becoming an echo chamber. It shifts the focus toward adult perspectives rather than the lived realities of children. A "dramatic semantic shift" that can obscure, rather than clarify the issues at hand.

[John Cosgrove @johncosgrove405]

The truth is so much less fun. The Diocese clarified: "it was not an act of worship - no prayers or religious words were spoken and no child was required to take part. No mats were used and pupils were not asked to face any particular direction.” @GBNEWS stop spreading lies.

[Eduardo Reyes @edreyesjourno]

Government admits key final decisions on the SEND Tribunal have already been made, despite consultation on its SEND reforms being open till 18 May. It's at odds with ministers' statements on the consultation engaging people 'before any final decision'. https://t.co/H49vXSSogW

[Special Needs Jungle @SpcialNdsJungle]

NEW POST: The DfE is consulting on updating Statutory Guidance for Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school. SNJ's @Tanialt discusses some interesting inclusions, and startling omissions. Here’s what you need to know: https://t.co/xjYe4md3dT

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

For your information: when Eddie died of meningitis, he didn't have a rash on his body. I discovered after he had died (as I was pulling him from his bed) that he had a rash in his armpits.

[Special Needs Jungle @SpcialNdsJungle]

REGISTER NOW: Have you signed up for our SEND /Schools White Paper Legal Roundtable yet? With Steve Broach KC, Hayley Mason-Seager, IPSEA & SOS!SEN - One week to go and not many places left! https://t.co/XB8J8AGhML

[Special Needs Jungle @SpcialNdsJungle]

NEW POST: Eleanor Wright, Legal Officer with SEND law charity, @sos_sen asks sceptically if SEND lawyers are REALLY opposing the Government’s reform proposals just to protect their “vested interests” as Bridget Phillipson claims? https://t.co/dKNT1bU2Kt

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

A thread of tweets follows this tweet, explaining when the guidelines were produced and what they actually say.

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

Anyone who has sat reading to and with their babies, toddlers and under-fives knows that this comment below is nonsense.

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

Suggesting that Judges decide verdicts in thousands of cases is Peak Starmer.

Lawyer MPs recommending that other lawyers decide things under the leadership of a lawyer leader.

Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers.

Above ordinary people.

Well, let me tell you a secret about lawyers… 🧵

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Private equity owns lion’s share of children’s foster services in England, ‘bleeding the sector of money’.

Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer.

Ban profit-taking entities from foster services.
https://t.co/B1ZXZ7vt7a

[Jonathan Slater @slater57649]

These are the people that should get Six figure bonuses

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"Your son might work in a grocery store bagging groceries for the rest of his life."

Someone said this to me right after my son Jack was diagnosed with autism.

Over the years, the words stuck with me.

I thought about them when he couldn't sit for circle time in kindergarten.

When he couldn't take the bus home from school safely.

When he started middle school, then high school.

Fast-forward.

Jack is twenty-one now.

He works in a grocery store.

He cuts fruit in the produce department.

He works from 8:00 - 2:00 three days a week.

He sets his alarm.

He puts on his uniform.

He walks to the bus station.

He arrives on time.

In this life alongside autism, I've learned it's not always about the destination, but how you got there in the first place.

I've learned that a life lived differently is not a life less lived.

Any any work, not matter what kind, is honorable.

What a beautiful thing.

Please join me in congratulating my son Jack on the first four months at his job.

We are fiercely proud of him.

Credit: Carrie Cariello

[June Goh @June4oneness]

@bepeco @fapoooooo @NoContextBrits Unknown amounts are uncountable 😉

[Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell]

New: Former headteacher and DfE adviser Ruth Miskin sees her phonics company’s value climb to £19 million
https://t.co/9PdgwssIwJ
Post-tax profits at Ruth Miskin Literacy, whose sole shareholder is Dame Ruth, have approached £10 million in total over the past four years.

[June Goh @June4oneness]

@JamesHandscombe @RebeccaScambler @RogersHistory Complaints are managed via a policy so handling them is part of operations. Surely frontline teachers are not dealing with formal complaints?
You said ‘potential of humans to be ridiculous’, presumably meaning parents so wondered if it applied to other humans eg SEND children?

[June Goh @June4oneness]

@JamesHandscombe @RebeccaScambler @RogersHistory Appreciate your view point but these are still administrative issues.
BTW children are also humans so hope their SEND are not viewed as ridiculous.

[June Goh @June4oneness]

@jon_severs Or….a reliance on charity & goodwill to resolve SEND issues so no funding needed - a truly psychopathic vision

[June Goh @June4oneness]

@JamesHandscombe @RebeccaScambler @RogersHistory Surely within every complaint lies the need of the child & warrants attention rather than judgement calls about its merit.
Complaints are standard fare for every service sector - schools aren’t exempt & should aim to be Outstanding for every child