OutsideTheBoxSensory

(PGCE, Autism Masters)
Neurodivergent Practitioner
Promoting wellbeing for neurodivergent children and young people
#actuallyAuDHD

[OutsideTheBoxSensory @Outtheboxme]

Age appropriate milestones are a social construct based on the average. Why are we trying to make our children attain an average? Being exceptional in something you love seems better than being average at everything you don't

[Steve B @75ThunderRoad]

When it comes to attendance management, the last thing that schools need and the last thing that families need is higher stakes accountability.

We already have leaders under enormous pressure, parents under enormous pressure, and children, at the heart of it all, who need help.

[Sarah Sudea @sarahsudea]

We've started compiling a library of Finding the Flex Parent/Carer Voices. Time and again families tell us that flexischooling improves educational engagement, school attendance and overall happiness 👇@NotFineinSchool @teamsquarepeg @ChildrensComm @bphillipsonMP @75ThunderRoad

[Amanda Against Abuse @AmandaAgainstDA]

This!

It’s a deliberate tactic to undermine the parent and diminish their role as an advocate for their children. Referring to a parent simply as “mum” or “dad” strips them of their identity and reduces their position of authority, reinforcing the power imbalance.

It’s subtle, but incredibly damaging, especially when professionals are supposed to be supporting the family, not diminishing their voice.

[Autism Action @_AutismAction]

We fully agree with @iburrell in @theipaper that @KemiBadenoch's comments are ‘an offensive claim far removed from the grim reality of many despairing citizens and families struggling for support.’

We need leaders who take the time to understand the complexity of the issues they are commenting on – and who bring workable solutions to the table. The best way to do both is to talk to people with lived experience.

We believe that #autistic people and parents would agree that the Government has failed to provide a good education, employment opportunities and the right care. Anyone with an interest in running our country would ask themselves why this is.
https://t.co/zFiIxrAMOm

[Lauren C. @Lau_Cob_]

@CommonSenseSLT @autisticrealms “We need to listen to our patients when they tell us that this terminology is harming them. They are unlikely to trust us to listen to them when we are insistent that the core of their being is disordered.”

https://t.co/DsDpM7sXfr

[OutsideTheBoxSensory @Outtheboxme]

@MissEmilyK_ @LouisePowell11 Oh no the squeek on sensory ears 🤮

[Dave McPartlin @dave_mcpartlin]

Sometimes, we need to help families get the home stuff right, before we can do the school bit. @InvestFamilies

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

🗳️Motion 9 on Ofsted has been adopted ✅

#NEU2024 unanimously agrees to #AbolishOfsted.

We must fight for an alternative to school accountability that is supportive, effective and fair.

The inspectorate's time is up! It's time to #LetTeachersTeach

[OutsideTheBoxSensory @Outtheboxme]

I feel so honoured that others are out there championing my book. There is a ripple effect in speaking out about the way the education system is structured around non-neutodivergent brains. Keep speaking out - keep shouting #Neurodiversity #Autism #neurosensory #autistic #adhd

[OutsideTheBoxSensory @Outtheboxme]

It was fantastic to speak at the @NEU_Leadership event about positive/neutral reframing of ND learning profiles, divergent pattern spotting & sensory accessibility. All made possible thanks to @NEUnion's inclusive practices - supporting me as an ND speaker. 👏

[SpecialEdHead FCCT @anson_kari]

My next shout out for #InternationalWomensDay goes to @NEUnion @NEU_Leadership Today’s convention was set to #InspireInclusion We listened to @Outtheboxme share strategies for making the education system inclusive.

[SpecialEdHead FCCT @anson_kari]

My next shout out for #InternationalWomensDay goes to @NEUnion @NEU_Leadership Today’s convention was set to #InspireInclusion We listened to @Outtheboxme share strategies for making the education system inclusive.

[OutsideTheBoxSensory @Outtheboxme]

@anson_kari @NEUnion @NEU_Leadership Thank you for the #iwd shout out. It was wonderful to be delivering to Headteachers and leaders, like yourself, who are actively creating positive change in our system for SEND and neurodivergent learners. It was a joy to educate on sensory accessibility.

[Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @elly_chapple]

#FlipTheNarrative 💜

[Not Fine in School @NotFineinSchool]

Join our #3Asks campaign to end criminalising families for their child’s non-attendance from school.
Write to your MP today: https://t.co/4IteYXoF7r

[OutsideTheBoxSensory @Outtheboxme]

So proud of how well my book has done already and beyond proud with the positive feedback about how much my book helps to reframe autism and sensory profiles ❤️❤️

[OutsideTheBoxSensory @Outtheboxme]

Yes - we are on tue same path with our books. There needs to be educational reform

[Independent Thinking @ITLWorldwide]

‘“Square Pegs” is the perfect remedy to an education system which has become increasingly discriminatory, indifferent, punitive, and trauma-inducing’ Online review of our book with ⁦⁦@teamsquarepeg⁩ https://t.co/RLRi5eptVn

[OutsideTheBoxSensory @Outtheboxme]

We need educational and SEND reform for ND learners. The situation is shameful

#neurodivergent #neurodiversity #adhd #audhd #autistic #autism

[OutsideTheBoxSensory @Outtheboxme]

Yup - jobs are not designed
Around ND brains

[The Autistic Innovator® @autisticinnovat]

I’m fairly certain that if I had a job, I would have been fired a long time ago.

So many accommodations and flexibility I would need. Days where my brain doesn’t work and can’t do much.

I’m not a good employee, honestly.

But as a fully autonomous entrepreneur, I succeed.