Dr. Katie Baker

Activist, Journey Guide, Bookworm, Writer, Kayaker, Mum, Carer, Christian, Mathematician,Teacher. Dedicated to reducing barriers to success in life and maths.

[BBC Woman's Hour @BBCWomansHour]

🗣️‘We’ve forgotten that we will have to give care, we will receive care, & to make our political arrangements on that basis’

@emilykenway has written a book about caring for her mother. She joined @BBCNuala to share her experience & why we need to think about caregivers more ⬇️

[Ali Mowbray 💙 @ali_mowbray]

So powerful.

[Dr. Katie Baker @edukatemaths]

@ChrisGPackham @BBCTwo @BBCiPlayer Thank you so much for making this program. It is so hard for my husband and the people I work with to explain their world to others and this gives such an amazing insight. I hope many many people see it because if they do, they can't help but be changed by it.

[Dr. Katie Baker @edukatemaths]

Little thing I have been working on: You, Me and AuDHD, a blog (and soon to be podcast) about how my husband and I are making our marriage work despite our neurodiversity.
https://t.co/WPcnJchquj

[Dr. Katie Baker @edukatemaths]

Highly recommend reading this to anyone working with autisic people - which is probably everyone who works with people.
Vague Instructions Set Your Autistic Employees Up For Failure https://t.co/w8vk8RxFTf

[Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire @grapevinecandw]

Having each reached over 10,000 signatures, two #ASD #autism #ADHD petitions to increase assessment funding will be debated in #Parliament in early #February. MPs want to hear your views to help inform the debate. @HoCpetitions survey details ⬇️

[Ella Tabb @Purpleella]

Excited to share the latest @ClinicalPartnrs Divergent Voices video in which I chat to autistic adults @bobalind and @AutismRevised to offer our audience some career advice. I hope you find it helpful
https://t.co/jEiE2RoDA6

[Dr. Katie Baker @edukatemaths]

This is the project I work on. We've helped so many people but with the ending of EU money in March it all comes to an end - unless someone can help with more funding!
Future of project that's put thousands in to jobs in Coventry hangs in balance https://t.co/gwoSVhssje

[Dr. Katie Baker @edukatemaths]

Today is Carers' Rights Day. Unpaid carers do so much and it can cost them a lot, both financially and with the toll it takes on physical and mental health. It's a lifelong job that they never asked for but take on through love.
#caringcosts #carersrightsday2022

[Dr. Katie Baker @edukatemaths]

someone? Is it once again inadvertently implying bullying is the victim's 'fault' for being different rather than the bully's fault for bullying? Genuine question as I can't make up my mind on this. (2 of 2)

[Dr. Katie Baker @edukatemaths]

Musing on the odd socks for antibullying week thing. I understand it is about saying it is OK to be different. But is it also implying that people are only bullied because they are different? Rather than because bullies are cruel or hurt people and like to take it out on (1 of 2)

[Dr. Katie Baker @edukatemaths]

@KarenLMasters That's funny because I thought ours were changing next weekend and just realised it is this. We are obviously in the wrong time zones!

[Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire @grapevinecandw]

It’s #NationalInclusionWeek where we reflect on the need to turn employers’ commitment to #inclusion into ACTION to nurture more #inclusive, #diverse workplaces. Here's Matt from #Coventry at our employer networking event, talking about his job at an engineering firm in Leicester

[Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire @grapevinecandw]

#JOB NEWS | #ExpertsByExperience Project Worker #vacancy at Grapevine 🔔 Helping people with #autism and #LearningDisabilities shape the systems and services they use. Working collaboratively with #Coventry and #Warwickshire NHS and councils... 🖱️ https://t.co/XArxcabrj7 1/3

[Spectrum Gaming @Spectrum0Gaming]

I don’t think I have ever met an autistic child who *wants* to game all day. We talk about this topic in our community, as it is a common belief which young people find really frustrating. So why does it *look* like young people want to game all day?

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[Dr. Katie Baker @edukatemaths]

@TheBanjaxed

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

Hi new followers, I’m an ex molecular cell biologist, author, naturalist & illustrator with long term depression & anxiety & am obsessed with simple nature- & creativity-based mind hacks proven to shift our neurotransmitter levels, making it easier to get through the day. 🪶

[Dr. Katie Baker @edukatemaths]

@andymba24 Did I see you commenting on the difficulties for writers on low incomes earlier? Should be more initiaves like this.

[Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative]

Announcing the Inside Story Grants for Writers with Low Income! There are 45 free places available on our new five-week online Inside Story courses, funded jointly by @DavidNWriter, @MarianKeyes and our Breakthrough Writers’ Programme.

Apply by 10 Oct: https://t.co/GBy90Rtoki

[Dr. Katie Baker @edukatemaths]

Working with so many people desperate to get a job, applying all the time and so scared their benefits will get taken but employers aren't willing to give them a chance because they need reasonable adjustments or don't have a typical work history. This will just = more pressure.

[Paul Brand @PaulBrandITV]

NEW: Chancellor will announce this week that 120,000 benefit claimants will be asked to take active steps to seek more and better paid work, or face having their benefits reduced.

Hard for govt to contrast with bankers getting increased bonuses, but they’re facing it head first.