@thetalentguru@AutisticCallum_ I guess that relates to the point further up about who sets the rules - why was their ok but yours rude- because of their rules! So many unspoken too - set up to fail in lots of ways!
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I am angry @NHSE_WTE have always been clear: people with a learning disability & autistic individuals delivering Oliver’s Training should be paid Band 5 rates
Yet many charities with contracts to deliver it are paying minimum wage
Not On My Watch
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Spectrum gaming Anti-Behaviourism Behaviour Policy- I LOVE THIS! @Spectrum0Gaming - this looks like it took a significant amount of incredibly hard work. AMAZING! https://t.co/841WmWkXEB
@MePeterNicholls It is also very hard to get a blue badge! There is very strict criteria and even if you have a condition that means you would benefit and explain it, if you do not meet their exact criteria, there is no way in!
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@PaulaMc007 Drink it and enjoy it! Celebrate all you have done and are doing for Oliver and the campaign. Sounds a horrible experience right now. Sending you big hugs.
It doesn't really matter what I say on here, it's guaranteed that someone will be angry about it. Someone will be furious and say I am making things up, or grifting. Someone will suggest that I'm exploiting parents because I don't work for free.
In a way, that's quite liberating. It means there isn't much difference between saying something completely anodyne and actually quite challenging - it will all get the same response. Someone will be outraged.
So I'm going to say what I really think. Punishing children does not help them learn. When 'structure and consequences' is a euphemism for 'harsh control' then we put the long term wellbeing of our children at risk, in the service of short term control.
Yes, frightened children look well behaved. Yes, scared teenagers are quiet and face the front. Yes, silent corridors are so much more orderly. Yes, you can push children into getting better exam results if you simply don't allow them to do anything else. The question isn't whether we can do things, the question is whether it's really worth it.
Controlling children will only get you so far, because children grow up, and they need to learn how to control themselves. You can't learn self-control through being controlled, the two things are separate. One is about compliance, whilst the other is about agency.
Doing as you're told will only get you so far. If that's what we prioritise in our children's education, no wonder they are telling us (and showing us) that they're unhappy.
@neuro_lou @AnnMemmott @elliemidds@ThomasHenleyUK@PookyH@womenwithadhd@Mollys_ADHD @savororaidh @ANDTherapists I’m wondering if it bothers me WHO it comes from and HOW it is put. Probs my RSD but sometimes it just gives me the tone of ‘they are not the same as you but look at all this they can do’! That ‘othering’ feeling rather than acceptance as I am.
What do people think of those summaries that state what Autistic &/or ADHDers are good at? As a self diagnosed ADHDer I find them unnecessary and they make me cringe! Feel they are saying ‘they really are worth knowing’. Just take me as me, you shouldn’t need persuading!
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Autistic Communication Styles
As an autistic person, my communication style might look a little different.
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