Sarah Watts

No longer on this app; gone to the Blue place

[Prof Ryan @sarasiobhan]

Let's think about absurdities for a moment... (No swears though they are tumbling around my brain.) https://t.co/yYNQam5Jik

[Special Needs Jungle @SpcialNdsJungle]

Oh look, more unnamed "SEND experts" at The Times have another ignorant "opinion": "SEND spending has spiralled out of control. Starmer cannot wait" Uninformed views are easy; equitable solutions are hard. This is just tripe, lies and should be retracted. https://t.co/ztAIyFwIkQ

[Special Needs Jungle @SpcialNdsJungle]

NEW POST: The £3 billion #SEND funding extravaganza: @CaptainK77 has crunched the numbers and set them against the @educationgovuk five reform principles so you can ask the right questions https://t.co/IoXIq7OBJ0

[Sarah Watts @Sjeffs]

@CaptainK77 @SpcialNdsJungle @educationgovuk Thank you - a great piece

[Daniel Hewitt @DanielHewittITV]

For the past year we’ve investigated how the care system, NHS and courts are failing and neglecting learning disabled people, with fatal consequences.

They consistently tell us: we don’t have a voice.

We decided to listen. Their words should shame us all https://t.co/BjxbKMY7si

[ITV News @itvnews]

'It felt like they had given up on me': What life is like for people with a learning disability

Investigations Editor @DanielHewittITV spoke with seven people with learning disabilities about work, life and their worries for the future
https://t.co/QdBpuJ3jPt

[Stephen Unwin @RoseUnwin]

If you read one thing this weekend, read this.
The way we treat young people who are a little 'different' is endlessly shocking.
With thanks and respect to Kate Szymankiewicz.
https://t.co/SpIr8dgein

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

Cats teach science.

[Sarah Watts @Sjeffs]

@giovanni_ulleri Utterly horrific. I’m so very sorry x

[SEND Action @SEND_Action]

Just a few more signatures to reach 120,000. Have you signed the petition to save the rights of children with SEND? And have you written to your MP to ask them to attend the debate? #SaveOurChildrensRights
https://t.co/ZiYlX5i8wr

[Dudley Voices for Choice Self Advocacy @DvcDudley]

Please share with your networks anyone with a learning disability and/or Autism are more than welcome to attend.

[SEND Action @SEND_Action]

Will you help us to save disabled children’s rights? Please write to your MP and ask them to attend the debate. #SaveOurChildrensRights

[𝑫𝒓 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒓𝒊𝒇 @DrNighatArif]

My video on Pros & Cons of the Copper Coil went viral (1.1M views) but the reoccurring question was why I didn’t mention excruciating pain on insertion??

This is because the BIGGEST CON is: we as women have accepted pain as part of our biology and our gynaecological procedures AND therefore #painreliefoptions are not offered or equipments are not developed for more comfort

Insertion pain is SO accepted, so normalised & entrenched that we never question the concept of needing painrelief, better equipment and better training

We must never accept PAIN as a given on a device insertion BUT demand better

#medicalmisogyny

[SEND Action @SEND_Action]

The lack of holiday clubs and after school clubs means that many mothers of disabled children are forced to give up work.

[Scope @scope]

"It got to the point where I'd applied for over 100 jobs, and I didn't hear anything back…"

@ShaniDhanda and other disabled people discuss how Access to Work has helped them, and why potential reforms to the service would be so damaging.
https://t.co/lBgU50Z9to

[The PhD Place @ThePhDPlace]

Qualitative researchers when they see statistics

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

The health secretary is under growing pressure to release a long-delayed report into the deaths of learning disabled and autistic people in England.

[Sarah Watts @Sjeffs]

The right to an education, health and care plan must be retained https://t.co/zk9sfhZ2Tk

[Sarah Watts @Sjeffs]

@amateuradam We loved Dexter Proctor! Hope the next instalment is coming out soon