From the archive... BLOG: Antifragility www.emaths.co.uk/blog/general...

Very true, though worth remembering that some populations experience events differently. This is one of the reasons that autistic children are over-represented amongst the severely absent. Often the resilience narrative is the first response to problems, but this ignores the fact that perfectly /1

Ironically - written before the pandemic. Relevant then ….probably more so now.

2/2 We waited. He survived the first night then the second, was transferred home and was back in school following week. I think how we treat opportunities is how urgent and how few chances they might have… then you get more ambitious with the time remaining

I have witnessed very sick , ‘fragile’ children show remarkable ability to attend classes . One boy was on a life support on the Thursday with a machine breathing for him and it was decided after a few days that the machine should be switched off. We said good bye in small groups at the hospice …