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Sue Gerrard
@suzyg.bsky.social
Neuroscience, autism, child development, education, conceptual modeling. Still channeling Fullmetal Alchemist's Mei Chang.
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Yes, because the focus is on matching characteristics with a label, not on the features of the characteristics.

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If they're funded by government they're unlikely to criticise it are they?

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"Disabled or not, no one is completely self-reliant. We are all interdependent, and the real trick to successful adulting is knowing when, how, and who to ask for help." By Gyasi Burks-Abbott: autismspectrumnews.org/a-presumptio...#neurodiversity#adulting#disability

A Presumption of Competence: Empowering Disability Advocacy and Independent Living
A Presumption of Competence: Empowering Disability Advocacy and Independent Living

The importance of dignity, independence, and community in disability advocacy through stories of growth, resilience, and self-advocacy.

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SGsuzyg.bsky.social

If you're tracing back, there's quite a few others who set the scene decades ago. There was a shift in response to the civil rights movement.

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"One woman and two men with severe autoimmune conditions have gone into remission after being treated with bioengineered and CRISPR-modified immune cells."

World-first therapy using donor cells sends autoimmune diseases into remission
World-first therapy using donor cells sends autoimmune diseases into remission

The treatment’s success in three people raises hopes for mass production of cutting-edge CAR T therapies.

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SGsuzyg.bsky.social

State education could afford effective SEN education if it stopped trying to standardise the education system and trained mainstream teachers in SEN.

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Calling philosophers and cognitive scientists. Six, four year postdocs available at the University of Stirling for interdisciplinary work on place and memory with John Sutton. www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-a...

Vacancy details | About | University of Stirling
Vacancy details | About | University of Stirling

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SGsuzyg.bsky.social

Even in the transfer of knowledge teacher input is vital. Knowledge is complex and children are all different. Teachers make the necessary adjustments.

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Sue Gerrard
@suzyg.bsky.social
Neuroscience, autism, child development, education, conceptual modeling. Still channeling Fullmetal Alchemist's Mei Chang.
100 followers92 following35 posts