Posts Tagged ‘Autism’
Adult diagnosis- a personal reflection….
Posted by: mimanifesto on: December 19, 2011
- In: ASD | Autism | emotional education | Family | Inclusion | Personal
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You know something’s a bit different about you. All your life you’ve been perpetually anxious about the simplest everyday things…you know, will you catch the bus, will you be at the station or airport early enough to make your train or flight. Will you get a decent seat, will it be crowded, will you make it [...]
Scottish Autism
Posted by: mimanifesto on: April 6, 2011
We had a lovely chat with the ladies from Scottish Autism ( used to be the Scottish Autistic Society, I think) yesterday afternoon in the showroom They talked about their plans for the future and the services they provide to people on the Autistic spectrum and their families and friends, and the tough times ahead [...]
Native linguists removed from schools..
Posted by: mimanifesto on: February 19, 2011
- In: Inclusion | Literacy | Leadership | Equality | change | capacity-building | future of education
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An excellent piece from Tom Shields in today’s Herald newspaper. He takes a rather witty and beautifully written series of pot-shots at Glasgow City Council Education dept for removing all foreign language assistants from their schools by remembering, somewhat fondly, his own experiences of the benefits of language assistants. The enormous benefits of having native [...]
Council in crisis- Efficiency savings mean Autism services may suffer…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: October 18, 2010
Lots of speculation in the press recently about impending cuts in local government spending. Education authorities are facing a call to merge so classrooms may be spared the worst of the cuts in public spending. The education forums are also getting in on the act. The following is paraphrased from a comment which appeared a [...]
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