More than worrisome indeed, that’s putting it extremely mildly. It’s absolute insanity from the verbally incontinent misinformer in chief. 💁🏻‍♀️

A double empathy problem affects our ability to relate to this curiosity and this understandably leaves parents very frustrated. Important to find out how they currently communicate and work from there. Meet them in the middle. Early intervention won’t help if it’s not the right intervention.

use, may appear around the 18 month mark, there may be a lack of or minimal gesture use eg pointing and differences in terms play development eg predominantly engaging in sensory/exploratory play with relatively less pretend play. Autistic kids experience a unique curiosity about the world.

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I like that rte is highlighting #AutismAcceptanceMonth . I do think that the FAQ is a bit vague in terms of its responses eg age that autistic features may be evident. From a communication point of view, differences such as regression (sudden stopping/decrease of language

Time will tell I suppose if this was the right decision for burnt out staff and service users/patients who are currently receiving a service that at best could be described as inadequate, at worst could be described as destructive and life-limiting. We really, really need change.

This is a bit…disappointing? Can’t predict the future but I don’t hold out hope based on a history of words in the absence of substantive actions. Talks only began Tuesday of this week between forsa and hse so it’s all rather quick to come to a meaningful agreement…

Evaluating the Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Multi-Tiered Multimodal Narrative Intervention Program for Preschool Children Purpose: The present study aims to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a novel multi-tiered narrative intervention program—...

🆓🔓 In @ashajournals.bsky.social @juliafloritpons.bsky.social Igualada A & Prieto P 2024 suggest that a full-fledged implementation of the MMN intervention program is feasible with potential to improve children's narrative & pragmatic skills in clinical & educational contexts. doi.org/10.1044/2024...

Yes, agreed, that’s a really frustrating downward trend since the Covid era.

Ireland is not better prepared because our existing staff are working beyond their capacity to cope with the demands to the point of illness and burnout. We don’t have the infrastructure and we don’t have the staffing. It’s a lose-lose situation. The recruitment embargo also needs to end now.

What We Learned from Research in 2024 2024 was another great year filled with fascinating research. Over the course of this year, I’ve written a few posts about some of it:...

Hey, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES! Learn why @mandercorn.bsky.social says "If you’ve stayed with me this far, you are a true research 🤓nerd!" #language #literacy #research #cognition #reading #writing #multilingualism #assessment 🧠 #cognition #SoR languageandliteracy.blog/what-we-lear... Turns out I'm one 🤓!

July-December 2024 Research Round-Up Reading and Research The following list is a selection of papers that all focus on or include reference to the theory of monotropism published between July-Dec 2024.We have aimed for this to be com…

What a fabulous year for monotropism related research!
Together with @fergus.oolong.co.uk o.uk
& shared resources from our Monotropism Discord server I have collated a seasonal round-up of writing for
@monotropism.bsky.social
Exciting times ahead for 2025!
monotropism.org/2024/2024-re...

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Concern over deployment of special education resources Department of Education inspectors have expressed concern at how additional teaching resources that should be supporting students with special education needs are being deployed in post-primary school...

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The title ‘Bowling for children who stammer’ is in royal blue text on a pale yellow background. The initial letters are repeated to creatively express stammering. The event details read ‘Saturday 11 Jan. 11am. Kilkenny. More info at www.stammeringireland.ie.

Let's go bowling! 🎳

🗓️ Saturday 11 January 2025
🕓 11am - 12md
📍 Kilkenny
🥳 For children who stammer

Bowling, snack, a drink and meet other children who stammer!

Event hosted by Avril Mullane, tickets subsidised by ISA (€5)
Register www.stammeringireland.ie/#events

#Stammer

#Stutter

The title ‘Adult Support Group’ is in royal blue text on a pale green background. The title is animated and drops down from the top to the middle of the page, with the words repeated multiple times to creatively express stammering. The details of the event read ‘Tuesday 05 December and Thursday 19 December. Online. Website stammeringireland.ie’.

ISA support group for adults this Thursday! 🎄

🗓️ Thurs 19 Dec
🕖 7pm
📍 Online

A free online group for adults who stammer to talk about their experiences and connect with the stammering community. New members welcome! 🌟

Register here: stammeringireland.ie/#events
#Stammer #Stutter #Community #Group

Square graphic with a black-and-white background photo of a crowd watching a 1962 nuclear bomb test in Nevada. A semi-transparent red rectangle is superimposed on the photo. It contains text reading, "Too many autistic people learn—often quite early in life—that they have no choice other than to submit to discomforts, and also people in their lives may not even register or believe that their distress is real. "This means autistic people may seem excited about things that are less uncomfortable/painful to them, which is not the same as enjoying or even neutrally tolerating those things." "@ThinkingAutism" "tinyUrl.com/AutismDoomChecklist"

Because holidays, we're resharing our list of often non-obvious things that can cause distress for an autistic person. We hope that by highlighting such stuff you can help the autistic people in your life (or yourself) thrive during this challenging time.

thinkingautismguide.com/2022/01/auti...

This piece was needed. We are all just trying our best and our best looks different everyday. I’ll admit I cried in work this week because I felt I wasn’t doing enough. Reaching that point was a catharsis where I realised in fact I’m showing up, trying my best and my best is most definitely enough.

That's Grief Colouring Book: Helping children understand the emotions that come from loss and grief That's Grief Colouring Book: Helping children understand the emotions that come from loss and grief : Barton, Michelle, Dixon, Chris: Amazon.co.uk

The That's Grief Colouring Book to help children going through the difficult emotions of loss and bereavement is now out.

@thats-grief.bsky.social and I worked on this book together to help with SEN and many other children around the world.

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DQGZ7LSJ

Huge welcome to the Irish Stammering Association! 🧡🤍💚🇮🇪🙌🙌🙌

APA inclusive language guide-

“We encourage all people to adhere to the basic principles of inclusive language…to show respect by calling people what they call themselves. This requires being open to continual learning and capacity building and remaining mindful that language may change.”

The Hidden Reasons Authoritarianism Is Growing — And How to Reverse It It takes all kinds. Humanity would have never made it this far without a multitude of people with a wide diversity of personality types and preferences. It is our individual differences wherein lies o...

✨"It takes all kinds.

Humanity would have never made it this far without a multitude of people with a wide diversity of personality types & preferences

It is our individual differences wherein lies our strength as a society....."✨
@scottsantens.com

www.scottsantens.com/the-hidden-r...

Delighted to see you here!!💚🤍🧡🇮🇪

I recommend these accounts Bronwyn! @autisticbooks.bsky.social @autisticbookclub.bsky.social

Talking DLD Podcast @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social & @carolinebowen.bsky.social talk to @shaunziegenfusz.bsky.social RE #GestaltLanguageProcessing & #NaturalLanguageAcquisition
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

thedldproject.com/gestalt-lang...
Thank you for having us, Shaun & Nat!
🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Identifying Developmental Language Disorder in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants: A Case Study of Three Children (1) Background: While spoken language learning delays are assumed for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children after cochlear implant (CI), many catch up with their hearing peers. Some DHH children wit...

Currently updating our team's annual DLD #DevLangDis diagnosis training; this paper by Hardman, @rosherman.bsky.social, @drfionakyle.bsky.social @susanebbels.bsky.social & Morgan is VERY helpful in clarifying when to diagnose DLD in D/deaf + Hard of Hearing children www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12...

Square Canva graphic with a red background. A black rounded square is overlaid with a white rounded square framed by quotation marks and containing black text reading, "ABA therapy doesn’t in any way help autistics to adapt—it forces us not to complain about the routine sensory punishment beatings we take because we are autistic and society is inflexible. -Cos Michael" Under the squares is smaller white text reading, "@ThinkingAutism tinyurl.com/AgainstABAtherapy"

"ABA therapy doesn’t in any way help autistics to adapt—it forces us not to complain about the routine sensory punishment beatings we take because we are autistic and society is inflexible." -Cos Michael, at TPGA:

thinkingautismguide.com/2018/05/why-... #BetterWaysThanABA #neurodiversity #autism

Good. 👍 Wondering when talk on phasing out ABA practices in Irish schools will commence. #BetterwaysthanABA

We want to make it nice.
We want others to enjoy it too.
We hope it’s fun for everyone.
It would be nice to get a card or present.
Imagine if we got to eat together.
But these are traps.
That make us feel stuck and sad.
Because our reality is different.
And right now, this is where we need to be.