Ruth Stanway Woodings
@ruthfromgift.bsky.social
Mum. Hugger. That Parent. EHCP Wrangler. Curator of comfy spaces for education, connection and care. Particular interest in spikey profiles, EOTAS and peer to peer support.
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As 'gotchas' go, "I willingly supported someone I knew was involved in major child trafficking crimes but actively kept it under wraps until now" is... an atypical approach, I'll say that much
June 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
As 'gotchas' go, "I willingly supported someone I knew was involved in major child trafficking crimes but actively kept it under wraps until now" is... an atypical approach, I'll say that much
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Neurodiversity training in schools is being expanded for a year to reach an extra 1,200 schools. An extra £9.5 million has been earmarked for the PINS (Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools) programme. What's your experience of this? www.gov.uk/government/news/m...
More support for neurodivergent children in mainstream schools
Around 300,000 children across 1,200 primary schools to benefit from earlier and better neurodiversity support.
www.gov.uk
May 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Neurodiversity training in schools is being expanded for a year to reach an extra 1,200 schools. An extra £9.5 million has been earmarked for the PINS (Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools) programme. What's your experience of this? www.gov.uk/government/news/m...
Boy identifies destination for the day. (Insert witty observation about AR process here)
May 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Boy identifies destination for the day. (Insert witty observation about AR process here)
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(mustering executive function) BRAIN: sorry, best we can do is an abandoned to do list under your unread mail on the kitchen counter
April 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
(mustering executive function) BRAIN: sorry, best we can do is an abandoned to do list under your unread mail on the kitchen counter
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I review books for Routledge, usually saying "this is nice, this bit needs changing", when this one came across my desk I wrote that they should print it on billboards & stick it up in the street.
#autismawareness #autismacceptance #autismawarenessmonth #AutismAcceptanceMonth
#autismawareness #autismacceptance #autismawarenessmonth #AutismAcceptanceMonth
April 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I review books for Routledge, usually saying "this is nice, this bit needs changing", when this one came across my desk I wrote that they should print it on billboards & stick it up in the street.
#autismawareness #autismacceptance #autismawarenessmonth #AutismAcceptanceMonth
#autismawareness #autismacceptance #autismawarenessmonth #AutismAcceptanceMonth
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My brain: "The name of this guy we just met and are still talking to? Sorry, wasn't listening. And if you ask him again I'll trigger weapons-grade embarassmemt"
Also my brain: "You know the music from level one of the 1990 Donald Duck Mega Drive game 'Quackshot'? That's today's soundtrack. Enjoy!"
Also my brain: "You know the music from level one of the 1990 Donald Duck Mega Drive game 'Quackshot'? That's today's soundtrack. Enjoy!"
April 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
My brain: "The name of this guy we just met and are still talking to? Sorry, wasn't listening. And if you ask him again I'll trigger weapons-grade embarassmemt"
Also my brain: "You know the music from level one of the 1990 Donald Duck Mega Drive game 'Quackshot'? That's today's soundtrack. Enjoy!"
Also my brain: "You know the music from level one of the 1990 Donald Duck Mega Drive game 'Quackshot'? That's today's soundtrack. Enjoy!"
I suspect this may not be insufferable.
Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal bookshop and library tour begins in two weeks
Robinince.com for dates
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm...
Robinince.com for dates
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm...
April 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I suspect this may not be insufferable.
Lovely weekend of friendship, engineering, composition, philosophy, art history, singing and silly games with 40 teens. Colleagues not too bad either.
April 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Lovely weekend of friendship, engineering, composition, philosophy, art history, singing and silly games with 40 teens. Colleagues not too bad either.
Workshy overpampered teens up hours before breakfast so they can tidy their rooms and fit in extra social time before classes. On a Sunday. This is the sight that greeted me when I came out of my room at 8. (Bah, grumble, mutter, if they can do that, they can stop all this ebsa fakery...)
April 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Workshy overpampered teens up hours before breakfast so they can tidy their rooms and fit in extra social time before classes. On a Sunday. This is the sight that greeted me when I came out of my room at 8. (Bah, grumble, mutter, if they can do that, they can stop all this ebsa fakery...)
Friday evening hammock read
April 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Friday evening hammock read
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Neurodivergent people have always been there (we just weren't 'looking' before)
theneuroscienceofeve...
The idea that the neurodiversity is a 'recent development' and hasn't been shaping all of human society forever is as wrong as it is unhelpful
My latest post explains
#ND #Autism #ADHD
theneuroscienceofeve...
The idea that the neurodiversity is a 'recent development' and hasn't been shaping all of human society forever is as wrong as it is unhelpful
My latest post explains
#ND #Autism #ADHD
Neurodivergent people have always been there (we just weren't 'looking' before)
Many believe neurodivergence (autism, ADHD etc.) is 'new'. But it's been around and has shaped society for as long as humans have existed. We just didn't recognise it for what it was.
theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Neurodivergent people have always been there (we just weren't 'looking' before)
theneuroscienceofeve...
The idea that the neurodiversity is a 'recent development' and hasn't been shaping all of human society forever is as wrong as it is unhelpful
My latest post explains
#ND #Autism #ADHD
theneuroscienceofeve...
The idea that the neurodiversity is a 'recent development' and hasn't been shaping all of human society forever is as wrong as it is unhelpful
My latest post explains
#ND #Autism #ADHD
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@danrebellato.bsky.social is this your handwriting??
February 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
@danrebellato.bsky.social is this your handwriting??
Trying not to lose my shit with the printer 😤
February 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Trying not to lose my shit with the printer 😤
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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
And they keep coming in! This #inclusion lark will never catch on...
February 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
And they keep coming in! This #inclusion lark will never catch on...
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What are some things you still call by their previous names?
For me: National Airport or DCA, Twitter, Triborough Bridge…
For me: National Airport or DCA, Twitter, Triborough Bridge…
Mexico asks Google Maps not to rename Gulf of Mexico
US President Donald Trump has ordered that the body of water be renamed the Gulf of America.
www.bbc.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Family Allowance
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Just 99p on Kindle at the moment..
February 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Just 99p on Kindle at the moment..
Not to brag, but
January 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Not to brag, but
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Very brilliant that @cmic-uk.bsky.social just got the go ahead to create a training microbrewery for adults with learning disabilities, so here's a reminder of @beckyrwhin.bsky.social's words in @communitylivingmagazine.com a year ago.
#LearningDisability
communitylivingmagazine.com/there-was-a-...
#LearningDisability
communitylivingmagazine.com/there-was-a-...
‘There was a real hunger to learn and absorption in work’
Brewery veteran Becky Whinnerah and her husband John founded a collective to support employment with brewing experience, Saba Salman reports
communitylivingmagazine.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Very brilliant that @cmic-uk.bsky.social just got the go ahead to create a training microbrewery for adults with learning disabilities, so here's a reminder of @beckyrwhin.bsky.social's words in @communitylivingmagazine.com a year ago.
#LearningDisability
communitylivingmagazine.com/there-was-a-...
#LearningDisability
communitylivingmagazine.com/there-was-a-...
My weekend was better than yours!
January 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
My weekend was better than yours!
January 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
48 teens, 2.5 days, 16 class options, 11 dorms, 1 chef, lots of big feelings.
January 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
48 teens, 2.5 days, 16 class options, 11 dorms, 1 chef, lots of big feelings.
Complicated farewells after great weekend with nearly 50 teens from all over country
January 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Complicated farewells after great weekend with nearly 50 teens from all over country
Playing with AI to remind our families to sign up for new term of online clubs 🤣
January 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Playing with AI to remind our families to sign up for new term of online clubs 🤣