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Nov 23 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Hey @EPSBNews this survey you're about to send out... the one you claim is a Pillar goal for diversity, equity and inclusion....
Why did you leave out disabilities?
The survey is to learn how to better support learners and you left this entire demographics out?
#abed #ableg
@NathanIpYEG @HoleMarcia @SaadiqSumar @JulieKusiek @sawyer4trustee
Did we assume children with disabilities wouldn't be able to answer the questions ? Did we leave them out for a reason?
@bridgetstirling I know you would have never... so I ask you if you can imagine why such a thing would be missed. Cause we miss your voice in there for our kids.
What sucks is how many are scared to talk enough this educator and admin wise. My inbox has been full. But also parents who don't want their admin to treat them like "that parent". Is this the new normal?
We all let kids struggle because so many of us have to be afraid?
I dont blame them. I blame a system so broken that speaking up for kids had repercussions.
How are we ok with this?

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Nov 23
An example of ableism in education in Alberta.
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When covid first shut everything down how many could tell you how many education supports like EA's, SLP's and OTs were laid off? 126,000 ring a bell. Which kids did they support the most? Kids with disabilities.
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What happened to the funding normally used to pay for them all if most were laid off? I mean Adrianna did make a statement on how it would go to supporting covid costs being used to protect students in schools. Few outside those laid off or the students impacted complained.
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My son was forgotten for the last 4 months of his kinder year... and had PUF funding just gone. How many kids did that happen too? Considering 1 EA will support multiple children.
I mean there were rallies but mostly just parents and those impacted by the lay offs.
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Feb 1
Kids with disabilities have had their funding at risk and cut at forever with little acknowledgment in the news or social media because society has yet to recognize these kids as investments.
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I get it. Supports aren't cheap. Not in the short term. So ice our kids out. Cut their funds. Make it impossible to understand this system. Make advocating isolating and scary.
Make it parents against teachers and admin and vice versa.
Make parents have to wear a million hates and quit their jobs just to get their kids through school. Because it's not numbers that will show up on any of your budgets.
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Oct 4, 2021
So we've all (well not all but most) learned we don't say "not all men" to a woman's lived experience.

Can we now add not saying "not all teachers/educators" when someone speaks up on their lived experience in education. If you didn't struggle or ignore students gold star!
But many of you who are doing the "not all teachers/educators" thing today are writing off a lived experience many have faced. And many adults are still traumatized and hey many kids are being put through that same system. Seclusion rooms anyone?
I have been advocating for not just the kids but also pay raises for EA's and better supports for teachers and all things asked of us. But tell me when was your last PD day about our kids? How much of your education was about properly supporting our kids?
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Sep 15, 2021
How many of you have had a loved one in ICU?

I have.

I usually save our story for the anniversary of it all happening but given the times I'm going to talk about our big one together.

T.W for some with religious trauma. Or perhaps medical trauma.
#abhealth #COVID19AB
I have a younger brother with whom I love dearly. He was born with a congenital heart defeat.
This resulted in an Aorta needing to be grafted to his stomach. Pretty ground breaking in the 80's my dad @dsherwoodx2 could probably go into greater detail here I was 3.
But this wasn't a permanent fix as I've learned grafts often aren't.
He would go through many horrific surgeries and be saved many times in our own Stollery Hospital as a child.
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Apr 6, 2021
Part of my #AutismAcceptanceMonth is asking people to stop parent shaming.
If you see a kiddo on a harness (leash as some call it) mind your business. Many of our kids elope aka are runners. We don't do this to make them puppies we do this to keep them safe.
If you see a kiddo overwhelmed, dysregulated let it go. Do not approach child. Do not reach to touch or make noises even to help. You do not know what triggered and could make it worse. Smile, silent encouragement is great. If parent is in distress then ask if help is needed.
When speaking to a caregiver do not ask what the child's savant or gift is. Only 10% of our kids avg fall into this area. It's assuming a lot. Assume the child understands so don't speak to their parent over them. Always assume competence.
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Apr 5, 2021
I'm betting an oil company with people jumping from one shut down to another is a part of this exposure. Why? Cause I'm aware of a few now who had an exposure of said variant on the 26th and sent home. We shall see.
From my neighbor today...

" I believe you. Two weeks ago, CNRL had more than 36 cases on one day only. And they never said anything."

He is working through Spring Break up and has seen a lot. Wtf!
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