I wonder if @kayeadams would be interested in the darker side of @scottishautism, when autistic parents and autistic voices are automatically overridden by non-autistic voices. Even if that autistic parent is themselves an autism specialist education professional. Interesting 🤔1 I will no longer be silent. I will take this public. Autistic people are not automatically wrong, and non-autistic people right. Parents are not automatically less qualified to make expert judgements than professionals. I will speak the truth and I will let everyone know. 2

Spontaneous thread on neurodiversity in education 🧵
Had to navigate a tricky situation that resulted in the disclosure of many of my experiences of discrimination, bullying and ableism in education. It was responded to with kindness, compassion and grace by mindful educators...1 🧵 But that's not always the response, in fact it very rarely is. And no matter how often we talk about social justice and anti-discriminatory practices in education, I fear that neurodivergent (and those with hidden disabilities) will always slip through the net...2

I had to describe my AuDHD child's school masking to a psychologist yesterday and I came up with a pretty efficient analogy. At school she is beautiful origami. Everybody loves to look at the origami, and marvel at how pleasant it is, but nobody thinks about the complicated...1/4 processes it took for her to fold that way. They just like to look at the origami and feel pleased with themselves that they're keeping the origami in one piece all day every day.
When she gets home, when she's with me, she knows I can help her unfold. I can open up all the...2/4