the purpose of education
Our son has made us question every aspect of our lives and our place in society. Like most families we encounter informal learning opportunities every day. However we decided not to participate in the formal education offered by the state. We learn at home, in our community, in the wider world. My son has Aspergers syndrome - with complex learning [...]
who do I think I am?
It's funny because I was lying awake the other night thinking about writing a blog post about this and today I came acros Bon Stewart's post about digitial identity and her PhD and she asks 'Do you believe in a real, authentic core self? How does the idea of performance strike you? And who are you when you’re online? Who [...]
unsung heroes
winter bauble This post is my seasonal card to the people I work closely with.... Many of these people beaver away in the background supporting project teams throughout the UK. They may occasionally get acknowledged in a final report... They may sometimes receive thanks from individuals...Sometimes they just get a barrage of complaints, grumbles and even rudeness. There are hundreds [...]
random act of kindness
we had an unusual and very nice surprise this week from a stranger. We received a copy of a book from Amazon that we don't already have and that we didn't order. It was 'My name is Mina' by David Almond. It came with a message saying: 'found your blog recently. Thought you would like this book - sorry if [...]
two sides to every story – a dilemna
I have a dilemna due to using a Creative Commons (CC) licence on one of my photographs on flickr. The photo is part of a project that I did in 2006 for the flickr UTATA group which aimed to tells the positives and negatives of having aspergers syndrome to increase awareness of the realities and dispell some of the myths [...]
In hindsight
It is particularly difficult for children with Aspergers Syndrome and high functioning autism because people can't see the disability.
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