Oh! I forgot my presentation at @autscape.org 2020, 'Making Education Work for the Next Generation of Neurodivergent Pupils'. Especially relevant to #autisticParents but should be relevant to anyone interested in education. #EduSky youtu.be/47x5d39aY70?... Script: oolong.medium.com/making-educa... - ThreadSky

fergus.oolong.co.uk • 13 days ago

Oh! I forgot my presentation at @autscape.org 2020, 'Making Education Work for the Next Generation of Neurodivergent Pupils'.

Especially relevant to #autisticParents but should be relevant to anyone interested in education. #EduSky
https://youtu.be/47x5d39aY70?si=Yy3YV31HTp5WFeUL

Script: https://oolong.medium.com/making-education-work-for-the-next-generation-of-neurodivergent-pupils-15aaf89f1048

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fergus.oolong.co.uk•13 days ago

I'd only been a teacher for a couple of years when the fidget spinner craze took off.

It presented an interesting dilemma for teachers aiming to be neuro-affirming and have accessible classrooms.

I hope some of the right lessons were learned.
https://oolong.medium.com/fidgeting-spinning-and-normalising-stimming-1ec569392ed2

fergus.oolong.co.uk•13 days ago

Finally, a version of 'Monotropism at School' was originally published by @tesmagazine.bsky.social as 'Autism Tips for Teachers - by an autistic teacher'.

A guide to making sense of, and working with, autistic experiences in the classroom.
#EduSky
https://monotropism.org/school/

cwris.bsky.social•12 days ago

Great this is out there!

If only my teachers had known this, but it was too long ago. This is great for the current and coming generations.

fergus.oolong.co.uk•7 days ago

The full chapter list for @krysiawally.bsky.social and @keatesresearch.bsky.social's books is now available, and I'm excited to read the rest of them!

https://neurodivergentbook2025.my.canva.site/

fergus.oolong.co.uk•7 days ago

I'm especially pleased that there are two chapters about #monotropism in 'Neurodivergent
Education and
Lifelong Learning' that I *didn't* write!

(My chapter in the other book is maybe ⅓ about that, and I have a chapter about it with @autisticrealms.bsky.social, in *another* book out in October!)

hexenhour.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good stuff, I would be one of them Furgus. I am really excited to read what everyone has written, it looks great.

dan613.ottawa.place.ap.brid.gy•13 days ago

@fergus.oolong.co.uk @paninid I would be unable to teach if even one person in the class was visibly or audibly stimming. Keep it under the desk, people!

I remember a prof getting super pissed off at a classmate who was continually clicking her pen.

fergus.oolong.co.uk•12 days ago

Audible stimming is bad. Visible stimming... It depends. I don't think keeping it hidden is necessarily a fair thing to ask, but I might request that a student finds a less distracting way.

dan613.ottawa.place.ap.brid.gy•12 days ago

@fergus.oolong.co.uk A small spinner might be ok. In high school a few of my classmates were expert pen spinners or coin wranglers and that didn't bother me too much. I can't take hand flapping or leg jiggling, though, as I've learned from the youngest person here at home.

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