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Women’s rugby player Ariana Ramsey’s videos showcasing her appointments have gone viral, and now many others are making good use of Paris's medical services.

Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Long Covid Research Moonshot Act of 2024. The bill allocates $1 billion in federal funding per year for the next 10 years for Long Covid research, treatments, public health education, and expanded healthcare. A draft version of the Act received thousands of comments from the Long Covid community in April. The official legislation, which would establish a new program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is co-sponsored by Democratic Sens. Tammy Duckworth, Ed Markey, Tina Smith, Peter Welch, and Tim Kaine, who has Long Covid.

The dirt beneath our feet is a bigger, bolder world than you think.

Under the new VP nominee, Minnesota became the first state to fund research on the debilitating condition.

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"This Is What Trans Punk Looks Like" is a documentary about the transgender punk culture in Texas and the beauty of community. It features several interviews...

Dr. Gabrielle Donnelly and Dr. Alfonso Montuori, the co-editors of the Routledge Handbook for Creative Futures, delve into the challenges of thinking about c...

Restricted and repetitive behaviours and interests (RRBIs) are common and integral to the everyday living of autistic persons. While RRBIs are often s…

Conscious parenting and unschooling go hand in hand, blending together into what Dayna Martin dubbed Radical Unschooling . This philosophy transcends traditional education, reshaping how we interact with and nurture our children. We cast aside conventional practices like strict bedtimes, mandatory

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz really, really likes maps.  The former Mankato geography teacher, now a vice presidential candidate, identifies as a “GIS nerd” and proclaimed November 15, 2023 as Geographic Information Systems day, writing that an understanding of maps and data “helps community leaders and government officials make data-driven decisions” governing important policy issues like […]

Background: Firsthand accounts by autistic people describe a need for regular time alone. However, there is little in the literature that explores (1) why time alone is desired, (2) how that time is spent, or (3) where that time is spent. This article describes a neurodiversity-informed, qualitative study that demonstrates the importance and purpose of “alone-time” for autistic adults. Methods: We interviewed 16 autistic adults living in the United Kingdom about how and where they spent their “alone-time” and the benefits experienced from this time. We conducted the interviews online, some using a video link, and some using a synchronously accessed text-based document, according to the participants’ preferences. Results: We used Reflexive Thematic Analysis with the interview data to generate four qualitative themes as follows: (1) reacting to social and sensory overwhelm; (2) retreating from social and sensory overwhelm; (3) regulating, recovering, and recharging; and (4) ready to reconnect with others. Conclusions: These themes highlight a need for balancing social activities and spaces with time and space alone and the benefits of creating or protecting spaces, which encourage recovery from overwhelm.

What if a school were a vibrant hub for change? Change that starts with the inner blossoming of oneself, inspiring further shifts to happen within the community and impacting action locally and beyond. What if our endeavours to develop ourselves within an educational setting were deeply connected to a compassionate movement towards change in society, […]

For 7 years, the Algiers Point Free Lil Pantry has been in business.

Every dog has its day, even if it means locking its owners out of their bedroom.

Walz citing his 25 year military experience to speak in support of repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell, which banned openly gay people from serving in the military. Walz helped lead fight against DADT! — Amzi 🥥 🌴 (@AmziQureshi)

Before Buffer I never had any experience hiring. When I moved to the CTO role in April 2013, I was thurst into the position to build out…

Culture fit can be an exclusive term, perhaps even a new way to discriminate without even realizing we're doing it. Here's what we're trying instead.

It is almost impossible to believe, as the nation stands on the precipice of one of the most important elections in our lifetime, if not the nation’s history, that Democrats would want to stick it …

“Excited delirium” makes an appearance in another case where medical help for a mentally ill person was sought, but instead, police arrived and delivered someone to an early grave. (h/t…

In June of last year — as protests over police brutality occurred all over the nation — Denver, Colorado rolled out a program that combined common sense with a slight “defunding&#…

For the most part, police unions are a net negative for both the police and the policed. They tend to excuse the worst behavior of their members while showing genuine disdain for anyone who dares t…

This article argues that the social policy influence of marginalised groups is at risk of being underestimated, in the scholarship, policy communities and wider society. It proposes the 3i instrument: a new, triangulated approach to measuring influence with a broader set of indicators than usually attempted. These indicators, which are designed to include influence in its early stages, are explored through a case study of autistic self-advocates in England. Surprisingly, the results show not just that autistic self-advocates but, through them, the wider autistic community, have more policy influence than they or others expect, but that influence is also being missed in its later stages, indicating that researcher bias may also be a complicating factor. While a single case of ‘missed’ influence is not sufficient to generalise to other contexts and groups, this research opens the door to a wider methodological discussion and reflexivity on the part of researchers.

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The bassist, singer and composer’s 1993 debut jolted the industry — then she decided to change. Now she is releasing a powerful album inspired by James Baldwin.

In rural Alaska, the federally funded Head Start preschool program has helped parents earn college degrees.

‘It’s hard to describe the pain millions of Americans with disabilities are feeling in response to Donald Trump’s newly-reported comments,’ Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth said

The numbers are up, and when September rolls around, we will be vulnerable again. Let's not be complacent about protection.

Reflections from a visit to Anji Play, the early learning programme that is gaining an international profile for its emphasis on risky outdoor play.