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Open Society
The Library Is a Commons
A socialist former president of the American Library Association on why defending libraries is fighting capitalism.
For many library workers, the material consequences of unchecked capitalism are the stuff of everyday life. Often we are the only indoor public space in our communities and provide the only accessible public bathroom. We provide broadband internet to people who canāt access it otherwise, and assistance with the email addresses and online forms required to access public welfare programs. Extreme poverty, unaddressed mental illness, the opioid crisisāāāall of it walks through our doors and makes itself atĀ home.
Myk - šŗš¦š»šµšøš - Here To Help on X: "If we provisionally accept the idea that Autistic people tend to build their reality from observation while Allistic people tend to build theirs from authority then this _must_ inform our understanding of the "religion" phenomenon. What I mean is this:" / X
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Elizabeth Catte: Appalachia Isnāt Trump Country
The historian on J.D. Vance, colonial logic, and the end of coal in the region that outsiders love to imagine but canāt seem to understand.
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Why is there an ADHD medication shortage?
You may have seen that recently I started a petition regarding the national shortage of ADHD medication. There are a lot of stories surrounding why this shortag
The Vast Majority of Minors Getting Gender-Affirming Surgeries Are Cis Kids, Study Shows
The study dispels a well-worn anti-trans talking point about how healthcare providers treat gender dysphoria in kids.
Callum Stephen (He/Him) on X: "A lot of neurodivergent people put so much effort into our friendships and other relationships and wonder why this level effort is not reciprocated. My hypothesis is that many of us naturally give more than a lot of people do, because we may:" / X
My hypothesis is that many of us naturally give more than a lot of people do, because we may:
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STEAM
In 2010, RISD began to champion the addition of art and design to STEM education and research, toward creating STEAM, an educational model that inspires creative innovation.
STEM to STEAM: Art in K-12 Is Key to Building a Strong Economy
John Maeda, President of Rhode Island School of Design, makes a convincing case for adding art to the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curriculum - and turning STEM into STEAM.
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Paradigm Change in Education: Vision & Action by Reigeluth, Bloomington, IN
Charles M. Reigeluth supports educators to transform their schools to personalized competency-based education, with their students' progress based on learning rather than time and students learning by doing (project-based learning) with just-in-time tutorials and more self-directed learning.
EUCAP maps autistic people's views on ABA in 14 languages
This survey is for those who identify as autistic or have a formal diagnosis. Responses will be treated anonymously unless express permission is given otherwise.
Understanding autistic burnout | Papyrus
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Introduction - Prelude - 100 Years of New Media Pedagogy
n many ways, the structure of this book is not unlike a mullet: business in the front, party in the back.
The Seven Keys to Multimodal Pedagogy . . . According to Your Grandmothers - Coda: Back to the Future - 100 Years of New Media Pedagogy
Getting Hit on the Head Lessons (#)
EDUCATION WEEK September 7, 2005 Getting Hit on the Head Lessons Justifying Bad Educational Practices as Preparation for More of the Same By Alfie Kohn Suppose you have a negative reaction to a certain educationalā¦
Suppose you have a negative reaction to a certain educational practice but youāre unable to come up with any good reasons to justify your opposition.Ā All is not lost:Ā You can always play the āhuman natureā card.Ā Never mind whether itās a good thing to help students become caring and compassionate, for example, or to work at reversing segregation.Ā Simply assert that everyone is ultimately driven by self-interest, or that people naturally prefer to be with their own kind.Ā Presto!Ā All efforts to bring about change can now be dismissed as well-meaning but unrealistic.
Conversely, no logic or data are necessary when you find a practice you happen to like.Ā Just insist that what you favor is rooted in the natural inclination of our species.Ā A search of the archives of this very publication reveals that various individuals have taken this tack in support of many different policies, including standardized testing (āItās just human nature that when performance is measured, performance improvesā) and extrinsic incentives (āHuman nature . . . has always demanded, for peak performance, a potential reward consistent with effort put forthā).Ā A lack of interest in school policies on the part of parents, a resistance to change on the part of teachers, even the practice of holding adolescent boys back a year to enhance their athletic prospects (āredshirtingā) have all been casually attributed to human nature.
Almost by definition, the BGUTI defense ignores developmental differences.
But people donāt really get better at coping with unhappiness because they were deliberately made unhappy when they were young.Ā In fact, it is experience with success and unconditional acceptance that help one to deal constructively with later deprivation.Ā Imposing competition or standardized tests or homework on children just because other people will do the same to them when theyāre older is about as sensible as saying that, because there are lots of carcinogens in the environment, we should feed kids as many cancer-causing agents as possible while theyāre small to get them ready.
āYouād better get used to itā not only assumes that life is pretty unpleasant, but that we ought not to bother trying to change the things that make it unpleasant.Ā Rather than working to improve our schools, or other institutions, we should just get students ready for whatever is to come.Ā Thus, a middle school whose primary mission is to prepare students for a dysfunctional high school environment soon comes to resemble that high school.Ā Not only does the middle school fail to live up to its potential, but an opportunity has been lost to create a constituency for better secondary education.Ā Likewise, when an entire generation comes to regard rewards and punishments, or rating and ranking, as āthe way life works,ā rather than as practices that happen to define our society at this moment in history, their critical sensibilities are stillborn.Ā Debatable policies are never debated.Ā BGUTI becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
While such assertions are never accompanied by evidence (presumably because it doesnāt exist), they do prove remarkably effective at shutting down discussion.Ā Those against whom this rhetorical ploy is used find themselves stymied because itās not easy to defend something utopian, or to oppose something unavoidable.
Hereās another option for those who would rather not have to offer a substantive defense of their views:Ā In response to a humane and respectful educational practice, they can say, āYeah, but whatās going to happen to these kids when they learn that life isnāt like that?āĀ Invoking a dismal future, like invoking human nature, can work both ways ā to attack practices one opposes and also to promote practices one prefers.Ā Iāve lost track of how many times Iāve heard someone respond to the charge that a certain policy is destructive by declaring that children are going to experience it eventually, so they need to be prepared.
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āUtterly OverwhelmingāāA Mixed-Methods Exploration of Sensory Processing Differences and Mental Health Experiences in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic Adults | Autism in Adulthood
Background: Sensory processing differences (SPDs) and mental health symptoms are not limited to young autistic people but continue to occur into adulthood. However, existing quantitative research has predominantly focused on younger autistic people. Less work has been done to investigate SPDs and relationships with mental health conditions in older autistic adults (i.e., aged 40 and older) across their midlife and older adulthood. Methods: A total of 432 participants (autistic n = 265; non-autistic n = 167) aged 40ā93 years completed online questionnaires related to SPDs and mental health (i.e., anxiety and depression symptoms). Neurotype and gender differences, age associations, and associations between SPDs and mental health were examined. Participantsā contextualization of their lived experiences of SPDs was analyzed qualitatively. Results: Overall, SPDs and mental health symptoms were more apparent in the autistic group than the non-autistic group, with autistic women showing higher levels of SPDs and poorer mental health than autistic men. SPDs were more often reported to worsen across adulthood by those in the autistic group than those in the non-autistic group, with older autistic people more often reporting worse coping abilities. Furthermore, positive associations between SPDs and anxiety/depression symptoms were observed in the autistic group, with the strength of associations increasing with age. From the qualitative data, we developed six topics reflecting participantsā lived experience of SPDs. Conclusion: Quantitative and qualitative evidence suggest that autistic adults in older age may be more likely to have a heightened risk of SPDs and associated poorer mental health. This study extends previous understanding of SPDs with mainly younger autism populations and highlights the necessity of exploring sensory difficulties in autistic adults in midlife and older adulthood.
Quantitative and qualitative evidence suggest that autistic adults in older age may be more likely to have a heightened risk of SPDs and associated poorer mental health. This study extends previous understanding of SPDs with mainly younger autism populations and highlights the necessity of exploring sensory difficulties in autistic adults in midlife and older adulthood.
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Fergus (they/them) I am a writer , autistic community organiser and science teacher, based in Edinburgh. I co-founded Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh , an
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Autism ResearchāWhatās New in June ā Neurodiverse Connection
This research roundup picks out some of the current big debates on autistic lives, and showcases new and important research from teams and academics working within the field.
More than 40% reported a sexual minority identity, including asexual, pansexual, bisexual and gay. Sexual minority autistic adults also reported more depression, anxiety, and stress, and worse quality of life. They also reported having less energy and being in more physical pain, and had more concerns about e.g. feeling safe in their homes and neighbourhoods. A powerful piece of work about the impact of multiple areas of marginalisation in life.
Redefining the Right to Quality Education for Autistic Children Through a Neurodiverse Perspective
This article explores the necessity of and requirements for developing a neurodiverse interpretation of the right to quality education for autistic children. While the debates have so far mostly focused on the questions of access and inclusivity of education, interrogations around the meaning of quality education for autistic children have also started to emerge. Focusing on the individual and identity aims of education, this paper examines the implications that a neurodiverse perspective would hold in developing a better understanding of the right to quality education for autistic children. It argues that to provide quality education to autistic children first and foremost requires respecting their identity, development, and cognitive, social, and communicative functioning, both at the individual and the collective levels.
July 13, 1863: New York City Draft Riots and Massacre
The New York City Draft Massacre (āRiotsā) were the largest civil insurrection in U.S. history besides the Civil War itself. White mobs attacked the African American community ā committing murder and burning homes and institutions (including an orphanage.)
Perspective | Tax-funded youth treatment centers are āwarehouses of neglect,ā report finds
A Senate report says youth in residential treatment facilities too often suffer physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, while operators profit from tax dollars.
Teen Torture Inc. Explores Abuses at Youth Treatment Centers
Survivors of therapeutic boarding schoolsālike the one Paris Hilton attendedāspeak out in new docuseries on Max.
Project 2025 is twisting disability rights law to attack abortion
The right-wing influence op has hit "the bottom of the barrel," one expert said.
Anil Dash: "Thereās a conversation about ātechlashā happening on here right now, and itās an interesting meme, mostly because it is as imaginary as ācancel cultureā, and is contrived for the same reasons. (For context, I have been a multiple-time tech CEO & founder, leading companies with millions of users.) ā¦" ā Bluesky
Thereās a conversation about ātechlashā happening on here right now, and itās an interesting meme, mostly because it is as imaginary as ācancel cultureā, and is contrived for the same reasons. (For context, I have been a multiple-time tech CEO & founder, leading companies with millions of users.) ā¦
Project 2025ās dystopian approach to taxes
Project 2025 is an extreme right-wing initiative organized by The Heritage Foundation to provide policy and personnel to the next Republican presidential administration. An analysis of Project 2025ās proposals for significant changes to the tax system suggests that millions of middle- and lower-income families would see a āsignificantā tax increase, while millionaires and the richest families would get a massive tax cut. There are reasons to believe that this is just the tip of the iceberg. Project 2025 also wants to roll back additional IRS funding authorized by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which was intended to help the agency hire new staff to crack down on tax cheats. A report this week showed that those new hires were instrumental in collecting $1 billion worth of back taxes. For years, right-wing media have raged against expanding the capacity of the IRS to pursue such tax cheats. Project 2025 and its partners are heavily pushing to give a second Trump administration more power to pursue this pro-wealthy agenda.