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Siloing like this diminishes anyone who doesn't fit within these hyper narrow sets of constraints, who's performance is impacted on longer time frames than the "evidence-based" studies or randomly controlled trials, and who's brains aren't disembodied computers...so.../8 pic.twitter.com/7HyzOFrv65— The Prefrontal Vortex (@LearningPillars) April 5, 2022

Worse, as educators, this kind of thinking blames individual fellow teachers, students, and/or pedagogies, not systems that have disproportionate impact relative to how you teach. We cease to consider the possibility that brains belong to humans, that humans live in systems./10 pic.twitter.com/A3sYdbt6Cm— The Prefrontal Vortex (@LearningPillars) April 5, 2022

As students with the most trauma, environmental injustice impacting neurodevelopment, systemic oppression are not white, these assumptions based on narrow definitions create dangerous bias: if memory is a "massive portion", then a student who can't learn has a "bad" memory/9— The Prefrontal Vortex (@LearningPillars) April 5, 2022

I see direct answers to a lot of these issues I've raised in a lot of awesome educators making room for everyone: @HumResPro @kawaiilovesarah @cbokhove @dbuckedu @stimpunks @mcleod @MrLitEdu @MrAleoSays @TabitaSurge @naomicfisher @Idzie and so many more I am forgetting./11— The Prefrontal Vortex (@LearningPillars) April 5, 2022

To end: I'm reminded of @DavidFrangiosa's "learning is a messy process" and @cbokhove 's complications of cognitive load theory and @DenaSimmons work on emotional learning from social cues anytime I see posts like the one I started this thread with. And i think of these robots. pic.twitter.com/gblh1reRwR— The Prefrontal Vortex (@LearningPillars) April 5, 2022

I just learned that if a hermit crab finds a new shell that is too big it will wait for other hermit crabs who need new shells to gather and then they will organize themselves by size and trade shells and I am pissed that the crabs have a better housing market than we do— sloane (sîpihkopiyesîs) (@cottoncandaddy) April 3, 2022

Paper straws have gone on long enough.— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) April 3, 2022

Hold on. Please take a moment to check in with your body.Drop your shoulders.Unclench your jaw.Loosen your tongue from the roof of your mouth.Relax your hands.Breathe.⁠‍⁠⁠​🌿— Relax and Breathe (@RelaxBreatheBot) April 4, 2022

looks awesome!— Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! (@joshuaseigal) April 4, 2022

This short video is a great example of collaboration amongst Autistic people, and it blows many popular misconceptions about Autistic people that are still peddled by the autism industry out of the water:22/https://t.co/Z1cyZEKt1R— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

Digital communication and collaboration technologies enable NeurodiVentures to act as a catalyst for trusted collaboration between groups. 23/https://t.co/hD1uiSD3i2— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

"It would appear that... the question of poverty... might be better addressed more directly, and that children’s learning should cease being measured by practices and instruments that have failed miserably at the task to which they were assigned."— Matt (@MattRuggiero8) April 3, 2022

Aligning schooling exclusively toward deliverance from economic inequality simply hasn't worked to solve the problems of poverty, but it *has* worked to subvert every other aspect of education. https://t.co/dlQ3o30I6b— Nick Covington (@CovingtonEDU) April 3, 2022

If neurodiversity is the natural variation of cognition, motivations, and patterns of behaviour within the human species, then what role do Autistic traits in particular play within human cultures? 2/ pic.twitter.com/7CHPdj9sjN— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

And what cultural evolutionary pressures have allowed Autistic traits to persist over hundreds of thousands of years?3/ pic.twitter.com/AcWyrTwCIj— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

Within the bigger picture of cultural evolution Autistic traits have obvious mid and long-term benefits to society, but these benefits are associated with short-term costs for social status seeking individuals within the local social environments of Autistic people.4/ pic.twitter.com/6Ctf9FNvPZ— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

The neurochemistry of Autistic ways of being:5/ pic.twitter.com/TWIuLMchjv— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

Many Autistic people intuitively avoid copying the behaviours of non-autistic people. 6/ pic.twitter.com/8yHWLbtyYD— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

Pre-civilised societies:In a psychologically safe environment at human scale (up to Dunbar’s number of around 150 people) the inability to maintain hidden agendas becomes a genuine strength that creates a collaborative advantage for the entire group.8/ pic.twitter.com/OzeZ7T9yZt— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

It is easy to see that Autistic people are continuously at risk of being marginalised within “civilised” societies in which “collaboration” mainly refers to “negotiating social status & power gradients, and competing against each other using culturally defined rules”.11/— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

The creative capacity of Autistic people continues to be relevant in “civilisation”, but the resulting capabilities and tools tend to be exploited for the purpose of maintaining and strengthening social power gradients.12/— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

Cultural immune systems:The competitive social environments that characterise “civilised” cultures systematically disable Autistic people. 13/ pic.twitter.com/W6K7NJ6G4C— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

The web of life:NeurodiVentures are a concrete example of an emerging cultural species that provides safe and nurturing environments for divergent thinking, creativity, exploration, and collaborative niche construction.20/ pic.twitter.com/pSWNr21j4K— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

Often Autistic children are traumatised by their experiences with culturally “well adjusted” parents, peers, and the education system.14/ pic.twitter.com/gHhlDlJ286— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

NeurodiVentures are built on timeless and minimalistic principles for coordinating trusted collaboration that predate the emergence of civilisation. All members share a commitment to:21/ pic.twitter.com/AJcS2c3j8W— AutCollab (@AutCollab) April 3, 2022

I think you would like to read this @lavie_encode It hits a few points we spoke about the other day. With graphics.— Mav on a MuhFuckin Mission 🦁🐍🦴💚 #FNDWarrior ☄️ (@GeecheeThreat) March 29, 2022

Just because we did it “pre-COVID” does not mean it was good.— Dr. Gary Ackerman (@GaryAckermanPhD) March 30, 2022

People should never have to ration insulin. https://t.co/EB9kyUuvZm— Yuh-Line Niou (@yuhline) March 30, 2022

"Creating better learning environments for educators and students that reflects what we know from research and experience is no small feat; and it's difficult for us to imagine change that's realistic (and something we can all agree on)." - @McNuttEduhttps://t.co/YFurYbOP6A pic.twitter.com/IXbTwKzBuz— Human Restoration Project (@HumResPro) March 30, 2022