The recording of my #ITAKOM panel about #neurodiversity and #inclusion in #education, with @commaficionado and Elliott Spaeth, is on YouTube.
Here's the video of my #ITAKOM conference presentation, "Expanding the Creative Potentials of Human Neurodiversity."
Delivered virtually from the comfort of my home in California on March 13 (the conference was in Scotland).
#ITAKOM23 #neurodiversity #neuroqueer #neurodivergent #queer #creativity #psychology #transformation #neurocosmopolitanism #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek
I impulsively picked up a rainbow slinky at Itakom yesterday
I didn’t realise until I’d unboxed it that it had one of the sponsors’ logos printed on one side 🙄
And now it occurs to me that it’ll probably break quite easily and end up being plastic waste 😬
(But I will enjoy it for now)
(CW: eye contact)
Itakom (It takes all kinds of minds) has been a fantastic conference, from the sparkling keynotes to the revolutionary panels to the friendly chats over a coffee or a delicious vegan lunch 😊
Huge thanks to @SueReviews and everyone else involved in planning the conference and making it work 🤗
I’m so glad I made the decision to be there, despite much trepidation about attending my first large in-person event of the Covid pandemic
Also, special thanks to my ADHD meds for getting me through the two days with relative ease! 😉
#Itakom #Edinburgh #neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyADHD #CovidIsNotOver
I'm really interested in trans-diagnostic approaches to supporting neurodivergent kids, and I think there's likely to be a lot of mileage here.
I think it's a mistake to head too far down this road without taking on more of the lessons of neurodiversity, though.
#ITAKOM
The question was answered, and what Sue’s research has revealed about working memory, ADHD and Autism is certainly thought-provoking
I felt disappointed, though, after hearing radical views from this morning’s panel of neurodivergent educators (Pete Wharmby, @ferrous and Elliot Spaeth), that her proposed interventions were basically more of the same trying to fit struggling children into a system that wasn’t built for them 😕
#education #neurodiversity #WorkingMemory #ADHD #Autism #itakom
The final keynote of #itakom has just started
Sue Gathercole is talking about ‘The transdiagnostic future of neurodiversity research’, beginning with a worked example of working memory
Well #ITAKOM looks great but I had no idea it was happening so 🤷🏻♀️
(Seriously, how did folks know about this?)
Enjoying another ‘No mind left behind’ panel at #itakom, featuring Venessa Bobb, Frank McKillop, Punit Shah and Nanny Aut, chaired by Joe Long
This panel is focusing on the idea of community, and the need for intersectional thinking and representation have come up again
Ferrous
Nick Walker
Anna Nicholson
Ann 🧡 (she/her)