Helen Casey

Last ditch attempt. We’ve lost my daughter’s beloved toy seal. It’s something that has got her through a ton. Would have been (we think) around the Iberostar Waves Royal Andalucía nr Cadiz. If you’ve seen it or picked it up by accident. Please hit me up. RTs appreciated.

@wildandhigh @T1ggersd0g We used fax lines to make contact and send information to get my mum and work colleagues home

@T1ggersd0g On July 7, 2005 (7/7), following the London bombings, police requested that mobile networks implement Access Overload Control (ACCOLC), which is a method of reserving network capacity for emergency services. Were landlines then used to call home?

As the day closes, I offer my thanks to the people of Sheffield who opened their doors to us. No mobile phones in 89, they let us use their landlines to ring home, they didn't want our money but we left plenty. Our only way of saying thanks as we let our parents know we were "ok"

@BexBookaholic Miss Mouse cookbook, about 50yrs old (may have been secondhand when I got it)

What's the oldest book on your shelves? This is mine. I loved it as a kid and I love it now. It's even survived multiple house moves!

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@MartinSLewis @itvMLshow @Ed_Miliband Will those not deemed on low enough income but do have person with disability at home also qualify? Rural, not a big income, oil used for heating and water

Tomorrow on @ItvMLshow I'll be doing a short pre-rec interview with the Sec of State for Energy @Ed_Miliband specifically on Home Heating oil and LPG intervention (not wider issues). Do you have any practical questions on that you'd like me to ask him (times short so can't promise all)

@LBFlyawayhome London

Some non-fiction for you today. You can only pick one. Which one? (Please would you favourite this post, even if you don’t reply, or the algorithm will bury it) 🙏

@tes Essex don't have a hope...

Exclusive: Councils have been warned they face ‘heightened scrutiny’ over SEND reforms, and that those found to be failing could have services taken off them, in a hard-hitting letter from government ministers, seen by Tes tes.com/magazine/news/…

@MrJonnieB My mum and dad put me on a plane to Belgium to see my pen friend I'd seen once, I was 11 and first time in a plane. Spoke almost no French 🤣

In 1993, my sister and I embarked on a six-week journey around America on Greyhound Buses, simultaneously my brother was on a university trip to Iowa As I recall, we phoned home once ONCE In my parents' position with my own children, I'd have phoned Interpol on the first day

@Dmdav1 Definitely no resources hiding in Essex let alone being given out!

Just a quick ask, where I live there are NO NHS funded autism support resources for adults and the out of county resources have been ring fenced so no longer available. Same with EDS resources. Could someone tell me where all these resources are ?

@GylesB1 Mine is still up and decorated 🤣🎄☺️ yes it's a real tree and only just starting to die off

Johannes & I are agreed on one thing: it’s quite acceptable to keep your Christmas tree up until Candlemas, but that’s 2 February - we’ve reached 2 March. What’s going on?

@ElissaNoves My son wouldn't pass as complex needs, and although coped well in mainstream primary (1-1 support non verbal until 9.5 asd, mld) would never cope in mainstream secondary. Essex would place him there now, almost no mld sen school places.

I keep coming back to the proposals for Specialist Provision Packages for those with “complex needs”, a term which astonishingly has no working definition. I have my son’s EHCP annual review and social care reassessment this week, and going through all his documentation it’s abundantly clear he would never fit into a pre-determined package. How did they land on this model? It feels like the complete antithesis of everything we know about how multiple, high and complex needs actually present.

@Bobby_Seagull Lots of home edders use it too!

BBC Bitesize was invaluable for so many families during lockdown. Did it help yours? 🎒✨ I’m currently in the studio recording some fresh material to help make GCSE revision just a little bit easier. Happy studying🎙️📚 #BBCBitesize #Bitesize #GCSE #revision #exams

@TheRegencyCook How can you not like daffodils?!

The first flowers from my allotment are daffodils. I adore them but I hear that others don’t! Do tell me. Are you a daffodil lover or a daffodil hater?

@csljohnkirby Our NEAREST school for moderate learning difficulties is 25 miles away.. The LA pay my petrol expenses. 2000 miles a month school run, for my nearest school! Would he rather I walk along a motorway??!! 🤣

Councils do not provide taxis for children with “mild anxiety”. Home to school transport for #SEND pupils is tightly regulated under the Education Act 1996 and the Children and Families Act 2014. It applies where a child cannot reasonably walk to school because of special educational needs, disability or mobility issues, or where no suitable school place is available within statutory distance. Anyone who has tried to secure an EHCP knows it is not handed out lightly. The threshold is high, assessments are rigorous, and many families spend months or years fighting for support. These are not trivial cases. Local authority SEND transport costs have risen sharply, that is true. But that reflects increased identification of complex needs, tribunal losses, and a system under strain, not councils casually funding taxis for minor worries. Potholes and SEND transport both matter. Framing vulnerable children as the reason your suspension takes a hit is neither accurate nor constructive.

@xevekiah Maybe it was unbelievable to the lady that he felt he had to act that way?. Maybe it was his first time doing that and was nervous, needed reassurance? Rather than just being a good parent?

I was in an airport restroom when a man knocked and said, “Dad with a 4 year old coming in!” He sounded mortified. He kept his back to everyone, stared at the ceiling like it personally offended him, and speed-walked his daughter into a stall. A woman whispered, “Unbelievable.” What’s unbelievable is expecting a preschooler to brave the men’s restroom alone in a crowded airport. He did the respectful thing: he warned us, kept it brief, and focused on his child. Sometimes the safest choice isn’t the most traditional one.

@EHChalus Home schooled children should be being set work by schools.. Home educated children can learn freely what they choose in a manner that suits them and also follow the NC for gcse /a level if they choose or functional skills curriculum. Assessed by their LA, return to school if nec

Decidedly worrying for the future lives of those home-schooled children who are not getting the education they will need as adults> It’s my job to check on 700 home-school pupils. What I see is alarming thetimes.com/uk/education/a…

@SmithNelsonLa They deserve a full and rounded education, with minimum hours that mirror mainstream! Honestly that is a fight in itself. They need qualified teachers, not just lsa's. They need the LA to think about cohorts not just empty spaces. They need HT's that actually understand needs..

Special needs kids deserve and have a right to an education just as much as regular kids do. Funding is steadily being cut from public education in which educates not only regular kids but special needs kids also. Staff cuts, school closures. Tough choices.

@mrdanwalker Crumble slice 😊

A Sunday morning cake dilemma… Which one are you going for? By the way… you can’t have Winnie 🤣 1 Apple and blackcurrant crumble slice 2 Banoffee slice 3 Classic Victoria Sponge finger 4 Rhubarb & Custard Cronut Got them all from BROOK Coffee Rooms and I couldn’t resist the call of the cronut. Have a lovely Sunday ❤️

@disnenchanted @ThinkReadHQ My son was the same, completely non verbal until 9.5, but could read and write

@ThinkReadHQ Learning to talk does not come naturally to a substantial minority of people. One boy I taught could read and write fluently before he could speak.

Enthusiasm and a 'love of books' are important, but they don’t solve reading problems.  We often encounter simplistic approaches to teaching reading based on vague notions of exposure to print, having books at home or the love of stories.  However, the difficulty of teaching reading has been underestimated and the misconception that reading ‘comes naturally’ 'something will click' has had devastating consequences for millions of people. Learning to talk comes naturally, but reading is an invented technology, and teaching it can be complex.

@silverpebble @HamzaYassin3 x

Hi I’ve a question about cameras suitable for filming wildlife that’s not super close by in pretty good detail/resolution as I’m about to start my YouTube channel & want to film eg. goldcrests & other good birbs. Are there any options that don’t cost an arm, leg, my entire collection of silver charms and my firstborn? I’m on a tight budget/budgie. Any tips & advice v v welcome x Please RT ty