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@Ferng6Ferng @bconin8 @rtenews Children who lack discipline or hyped up on processed food don't get resource hours. They are saved for the children who need it.

@bconin8 @rtenews "Less of a need" he said. The children you mention would get more resources if they weren't being shared with kids who lack discipline or are hyped up on processed food

A senator has told an Oireachtas committee on education that if schools built a sense of independence in 'needy or attention-seeking' children, there would be less of a need for special educational supports such as SNAs in schools rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

@ManDearSir One of my favourite places in Ireland

Happy Spring Equinox Eve 🇮🇪 Tomorrow Morning, March 20th, and for the following few days, the rising sun will shine through the entrance of Grianan Of Aileach in Donegal, literally cutting the monument in half. A Spectacle Of Celestial Worship 🗿

@NiallHarbison Incredible work by an incredible team. Isn't the healing power of dogs amazing when they get what they need. He looks amazing!!! Well done all!

The good news is we’ve managed to save his face. The vets believe it will continue to close. They will also do a small procedure and maybe some skin graft to close it fully. Probably the hardest rescue ever but we’ll get him back to his beautiful best eventually ❤️ (7/7)

We rescued Apollo 7 weeks ago. To say it has been complicated would be an understatement but we have some unbelievable progress now… (1/7) 🧵

@luxemiaa Be warned !! It could lead to being a 10 year relationship with the love of your life. I met my partner online 3 wks in we knew and said the ILY, 10 years later still going stronger. Enjoy every moment!!

but hearing him speak on how it made him feel, I smiled. Two dates in one week, with the same man and both dates were a 10 out of 10. Not sure where or if this will lead anywhere but I will take it one day at a time… to be continued

So… I went on my second date last night with a man I met online. Our first date was Sunday and it was a VIBE (lasted 7 hours… 4 hrs inside the restaurant eating and talking and 3 hrs outside walking and talking). Last night’s date was so good too… went to a Speakeasy…Had dinner, talked, and he walked me to my car. As he was getting ready to close my car door, I said “give me a kiss”… he kissed me on the lips (no tongue) several times, closed my car door then walked away. Tell me why I just ...

@puddingbowl1905 @Xeon4f145d96s1 @UKFPO I guessing she has some sight but not enough to be considered sighted, therefore some form of high magnification could be used.

@Xeon4f145d96s1 @UKFPO How does she assess eg dermatological issues?

Dr Elaine is the UK’s first deaf/blind doctor. She is under multiple specialists in London. She is on 24 hour LTOT. Her request to be pre-allocated to London was declined and was allocated Dorset. This is a catastrophic failure by the @UKFPO, who simply isn’t hated enough.

@Heavy_Boab Fantastic movie, very well acted. I was teary eyed watching it.

Amazing to see I Swear sitting at #1 in the Top 10 Films in the UK on Netflix today. My son and I were lucky enough to have a tiny part in this film, so seeing it reach number one is pretty special. It’s an honest and powerful telling of John Davidson’s life and what it’s really like living with Tourette’s, and it’s incredible to see so many people watching it. If you haven’t seen it yet, give it a watch.

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RT @Heavy_Boab: If you haven’t watched I SWEAR yet, it’s available on Netflix UK today. The film follows and his life with Tourette’s. It’…

Tic suppression isn’t “just holding it in.” Try not blinking for as long as you can. Or holding your breath. Your eyes burn. Your chest tightens. Your whole body screams for release. That’s what suppressing tics can feel like. Yes, some people can suppress for short periods. But it takes huge concentration, it’s exhausting, and it can even be painful. Eventually the pressure builds and the tics come out in an onslaught. Now imagine trying to learn maths, write an essay, or focus in class while doing that all day. When schools force children to suppress tics, they’re not learning. All their cognitive and physical energy is going into fighting their own nervous system. It strips them of their ability to do their work to their full potential. My son’s teacher understood this. She ignored the tics. The class ignored the tics. After a while they became background noise. No one noticed anymore until a new one appeared. Acceptance works. Forcing suppression doesn’t. More people need to learn this: tourettescotland.org/copy-of-about-…

@TurtleTime911 @Etanarachel The some, despite it being explained for a Fortnight are still unwilling to accept that it is not his fault because it is a neurological condition not intentional, not representative of the person's views. Read this and see if it helps x.com/Heavy_Boab/sta…

@Etanarachel I guess the issue for some is, he didn’t repeat other slurs to other people multiple times. To some it appears that his outbursts were at one particular group. I’m not saying it was. This is what is being reported in this comment.

Yes. He has coprolalia. Why would that be invalidated by him saying the word multiple times instead of once? If anything it would be more suspicious if he only said it once.

Reading the replies this morning it’s obvious a lot of people in these comments would not survive one single day living with Tourette’s. Not one. People think Tourette’s is just “saying a bad word.” That’s the level of understanding we’re dealing with here. They don’t see the violent motor tics that don’t stop even when someone is injured. Repeatedly jerking your neck, slamming your arm, hitting yourself, twisting joints until everything aches. Over and over and over again. They don’t see the breathing tics where it literally feels like you’re suffocating. Your brain forcing you to gasp, gulp air, repeat the same breath pattern again and again while your chest tightens. They don’t see the exhaustion. The headaches. The muscle pain. The constant battle of living inside a body that won’t do what you tell it to do. And then people sit on the internet and confidently declare that coprolalia must be intentional. No. Coprolalia is when the brain forces out the most taboo, socially unacceptable words against the person’s will. Often the exact words the person fears saying the most because they know it could hurt people. But instead of learning that, people are back to making the same argument again and again. “If that might happen, he shouldn’t be there.” You realise what that argument is, right? Segregation. Exclude people with neurological disabilities from public life because their condition makes you uncomfortable. I’m seeing that argument repeatedly and it’s disgusting. Honestly, I’m just thankful I don’t live in America, because a huge amount of this loud, confident ignorance seems to be coming from there. People would rather stay angry than spend five minutes understanding what Tourette’s actually is. If you actually want to understand instead of shouting into the void, watch this: youtu.be/54qoxmF-GOw?si… Even kids can grasp this condition when it’s explained to them. Tourette syndrome causes involuntary tics and vocal outbursts that the person cannot control. Apparently that level of understanding is still too much to expect from some adults.

@Heavy_Boab It says a lot about the lack of education about Tourettes in America and the lack of willingness to learn something new, considering the amount of people posting about it online.

A man known for having severe Tourette’s had multiple severe Tourette’s tics the entire evening. Apparently that’s now being described as “terrorizing”. No. What happened is his disability made people uncomfortable and the tics caused offence. That is literally why it is a disability. Tourette’s doesn’t ask permission. It doesn’t wait for the right moment. It doesn’t care about optics. Once it was known he has Tourette’s this should have been the end of the story. Done. Over. Instead we’ve had two weeks of wall to wall coverage and grown adults still refusing to understand something children manage to grasp when it’s explained to them.

@SurvivingCFS Thunderbolt migraine, feels like a pick to the head and can be symptom of a brain bleed.

In your opinion, besides childbirth, what is the worst pain the human body can put itself through? My answer: severe migraines. What's yours?

@sciencegirl A fecal occult blood kit

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@CreativeChris88 @MidlandScotsman @Etanarachel So are you looking for actions after the words and if so what type actions?

@Goldmoone @MidlandScotsman @Etanarachel He’s a stranger just like every other celebrity stranger. I don’t believe words, I believe actions. So no matter who it would be in that situation, no, I wouldn’t know that “they meant it”. Their actions would show me after the fact if they indeed did.

Once again he did publicly apologize, you just didn't like it because it didn't center your favorite celebrities.

@MidlandScotsman @CreativeChris88 @Etanarachel Yes he meant the apology, If anyone bothered to research John Davidson, you would know he meant the apology.

@CreativeChris88 @Goldmoone @Etanarachel Ok he’s apologised, but did he mean it. Proof that it doesn’t matter what he says it simply won’t be enough!

@twitchyspoonie Yes, even to their own detriment they defended him, and tried to explain Coprolalia, to the extent they were bullied off X because they dared put their own condition ahead of their colour.

I do think it's notable that despite us all being harassed and invalidated, often by our own people, I didn't see one Black person with Tourette's who said that John's tic was faked or that it made him racist. We really held it down and under a lot of pressure.

@CreativeChris88 @Etanarachel Thank you for being sane.

@Goldmoone @Etanarachel Pound of flesh how? Anyone sane is just asking for an actual genuine apology. Not a statement that promotes his movie or centers himself and his feelings. Apologies aren’t about you. That’s the first rule of apologies. But people act like an apology is cutting off an arm.

@ChardineTaylor 1.4 million Tourette sufferers in US and 10% minimum have Coprolalia similar to John Davidson. How scared they must be reading about calls for segregation, beatings and ripping out tongues.

@ChardineTaylor Yes, they learned from his educating about Tourettes, so it doesn't happen anymore. That's called progress. However David Banner threatening him on TV, & Cole subtly threatening him during the prayer &all the Americans wanting his tongue cut out shows the US needs to learn too.