C.E. Jottings

Worcestershire assault on independent living challenged by Irwin Mitchell

There was I thinking the best thing for me to do, not having posted for a while, was to put up the shutters and hang a sign up "Back in the New Year". Then this: Teenager Who May Be Forced Into Residential Home To Seek Judicial Review Over Policy to Cap Care Costs A teenager and his family are launching a legal action in the High Court against Worcestershire County Council to challenge a policy which they say may force... Read more →

Man, Beast and Zombie - the human mind & conductive education research

Tempus fugit. Days since I last posted have turned into weeks. Been busy at Paces. Pre-occupied at home. In passing, thought I might share this with you, from Kenan Malik's "Man, Beast and Zombie", referenced on his Wikipedia entry: In discussing cognitive science and philosophy of mind, Malik concludes that each human being possesses "an extended mind"; a brain becomes a human mind only by its immersion in social relationships together with "other brains linked by language and culture." (p.... Read more →