C.E. Jottings

Having mostly 'moved on' - a new look to an old blog

I have now very largely completed 'moving on'. I've a new name for the blog (C.E.Jottings) and registered a new domain name (cejottings.co.uk) with GoDaddy. The good people at Typepad have helped me 'map' the new domain name onto the old one (or is it vice-versa?). One option was simply to close down the old PacesCEO blog. This way, I get to keep all the archive content easily accessible. So the blog has a new official 'address': http://www.cejottings.co.uk (but if... Read more →

Pondering research, cerebral palsy and education (1)

The fourth and final evidence session of the Parliamentary Enquiry into Cerebral Palsy was held last Tuesday. Led by Action Cerebral Palsy and Chaired by Paul Maynard MP (to whom many grateful thanks), the final report is expected to be published on 27th January 2015. The final session, in part, raised issues around the vexed questions of research and funding. My interest, to declare it up front, is the education of children with cerebral palsy and the continuation into adulthood... Read more →

"#LBBill – draft one launched"

From LB Bill website: #LBBill – draft one launched "We are delighted to be able to share the first draft of the LB Bill with you all. We are looking forward to discussing how the law needs to change. We think there are two key things that must change. We wish to: make it a legal reality for disabled people to be fully included in their communities make it harder for the State to force disabled people to leave their... Read more →

The Southern Health Powerpoint - Disgust and Incredulity

Disgust and incredulity. That's my reaction to the Powerpoint training slide below. "What happened?" is broadly correct, if incomplete, as a statement. "What worked well?" is shaming and shameful. "I keep thinking about that PowerPoint and trying to understand the person (or persons) who wrote it, delivered it and made it publicly available on the internet. Were they simply just stupid?" (From a Comment beneath the blog posting from which the image was taken - see below). You must make... Read more →