C.E. Jottings

Cerebral Palsy - a mere label, outdated at best? #CondEd

We all talk about "cerebral palsy" as if it exists, don't we? Or we can't get away from using the term because everyone else does. What if cerebral palsy doesn't exist? What if it's just a label, a label of convenience? What if ADHD does not exist? Or dyslexia? What if "cerebral palsy" is a "crypto-pathology" as Tom Bennett writing recently in the Times Educational Supplement, described ADHD and Dyslexia? Be reassured! No, I haven't suddenly lost my mind. But... Read more →

"The Insignificant Mother" - at meetings with professionals

On the experience of being a parent of a disabled child (or adult) engaging with care professionals. What follows is reblogged from 'faithmummy" posted almost a year ago on 24th May 2016 as "The Insignificant Mother". Miriam, for that is her name, captures precisely the culture endemic to professionals in the care system and their attitudes that so need to change. Parents of adult children with disabilities may fare even worse as those who follow Mark Neary's blog, 'Love, Belief... Read more →