#Inadequate

Kyle Smith (he/him/his)

ElkySmith

Interesting 1996 paper by Fulcher and Bamford on testing, standards and the law:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0346251X96000401 They ask, "if a candidate for a British examination were to get a grade which was l

John Dickerson

jdickerson

“Even now, nearly two months after disaster first struck, the federal response remains inadequate and disorganized. Americans are rightly angry about this failure of government.” John Boehner on federal response

Rory - ADHD Autistic OCD

roryreckons

Not surprised at these results given my audience. I’m going to talk about Euthanasia for a while. It has really bad ramifications for those who live with disability. This is

Liz Crash

AsFarce

the main reason it's so hard to get on the Disability Support Pension in Australia is that your condition must be "fully diagnosed, treated, and stabilised". which means if you

Jed

TheJedReport

The testing situation in U.S. has improved, but because we dithered for so long, it’s still nowhere near as good as it is in countries like Germany.Let’s take a walk

Sam Bergman

violanorth

New Dog has a new nightly routine. It begins around sundown, with her making it very clear that today has been a *massive* disappointment. This occurs whether or not the

Cal Montgomery

Cal__Montgomery

Okay, so let's take this one apart.https://twitter.com/johnrobison/status/1296822547829456896 First, what does "independent" mean? John is ignoring the extensive history of the use of "independent" within disability

Kitty

Kitdempsey

#COVID19 observations... Spent today in conversation with people being asked to ‘shield’ by the #NHS as ‘high risk’...it has starkly highlighted ( in case anyone missed them ... ) structural

PRM, PhD

praymurray

The aftermath of #CycloneAmphan has left 80 dead (&rising) millions without food, electricity or homes. Relief efforts are incredibly challenging with all of this is unfolding against the backdrop of

Nick Rabbitts

Nick468official

This is not an iconic building - it's iconically crude, says Mr Carroll. I firmly believe that even the best architects in Europe would struggle to design a tower in

Dr Jane Cocks

jatosha

If you've been struggling with focussing since this pandemic was announced last week, you're not alone. Executive function (the part of our brain that helps us to focus on the

teacher

ShakinthatChalk

Thought for the day.I gave lesson today where I talked for the entire hour. Pupils did a couple of preparatory questions periodically to make sense of the next phase of

Farwa | Scientific Skincare

scienceandskin

Chair Of Uk’s Vaccine Taskforce Dampens Vaccine HopesA thread http://scienceandskincare.blog/2020/10/28/chair-of-uks-vaccine-taskforce-dampens-vaccine-hopes/ Kate Bingham, head of the UK's Vaccine Taskforce, has already warned there

Sevirous Camero

sevElyseCamero

#YazWell (a thread...)May this thread help you see how we see Maxwell Laurent del Valle-Moon. Why can’t other readers see Maxwell’s efforts for Yaz?Why can’t you see how he sacrificed

Aaron Paquette

aaronpaquette

“But the vaccine didn’t arrive fast enough to mask our failures” “Yes, I said mask. But you know, do your own research on masks” “We found closing classrooms helped slow

Chris Hopson

ChrisCEOHopson

1/14 NHS financial allocations for second half of the year released overnight. Thread of initial thoughts below. Probably of most interest to those steeped in, and fans of, the delights