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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 37m

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 37m

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 37m

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The Sensory Projects

www.thesensoryprojects.co.uk The Sensory Projects run on the principle that with the right knowledge, and a little creativity, inexpensive items can become effective sensory tools for inclusion.

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 37m

systems that object to the creation of a more inclusive society.

Here's all the places you can find me online:
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The Sensory Projects

Seeking to contribute to a world where everyone is understood in spite of difference. The Sensory Projects run on the principle that with the right knowledge and a little creativity, inexpensive items...

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 37m

use it in a way that spreads awareness and understanding, together with a spot of hula hooping and a handful of penguins. And to that end I hope to keep posting, tweeting, reeling and so on, and not to be silenced by

The Sensory Projects

Seeking to contribute to a world where everyone is understood in spite of difference. The Sensory Projects run on the principle that with the right knowledge and a little creativity, inexpensive items...

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 37m

people who cope with the echo of me in internet land. If I get squashed in one place I hope you'd find me in another.
Maligned as it maybe social media is a space of potential communication, connection, and understanding (it's also a lot of other things as well). I hope I

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Seeking to contribute to a world where everyone is understood in spite of difference. The Sensory Projects run on the principle that with the right knowledge and a little creativity, inexpensive items...

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 37m

Lately I've noticed more and more advocates getting their social media profiles suspended. X recently black marked me (pop across to my X if you want to see what sort of awful things I've been saying - apparently I go against community guidelines). I am very grateful to all the

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1h

Oh dear....maybe they took the paracetamol to cope with being circumcised?

a little girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and eating a cookie .

ALT: a little girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and eating a cookie .

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 19h

profound and multiple learning disabilities.
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Early Bird Tickets are on sale until the end of the year. Hope to see you this time next year!

The Bridge - Birmingham

Research-informed practice for people described as having profound and multiple learning disabilities

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 19h

informed practice looks like for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, there will be keynote speeches and round table discussions and activities. It will be an informative and practical day, ideal for anyone who has high expectations with regards to provision for people with

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 19h

The Bridge aims to be a bridge between research and practice, I'll be joined by researchers whose focus is on people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, including those doing action research - the really hands on, practical kind. We will be sharing what research

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 19h

than in the lining of people's pockets or current political rhetoric)? If we expected those services to be for them/with them rather than an adaptation of something meant for someone else? If we really centered them, who they are, what they need, what they enjoy, if we started from them....

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 19h

an expansion to this idea of having high expectations: what about having high expectations of provision for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. What if we expected that the services and support they are offered had foundations in research (rather

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 19h

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On this day next year I'll be in Birmingham working on The Bridge!

We are often told to have high expectations with regards to people with profound disabilities (usually this is a request to believe they have hidden intellectual capacities). The Bridge seeks

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

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Preparing For Belonging | Parenta.com

Practical advice for new teachers and childcare staff on fostering belonging, connecting with children, slowing down, decluttering, and being fully present.

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

inclusive start ups she was supporting. I wonder how I can carry that legacy forwards.

Thinking about those times reminded me of a question I used to get all the time in the early days, so here it is revisited: should we be age appropriate?
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Age Appropriate or Person Appropriate? | Disability Horizons

Joanna Grace reflects on why support for disabled and neurodivergent people should focus on being person appropriate, not age appropriate — celebrating individuality, comfort, and joy at every stage o...

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

Projects, a..g...e....s ago.
He sent me a Trabasack that I used to travel with. He got in touch again after Flo's death. Told me how much she had helped him when they were setting up. At the same time she was helping me. I never knew she helped him then. I wonder how many

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 1d

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There is a backstory to this article that you don’t need to know or read but I'm going to tell you anyway on case you're looking for something to distract you on hump day.

I first met Duncan when I was setting up The Sensory

Age Appropriate or Person Appropriate? | Disability Horizons

Joanna Grace reflects on why support for disabled and neurodivergent people should focus on being person appropriate, not age appropriate — celebrating individuality, comfort, and joy at every stage o...

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 2d

If you are 'Edith' and 'Iona' in The Scale of the Spectrum please DM me!

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 6d

PS If anyone I am connected with has insight into the law around book publication and knows whether I am allowed to self publish Ernest and I now its publisher has dropped it....

Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 6d

Flo wrote in her foreword for the book: "I trust this book will reach and touch many readers, inspiring them to use sensory stories as a key to unlocking excitement, fun and enjoyment". I trust this translation will enable it to reach more people.

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 6d

signed for publication in European Languages, it along with 20 of the sensory stories will be published first in Greek next year, and then depending on how that first translation goes might be translated into other European languages.

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