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Willow the Wisp

@carlajayne.bsky.social
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In my past life, I managed an Outstanding HMP Mother & Baby unit #EarlyYearsDevelopment #EarlyChildhood #Neurodivergent #Autistic #ADHD #disabilitylife #fibromyalgia #cptsdrecovery #MentalHealthMatters #POTS #socialist #Peace #socialjustice #Warrington

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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
We don’t need a second opinion. We need action: - Cut the waiting lists - Fund trauma-informed care - Respect neurodivergent identity - Stop pathologising difference We are not a problem to be solved. We are a community demanding dignity.
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This narrative is dangerous. It gaslights lived experience, undermines hard-won diagnoses, and fuels stigma. It’s a refusal to accept that humanity is neurologically diverse — and it shifts blame from broken systems to the people they’ve failed.
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
📉 ADHD Taskforce just confirmed under-diagnosis. 📆 Waiting lists are years long. 🧩 Support is patchy, inaccessible, and often retraumatising. 🗣 Families are repeating their stories endlessly just to be believed. 💥 And now we’re being told we’re too visible?
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The government wants to review whether neurodivergence and mental health conditions are “over-diagnosed.” Let’s be clear: this isn’t about evidence. It’s about erasure.
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
We’re not over-diagnosed. We’re overlooked, under-supported, and exhausted. #NeurodivergentRights #ADHDIsReal #AutismAcceptance #MentalHealthJustice #NotOverdiagnosed #TraumaInformedNow #SENDVoices #ParentLedChange
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Tania Tirraoro @tanialt.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Today’s post from @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
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Contact, for families with disabled children @contactfamilies.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The Law Commission says it’s time to update the outdated & ableist definition of “disabled child” in the Children Act 1989. They recommend using the Equality Act definition (with extensions) to simplify the law & make social care fairer
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Law Commission calls for new definition of a "disabled child"
The Law Commission is calling for a new definition of "disability" for disabled children, one of 40 recommendations.
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
@charlotte2153.bsky.social — Warrington needs politics that listens. #YourParty is built by ordinary people, not donors. We’re organising for dignity, housing, and public services that work. Join us: facebook.com/groups/1301474561766629
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Redirecting...
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John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
A packed Westminster Hall debate is getting underway into a petition signed by more than 120,000 people calling on the government to "retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND". www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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Don’t remove the legal rights of children with SEND
The SEND system is in need of reform but restricting children’s access to support through EHCPs isn’t the answer, warns IPSEA’s Catriona Moore
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Ramandeep Kaur @mumof3amigos.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Absolutely incredible (but predictable) that Reform couldn’t be bothered to attend the #SEND debate in Westminster today. So many MP’s have pointed to their absence and also that they should apologise for their comments about ‘parents hijacking and gaming the system’. Shame on Reform.
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Ramandeep Kaur @mumof3amigos.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Georgia Gould gives no real answers as to what the #SEND reforms will look like. Not good enough.
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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
We're live sharing the #SENDdebate: x.com/SpcialNdsJungle
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
@sarahhall-labour.bsky.social
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
@sarahhall-labour.bsky.social
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
@sarahhall-labour.bsky.social
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
@charlotte2153.bsky.social #saveourchildrensrights
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Speech and Language UK @speechandlanguk.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
@janeharrislondon.bsky.social was on Sky News this morning representing @dcpcampaign.bsky.social ahead of the SEND rally today! Reform is desperately needed so that children with SEND and their families don’t have to fight for the ordinary things in life.
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
#sendsky #saveourchildrensrights @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
#sendsky #saveourchildrensrights @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
#saveourchildrensrights @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
@charlotte2153.bsky.social Families shouldn’t have to fight for years to access basic rights. We need Statutory enforcement, Multi-agency accountability , Public funding, not private contracts Lived experience at the table. Rebuild SEND on justice, care, & public ownership. #SENDCrisis #EHCPReform
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
@charlotte2153.bsky.social My child’s EHCP was issued without updated health or PfA input. No support for anxiety, mobility, or transition. Delays. Vague provision. No accountability. This isn’t a one-off. It’s systemic. We need public SEND services, not patchwork fixes. #SENDJustice #SEND
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
@charlotte2153.bsky.social My child went from thriving in primary to failing GCSEs because the EHCP system delayed denied and diluted support. No mental health input. No joined-up planning. Years of fighting alone. This is what a broken SEND system looks like, IT MUST CHANGE #Warrington #sendjustice
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Holistic Health Visitor @holistichv.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Michael Charles of Sinclairs Law isn’t on here but this is his critical appraising the Children and Wellbeing Bill. Please share for awareness! There are some positives in the Bill but it also holds the potential to harm a lot of children: bills.parliament.uk/publications... 1/…
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Whatever the name, it is always going to be your party. Join us at yourparty.uk
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 11/08/2025
Since 2013, private rents in Great Britain have increased by 54 per cent, but Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates have increased by just 36 per cent. Nearly half of privately renting families on Universal Credit are facing shortfalls between their rent and Local Housing Allowance.
Chart showing the proportion of families on Universal Credit with housing costs not fully covered by Local Housing Allowance: GB. 
The current situation means that nearly half (48 per cent) of privately renting families on Universal Credit do not have their housing costs fully covered by LHA. Figure 3 shows that when LHA was re-pegged to the 30th percentile of local rents in April 2024, four years after being frozen, the share of families on Universal Credit with housing costs not fully covered by LHA fell from 67 per cent in March 2024 to 45 per cent in May 2024, a fall of over 325,000 households. But these numbers are growing now that LHA is frozen again, with couples without children the group most likely not to have their rent fully covered by LHA.
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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
"Negative school experiences generate twice the emotional burden in autistic and ADHD adolescents compared to their neurotypical classmates, and this is significantly correlated with depression and anxiety according to a new study involving a UCL researcher." www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
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Neurodivergent adolescents experience twice the emotional burden at school
Negative school experiences generate twice the emotional burden in autistic and ADHD adolescents compared to their neurotypical classmates, and this is significantly correlated with depression and anx...
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Desperately needed
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Paddy Boocock @boococp.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
A better question might be - is there any point, (at least for the electorate and the UK public) in anyone leading labour after starmer? inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Who can lead Labour after Starmer? Rayner, Streeting and Burnham’s chances, rated
There is no vacancy at the top of the Labour party – yet. But as the PM's ratings fall, speculation rages about who could come next
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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
What is left to say about this Labour party now. This is the action of the minister with responsibility for homelessness!!! They're just awful, awful people - never mind whether they're good politicins (they're not), they're cruel and ununsual pieces of shit all.
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now featured in the criterion collection @anem0ne.net · 08/08/2025
boy howdy do i remember all those labour boosters scolding trans people who were sharing reservations about k. starmer how it was absurd to think that labour could be as bad if not worse than the tories they replaced boy howdy do a lot of americans not see the blatant parallels
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
@charlotte2153.bsky.social your party? Please? Or remove that front bench, you're so much better than them. I appreciate you.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's new party now has its first councillors
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Seven former Labour councillors defect to new Corbyn-Sultana party
‘With Your Party gaining ground faster than both Labour and Reform combined, there is real hope again.’
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/08/2025
Jeremy Corbyn warns new rules on council asset sales threaten allotments
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Jeremy Corbyn warns new rules on council asset sales threaten allotments
Sales of eight allotment sites approved since Labour took power as councils seek to fund day-to-day spending * UK politics live – latest updates Jeremy Corbyn has criticised Angela Rayner, the local government secretary, over changes that will allow councils to sell allotments to fund day-to-day spending, saying it “makes the future of these precious spaces even more perilous”. New rules on council asset sales mean local authorities can sell off sites to help “deliver transformation and invest-to-save projects” they would otherwise not be able to afford. Continue reading...
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
For those who are in any doubt over my position: I’m not interested in bombs. I’m interested in peace. My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social, 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/jeremy-corbyn-remembering-hiroshima
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Jeremy Corbyn: Nuclear Disarmament Now
On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima Day, Jeremy Corbyn continues the call for nuclear disarmament and world peace in a speech at the World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. We publish his...
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Willow the Wisp @carlajayne.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
@charlotte2153.bsky.social join the new party? You're too good for Tory lite x
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
'Keir Starmer was convinced he closed the curtain on Corbyn but the audience didn’t leave.' That's us, BTW... 👍✊ www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
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Inside Jeremy Corbyn's new party: Can he reignite the left?
Keir Starmer was convinced he closed the curtain on Corbyn but the audience didn’t leave
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 16/07/2025
Andy Burnham and Jeremy Corbyn both have better favourability ratings than Keir Starmer Andy Burnham (net +7) Favourable: 32% Unfavourable: 25% Jeremy Corbyn (net -37) Favourable: 25% Unfavourable: 62% Keir Starmer (net -44) Favourable: 23% Unfavourable: 67%
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 15/07/2025
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana plan to launch a new political party, hoping to unite Britain’s fractured left.
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Can Corbyn’s ‘real alternative’ leftist party compete in British politics?
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana plan to launch a new political party, hoping to unite Britain’s fractured left.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
#msm #media #corbyn
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Warrington Guardian @warringtonguardian.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Warrington wellbeing event raises funds for people with ADHD
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Warrington wellbeing event raises funds for people with ADHD
A charity wellbeing event has raised vital funds to support people with ADHD.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 14/07/2025
📢 An incredible 94% of staff (75% turnout) back strike at Warrington & Vale Royal. Pay frozen for a year. No talks. £2.3m surplus. Staff are ready to act. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1410...
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Huge 94% strike vote at Warrington & Vale Royal College over frozen pay
An overwhelming 94% of staff at Warrington and Vale Royal College backed strike action in a ballot with a turnout of 75%, announced the University and College Union (UCU) today
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
MPs and much of the media have spun a false narrative about tonight’s Universal Credit vote. The PIP pause has created the myth the government has fully u-turned on its disability cuts. But £2 billion is about to be pulled from the sickest and poorest people in the country.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Labour backbencher Rachael Maskell tells Commons welfare reforms that would cut the Universal Credit health aspect would be a 'stain on this great party' Stripped-down welfare Bill will still see hundreds of thousands of disabled people lose £3,000 a year by 2030 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Disabled will lose £3,000 a year in 'stain on the Labour Party' plans, MPs told
Labour backbencher Rachael Maskell told the Commons that welfare reforms that would cut the Universal Credit health aspect would be a 'stain on this great party'
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Dave Hargreaves @davehargreaves.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Zarah Sultana is Tony Ben resurrected in word and deed.
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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 09/07/2025
The UN's letter comes as the government's welfare bill reaches its third reading in parliament and will be subject to another vote.
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UN committee sounds alarm over Labour's 'shameful' benefits bill
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Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
#GreggWallace autism. 1. Autistics can be awful humans like everyone else 2. It's not an excuse for this behaviour or shit behaviour ever 3. Making out it is strips autistics of the rights to responsibility and ownership 4. Nowhere in the DSM is 'sexism & abusive' Come on... it's adding to stigma
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
It's not even surprising anymore...
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Adam Fare 🖤🤍💜 @adamfare1996.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
No to disability benefits cuts. Not now. Not ever. No to harming disabled people. No to punishing them for being disabled.
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