Disabling Professions by Ivan Illich

A controversial collection of essays by Ivan Illich, Irving K. Zola, John McKnight, Jonathan Caplan and Harley Shaiken in which they challenge the power and mystery of the professions, medicine, education and the law.

Visit: https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/disabling-professions/

Initiatives to facilitate the social inclusion of people with intellectual disability in physical activities with others in community-based sporting, recreation and leisure activities

A scoping review by Eli Ristevski et al

Conclusion: While some increase in awareness and inclusion of people with intellectual disability was reported, no longitudinal data reported on the impact of initiatives on sustained social inclusion for people with intellectual disability.

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Skin fibroblasts from individuals self-diagnosed as Electrosensitive reveal two distinct subsets with delayed nucleoshuttling of the ATM protein in common

By Laurène Sonzogni et al

Abstract: Electromagnetic hyper-sensitivity (EHS) and its causal link with radio-frequencies raise a major question of public health. In the frame of the clinical study DEMETER, 26 adult volunteers self-diagnosed as EHS-positive agreed to reply to a self-assessmen

Institutional cruelty has three legs like a dairymaid’s stool

This is number 13 of fifty pieces of poetry and prose written by Peter Limbrick as a monument to adults and children who have lived and died or are living now in inhuman situations. They are all inspired by real experience.

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People with intellectual disability are easy victims of

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Old Path White Clouds: The Life Story of the Buddha

Amazon: 'In Old Path White Clouds, the world's revered master of mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh, retells the story of the Buddha in his own inimitably beautiful style.

'He draws upon Pali, Sanskrit and Chinese sources to trace the Buddha’s life slowly and gently through the course of eighty years.

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Italy’s Integrated 0-6 Reform - Balancing Innovation and Equity in Early Childhood Education and Care

From Foreword: ‘The reform’s viability, from its inception, has hinged upon three interrelated factors: the mitigation of systemic disparities, the establishment of sustainable funding mechanisms, and the institutionalisation of effective multi-level governance — challenges that have been compounded

Communicating the Relationship Between Place, Racism, and Early Childhood Development

From Framework’s website: ‘In this brief, we identify an effective strategy for talking about the connections between place, racism, and early childhood development and provide a set of recommendations for advancing this strategy in your own work….’

Visit: https://www.frameworksinstitute.org/resourc

Examining Early Childhood Expulsion Through a Trauma-Informed Lens

Mia Chudzik et al

Abstract: Expulsion is unfortunately common in early childhood settings and has a negative impact on both children and caregivers. In this qualitative U.S. study, we conducted semi-structured interviews to learn about caregivers’ experiences with early childhood expulsion. We