A series of catastrophic failures Media Watch - Autism in the news This post discusses verbal abuse. If this may upset you, please don't read further. Gregg Wallace, the former MasterChef presenter, has been let go from the show after 50 new allegations were reported on the BBC website on July 8. Out of 83 …
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On Monday, 6th January 2025, Justin Welby laid down his bishop's Crozier on the altar at Lambeth Palace, marking the conclusion of his tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury. This action signifies a departure from the historical practice of removing an unwanted Archbishop through assassination. Mr. Welby resigned in November 2024 following a church report that …
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The Kings Instructions Advent 2021 In the previous post I wrote about what Jesus did nor say, the context was if was lawful for a man to divorce his wife. This time I am looking at what he did say about marriage and divorce. I have included the verses from the last blog for context. …
Continue reading Jesus, marriage and divorce, part 2 — Matthew 19:7–9
Jigsaw puzzle pieces Monday 30th March to Sunday 4th April 2020 is Autism Awareness Week with Thursday 2nd April being Autism Awareness Day. I am autistic and I will not be taking part. Here's why: ABA therapy ABA therapy,(Applied Behaviour Analysis) often rebranded as PBS (Positive behavioural support) or EIBI (Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention) is …
Judgmental ways of communicating Ordering you to feel differently Get over it Don't be so sensitive Ordering you to "look" differently Don't look so serious Don't look so proud of yourself Denying your perception, Defending You've got it all wrong But of course I respect you Trying to make you feel guilty while invalidating …
This has nothing to do with a Swedish pop group of the 1970s, but with the controversial treatment of autism in children Applied Behaviour Analysis or ABA. I'm writing now because I almost had a meltdown in church after the service. Then later that week #TodayInABA started appearing in my Twitter feed. Such as this …
The last issue of IDEA magazine, the magazine of the Evangelical Alliance in the UK, has been about unity. Issues tend to be themed these days. One thing that struck me as \I recently re-read was the difference between unity and conformity. Unity Unity is different people with different gifts and even ideas working together. …
She was only young, barely past puberty when she was taken from her friends and family to live a life in servitude to a foreign man who would use her for sex when he wanted to and the rest of the time ignored her, unless he wanted to parade her in front of his friends …
From Metro 14/01/2015: Rhianna looked sheepish after it emerged she may be Leonardo DiCaprio's latest conquest. Yes that's right, conquest. Yet again the idea of man as predator woman as prey has come out in the press. Metro, the free newspaper picked up on buses ans at train stations in the UK uses the quote …
Dear Carphone Warehouse, Thankyou for your concern in trying to contact me, one of your customers. However if you check your records you will find that I did speak to you, on December 2nd. Back then I told you I was not interested in your offer, but the calls have continued, up to four times …
Making an ass of myself 