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Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...it does not offer a complete picture of their needs. All of this individual’s subsequent difficulties may be attributed to the anxiety, without considering that they might, in fact, be autistic. This could also mean that some autistic people don’t have access to the support they need in education, at work or in society, because their needs are not fully recognised. ....
Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...Education ‘schools must treat absence as authorised when it is due to religious observance’. References and further resources References Douglass, S.L. (2002) ‘Holidays and Religious Observances’, World Eras, Vol. 2: Rise and Spread of Islam, 622–1500, Gale, pp. 280–7. Ergil, L.Y. (2021) ‘Turkish and Ottoman traditions for Eid al-Fitr: a time for...
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Uncovering Britain’s Lost Black Sporting Heroes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Uncovering Britain’s Lost Black Sporting Heroes

...education – highly unusual at the time. He later moved, with his Yorkshire wife, to London to live with and work for Thomas Pitt, cousin of then Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. By 1821 he had seemingly reached the highest levels of British gentry, becoming an usher at the coronation of King George IV. His 2015 biography, ‘Richmond Unchained’, suggests that...
The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care

...Education and Counseling, 53(2), 239–244. Clement, D., & Arvinen-Barrow, M. (2013). Sport medicine team influences in psychological rehabilitation - A multidisciplinary approach . In M. Arvinen-Barrow & N. Walker (Eds.), The Psychology of Sport Injury and Rehabilitation (pp. 156–170). London: Routledge. Green, A. J., Jackson, D. A., & Klaber Moffett, J. A. (2008). An...
The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies
History & The Arts

The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies

...educational achievement with the children’s disrupted schooling and anti-Roma bullying by their peers. And the Westminster parliament, in 2019, identified that Roma victims of domestic abuse face greater barriers than the non-Roma. It is harder for them to secure the employment and housing they need to leave their abuser. The centrality of family and community to Roma...
Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change

...technologies there’ll be, but also just from our own science and the climate laws and the observations and so on. So they talk about all of that uncertainty and how you can’t be sure, which is fine – the devil’s in the details. RH: And it’s true, isn’t it, as well? TE: Of course there’s uncertainty, there’s always going to be uncertainty about future...
The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...education bill that expanded opportunities for millions of Americans. He was a leader in opening markets to trade and led the Senate to ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement and creation of the World Trade Organization. Senator Mitchell received an undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College and a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. He...
Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye

...educate, the way we work and the way in which we care for the dying and ultimately say goodbye to our loved ones. COVID-19 is not only a public health crisis, but a psychological one, provoking death anxiety, stress and sadness. At present, we are collectively grieving the multiple losses many of us have experienced, these include lost jobs, lost connections with our...