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Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices
Health, Sports & Psychology

Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices

...Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. Let’s start with our terminology regarding autistic individuals. Many autistic self-advocates insist on an ‘identity first’ definition of their humanness: for example: ‘autistic person’ rather than ‘person with autism’. To clarify, autistic people see autism as an innate part of their embodiment; just...
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Business Bursts: Failure
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Failure

...into account as well. It’s quite complex, so it’s not really surprising in my view that, particularly if the recession starts to bite again, that we’ll be looking at a lot more reality, looking at more failures amongst the self-employed, amongst the very small businesses. (3’49”) Find out what The Open University Business School can do for you and your business...
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David Bowie: identity is creativity
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David Bowie: identity is creativity

...opens the visor to reveal a jewel-encrusted skull which is then carried off in a glass box as an object of worship – perhaps he was telling us that this was to be the final transformation. And in a wry reference back to Major Tom’s ‘Here am I, floating in a tin can, far above the world’ he portrays himself in ‘Lazarus’, eyes bound like a latter day Tiresias,...
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Creative Writing
History & The Arts

Creative Writing

...Open University course A363 Advanced creative writing... Tanika Gupta on Voice Prolific author Tanika Gupta talks about stagecraft, highlighting the importance of voice and comic idiom in her writing. Helen Blakeman and Setting Playwright Helen Blakeman sees setting as integral to a play’s success and highlights the supporting importance of factors such as structure and...
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Critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critical social work practice

...Open University Course K315 Critical social work practice... Critical social work practice A short introduction to this album. What is critical practice? A look at the meaning of critical practice, the views of service users, and the professional power of social workers. How useful is critical practice? An example of critical practice. Making decisions about people A...
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A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish
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A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish

...Open University course L314 A buen puerto: advanced Spanish... Introduction Introduction to the series of programmes Radio Programme 1: Astronomy in Colombia A radio-style programme about astronomy from Cali in Colombia featuring experts and some phone-in callers Radio programme 1: English borrowings in Spanish A talk about the words which Spanish has borrowed from...
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Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...sources) within water catchments is an example where decision making interacts with policy making. Problems of diffuse pollution are widespread, and where practical ways of improving diffuse pollution situations have been found, these have influenced policy options...Introducing environmental decision making: 2.1 Concepts of environment - Activity 3 Your understanding of...
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Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?
Nature & Environment

Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?

...source lasts. We’re aiming to reduce the transmitter weight by harvesting the energy the bee generates while flying. This will allow us to do away with the battery, which is normally the heaviest component. The final bee backpack will weigh less than 50 milligrams (about two grains of rice) and will be the size of a match head. To further reduce the need for a...
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