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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?
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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?

...children in the Lake District in 1929. One of the four Walker children featured in the novel, Titty Walker, is based on the real life Mavis Altounyan. As the Telegraph recently reported, Barbara Altounyan, Mavis’s niece, is furious that the name is being changed for, she argues, reasons of political correctness. Saying her aunt would be “turning in her grave”, she...
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Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis
Education & Development

Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis

...Research samples and diagnostic criteria have, and still continue to, reflect this group, thus, shaping expectations around who is neurodivergent. This has produced a ‘typical’ profile of the hyperactive boy who cannot sit still, the autistic child with highly visible special interests, and outward visible behaviours. However, neurodivergence is not experienced in the...
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From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world
Health, Sports & Psychology

From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world

...Medicine, 15(3), pp. 1–13. The Patients Association (2024) Beyond the breaking point: patient survey highlights NHS challenges. Available at: https://www.patients-association.org.uk/news/beyond-the-breaking-point-general-election-survey (Accessed: 15 October 2024). Wise, J. (2021) 'Reverse cuts to children’s centres, peers urge government', BMJ, 375(11), p. 2851....
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Campaigning for refugee and migrant women
Society, Politics & Law

Campaigning for refugee and migrant women

...children. As the interview below with Mina Patel from SBS illustrates, whether a woman is experiencing violence prior to seeking asylum in the UK, or within an intimate relationship already in the UK, there are laws that offer protection, so it is important to get legal advice and support. The report Refused, compiled by WRW, explains how women are often disbelieved by...
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The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...researched youth culture and private space in the United Kingdom, to what extent do the young people in your study regard their bedrooms or speak about their bedrooms as extensions of themselves, the idea this is me, this is where I am? Sian Lincoln: Yeah I mean I think Jason’s sort of example of arriving back to his home and seeing that his room has quite significantly...
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Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change
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Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change

...Research Professor. He is currently a member of the Science Advisory Board of the Centre for Climate Dynamics in Bergen, Norway and the Steering Committee of the National Oceanography Centre Association. Exeter Atmospheric and Ocean Science © ​ The Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Professor Andy Watson interview Key RH = Roger Harrabin, Interviewer...
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How can your accent put your life at risk?
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How can your accent put your life at risk?

...Centre] Manus Island Detention Centre On December 23, 2016, as most Australians were winding down for the holiday week ahead, Faysal Ishak Ahmed, a 27-year-old man from South Sudan died in immigration detention when he collapsed with a seizure. After his death, it emerged that the young man had repeatedly presented at the facility’s healthcare provider over a period of...
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Why friendships are vital to your wellbeing
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Why friendships are vital to your wellbeing

...centre may be able to point them in the direction of peer support groups, befriending schemes or drop-in day centres. In addition it is worth considering taking part in activities such as walking groups, singing groups, keep-fit classes, craft groups, etc. that have a social element to them. Although the experience of mental health problems can disrupt existing...
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