According to the Department of Education, 15% of students in the United Kingdom have a learning difference (some organisation put the figure more towards 20%). This week is a time to create a more positive perception about what it means to be neurodiverse and to change the educational landscape so that SEN students have positive school experiences.
“We are a neurologically diverse species: the
enormous innate variation among individual
human bodies extends to our brains, which
differ from one another like fingerprints. This
diversity of brains means a diversity of cognitive
styles, a diversity of innate cognitive strengths
and weaknesses, gifts and peculiarities.
This is what is meant by neurodiversity.”
Nick Walker, 2013
Here are some links for more information:
https://www.neurodiversity-celebration-week.com
www.adhdfoundation.org.uk For more information about ADHD
https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/ For more information about dyslexia