Month: August 2016
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Real life: a step into the unknown
For every person with autism, ADHD and/or Tourette’s, the impact is on the whole family. A parent in Scotland describes her own feelings as her son made the transition into adult services (Names have been changed) Linda says she’s been lucky, having a succession of supportive professionals involved with the family. Now in his early…
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Train to be your own friend
Finding out more about Trondheim’s “ADHD schools” providing information and support to young adults. When a strategy doesn’t work, how many times does it have to fail before you make a change, asks Bjørn Gjervan? “Something doesn’t have to be clinical, to have an effect,” says Bjørn Gjervan over a cup of coffee. “I describe…
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Things you can’t learn in school
A version of this article about Norwegian folk high schools appeared in TESS on 26 February 2016: https://goo.gl/s3h7z2. Thanks to Andreas for the photo! Some things you just can’t learn in school. Like how to catch rock ptarmigan in the Arctic snow and cook them over a primus. They’re sneaky: white, obviously, for camouflage. I’d include…