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06.03.2026 15:42
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Looks like it's only opened today!
Oh, just seen that the @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social has opened a shop in York! Will need to remember that the next time I visit there!
Spent a silly amount of hours this week (half!) writing an article on neurodivergence in library workers and currently trying to resist the temptation to pitch a "ND in library and info work" book! (Far too many "books to write" on my list already though!)
Beer in a bookshop, then if you're anything like me you'll feel sleepy after an afternoon beer and take a nap *in* the bookshop...
My librarian skills are flagging this afternoon...
Looking at neurodiversity in the workplace and there is a press release (e.g. www.lrd.org.uk/free-read/pe...) about research funded by Heston Blumenthal.
Was the actual research published anywhere?! I can only find the press release *everywhere*!
Booked my ticket for Counterplay!
Reasonable price for a 3 day event and *ridiculously* cheap for students, if any students fancy a play festival/conference.
Need to work out travel yet though... cm.dskd.dk/cplay26/signup
A screenshot from a step counter, showing 29,500 steps compared to a goal of 12,000 steps.
Well that's got me a decent step count today! Technically, if I'm over twice my daily goal, that means someone has to carry me everywhere tomorrow to get the average back down, right?
Ornate columns, forming the external wall of a ruined 12th Century abbey
Day out today! Parked in Helmsley, walked to Riveaux Abbey. Hardest decision I intend to make today is whether to have lunch here or back in Helmsley.
So if I wanted to do a Masters by Research or a doctorate based effectively on the social history/life of a historic Edinburgh building, who should I be sidling up to as a supervisor at Edinburgh Uni?
Phew! The most commonly reported figure for overall ND in the population is 15-20% (sometimes people quote one of these rather than include the range). As far as I can tell, this is just an estimate (a guess really, jumping from individual rates to a whole) in a 2020 article. doi.org/10.1093/bmb/...
I wonder if I've still got my DOS 6.1 disks somewhere, from before everything started to go wrong...
...and 3-6% for Dyscalculia now! Final individual one, I think, as they were the top 5 in our survey! Drops away massively before the next one. (Though could include Tic disorders maybe?)
Now onto "overall Neurodivergence in the population", otherwise known as "how long is a piece of string" <sigh>
Another "it depends, doesn't it?" for Dyspraxia / DCD (between 1.8% and 8%?), but best guess from a meta analysis seems to be around 5%! Extra complication for that one in that for other studies I've included adults, this one is *only* children as it doesn't really get diagnosed in adults...
FFS! Already dropped MS Office myself, I think I might be going back to Linux rather than Windows the next time I need to replace my laptop...
So far ended up with probably around 3% of population autistic, ~4% ADHD, 10-20% Dyslexic (depends on "severity" cut-off more than owt else), Dyspraxia / DCD and Dyscalculia is the job for this morning! All from multiple meta analyses (that disagree, but not by as much as individual studies).
Spent a big chunk of yesterday trying to dig out some neurodivergence stats for an article, *so hard*! Books, reports, etc have similar poorly sourced (made up?) stats. Too many serious articles spend 8,000 words saying "somewhere between 0% and practically everyone, it depends...", argh!
1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health
Logo for Playful Learning conference showing a pacman ghost hiding in some trees. The conference theme is "Into the Woods".
#PlayLearn Conference 👀
Playful Learning 2026 will be held in Brighton, 1st-3rd July at the University of Sussex. The conference theme is "Into the Woods".
The call for sessions has closed but...
👉Registration will open on Weds 11th March.👈
#GBL #academicSky #HigherEd
Regret to announce that we’ve reached Wrong Coat season. Every coat you wear from now til mid April will be The Wrong Coat for the weather
Done 3 sessions in 3 days, I'm not used to this anymore, knackered now!
I've not been there yet! It's on the list though, enjoy!
Love the V&A! Been pondering a visit to London just to go again (as don't like London in general!)
Unless it's the larva you get in a bottle of tequila, that's surely the only allowable spirit insect?
Thank you New Scientist for flagging this (quite old project) up, I hadn't seen it before!
A lovely cross over for people I know who use Lego in our work & those people who love to sneak a rude word into a project name... the Free Universal Construction Kit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Un...
INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚
Webinar 2 of 3 for this week done! (Beyond the admin around sending video / slides out, invoicing, etc...)
One more to go tomorrow, phew!
call for chapter proposals - Decoding Slow Librarianship: Inquiries into Conceptual Challenges and Concerns from Bloomsbury Publishers
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
That's early enough to class as second breakfast / elevensies, so doesn't count and you'll still need a proper lunch later.
If you were meaning to buy my book and didn't get round to it, now is your chance! At the moment, I can only ship in the UK.
Buy 'Neurodiversity in the Workplace' here: ko-fi.com/s/a130b8aac6
Periodic reminder! Call for contributions for the first NLISN conference is open until 2nd April...