Dr David Ben Shannon
@davidbenshannon.bsky.social
Lecturer in Education at University of Sheffield.
Critical autism studies, queer/trans studies, music and (disability) arts, and early childhood (& Dr Who). Former primary/special ed. teacher/SENCO. he/him
www.DavidBenShannon.co.uk
Critical autism studies, queer/trans studies, music and (disability) arts, and early childhood (& Dr Who). Former primary/special ed. teacher/SENCO. he/him
www.DavidBenShannon.co.uk
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@abihackett.bsky.social, Christina MacRae, Maggie MacLure and I have a new article out open access in Journal of Early Childhood Literacies, sharing data from a collaboration with the Humber Museums Partnership.
Reposted by Dr David Ben Shannon
So proud to have contributed!
Our new book is published! You can read the first chapter for free here
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
September 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
So proud to have contributed!
@abihackett.bsky.social, Christina MacRae, Maggie MacLure and I have a new article out open access in Journal of Early Childhood Literacies, sharing data from a collaboration with the Humber Museums Partnership.
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September 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
@abihackett.bsky.social, Christina MacRae, Maggie MacLure and I have a new article out open access in Journal of Early Childhood Literacies, sharing data from a collaboration with the Humber Museums Partnership.
This was such a wonderful project to be a part of, thinking and writing with colleagues in the university and in practice.
Our new book is published! You can read the first chapter for free here
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
September 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This was such a wonderful project to be a part of, thinking and writing with colleagues in the university and in practice.
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What the study shows is that white, well-off, gays and lesbians in mid-to-senior roles in workplaces that self-select for a hate group's mailing list do not like being included under the LGBT+ banner. Shocking!
I don't have to run a survey to know everybody else doesn't like them, either!
I don't have to run a survey to know everybody else doesn't like them, either!
August 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
What the study shows is that white, well-off, gays and lesbians in mid-to-senior roles in workplaces that self-select for a hate group's mailing list do not like being included under the LGBT+ banner. Shocking!
I don't have to run a survey to know everybody else doesn't like them, either!
I don't have to run a survey to know everybody else doesn't like them, either!
Absolutely!
Post your favorire Doctor Who. Wrong Answers only.
July 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Absolutely!
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“No denial or omission in law can erase the concrete reality that trans and intersex people have always and will always exist. Attempts to erase them as a class constitutes an intent to commit genocide.”
July 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“No denial or omission in law can erase the concrete reality that trans and intersex people have always and will always exist. Attempts to erase them as a class constitutes an intent to commit genocide.”
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Toilet Access & Inclusion: Research Evidence to Guide Decision-Making After the Supreme Court Ruling
A downloadable PDF which uses our research evidence from the last decade to help guide organisations in their approach to toilet provision since the Supreme Court Ruling
tinyurl.com/toiletresearch
A downloadable PDF which uses our research evidence from the last decade to help guide organisations in their approach to toilet provision since the Supreme Court Ruling
tinyurl.com/toiletresearch
aroundthetoilet.wordpress.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Toilet Access & Inclusion: Research Evidence to Guide Decision-Making After the Supreme Court Ruling
A downloadable PDF which uses our research evidence from the last decade to help guide organisations in their approach to toilet provision since the Supreme Court Ruling
tinyurl.com/toiletresearch
A downloadable PDF which uses our research evidence from the last decade to help guide organisations in their approach to toilet provision since the Supreme Court Ruling
tinyurl.com/toiletresearch
Yeah this is going to thoroughly doink staff on fixed-term contracts. Why give anyone a permanent job when you can just employ them for a day a week six years ago and still submit their papers?
A good guide to the next great university scandal: they will be able to submit big groups of researchers to the 2029 Research Excellence Framework, get millions of your money, then sack all the staff and pocket their nice yearly income from you the taxpayer until c2036/37. wonkhe.com/blogs/portab...
Portability within REF remains key to fairness
Maria Delgado, Nandini Das, and Miles Padgett warn that separating research outputs from the researchers who created them in REF 2029 would undermine the integrity of the whole research environment
wonkhe.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Yeah this is going to thoroughly doink staff on fixed-term contracts. Why give anyone a permanent job when you can just employ them for a day a week six years ago and still submit their papers?
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Not all cis men have XY chromosomes
Not all cis women have XX chromosomes
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Not all cis women have XX chromosomes
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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Unless you seek it out, most professors don't learn how to teach. It's not part of the job requirements. The idea is that you're an expert in your field and that's Enough.
Unless you seek it out, most professors don't learn how to teach. It's not part of the job requirements. The idea is that you're an expert in your field and that's Enough.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Egyptologists don’t know every tiny detail of the ca. 5000 yrs of ancient Egypt. That’s why we have specializations! Language, art, archaeology, bioarchaeology, etc.
I mostly study New Kingdom period art, specifically the Amarna period
Egyptologists don’t know every tiny detail of the ca. 5000 yrs of ancient Egypt. That’s why we have specializations! Language, art, archaeology, bioarchaeology, etc.
I mostly study New Kingdom period art, specifically the Amarna period
June 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Not all cis men have XY chromosomes
Not all cis women have XX chromosomes
🧬✨
Not all cis women have XX chromosomes
🧬✨
“No doubt the clarity of its conclusion will be welcomed by some, but reducing a complex subject to an overly simple one is not what is needed. Their Lordships would have benefited from a refresher course on sex and gender differentiation.”
The key question in this short but damning (of the Supreme Court) letter by Emeritus Professor of neuroscience at Cambridge Uni is this;
“Why should genitals supersede brains?”
The “Supreme” Court has decided our bodies matter more than our souls, our minds.
It is an extreme dehumanization.
“Why should genitals supersede brains?”
The “Supreme” Court has decided our bodies matter more than our souls, our minds.
It is an extreme dehumanization.
The UK Supreme Court's ruling and the rights of transgender people
On April 16, 2025, the UK Supreme Court ruled that only those who are what it terms
as biologically female can be defined as women.1 This has wide implications for medicine
as well as for people who a...
www.thelancet.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“No doubt the clarity of its conclusion will be welcomed by some, but reducing a complex subject to an overly simple one is not what is needed. Their Lordships would have benefited from a refresher course on sex and gender differentiation.”
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"The government does not support self-identification. We want to support the robustness of the process of gender recognition certificate applications" - we like making trans people jump through hoops and fill out endless forms for no reason
May 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"The government does not support self-identification. We want to support the robustness of the process of gender recognition certificate applications" - we like making trans people jump through hoops and fill out endless forms for no reason
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I taught in a system where funding for inclusion was separate from the EHCP and it was an absolute shit show. Please consider signing.
The government is considering removing EHCPs for pupils with SEND in mainstream schools.
This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK.
Please consider signing and sharing.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Shared via:
@spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK.
Please consider signing and sharing.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Shared via:
@spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
Petition: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND
Support in education is a vital legal right of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We ask the government to commit to maintaining the existing law, so that vulnerable chil...
petition.parliament.uk
May 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I taught in a system where funding for inclusion was separate from the EHCP and it was an absolute shit show. Please consider signing.
Grumpy Doctor Who fans calling him riding a confetti cannon across interstellar space "camp trash" as if that's not literally my favourite type of Doctor Who story.
May 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Grumpy Doctor Who fans calling him riding a confetti cannon across interstellar space "camp trash" as if that's not literally my favourite type of Doctor Who story.
Using a confetti cannon to fly through space is only the third most ridiculous method the Doctor's used so far. Doctor 5 used a cricket ball, and Doctor 3 used his own oxygen supply.
May 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Using a confetti cannon to fly through space is only the third most ridiculous method the Doctor's used so far. Doctor 5 used a cricket ball, and Doctor 3 used his own oxygen supply.
I taught in a system where funding for inclusion was separate from the EHCP and it was an absolute shit show. Please consider signing.
The government is considering removing EHCPs for pupils with SEND in mainstream schools.
This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK.
Please consider signing and sharing.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Shared via:
@spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK.
Please consider signing and sharing.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Shared via:
@spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
Petition: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND
Support in education is a vital legal right of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We ask the government to commit to maintaining the existing law, so that vulnerable chil...
petition.parliament.uk
May 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I taught in a system where funding for inclusion was separate from the EHCP and it was an absolute shit show. Please consider signing.
Reposted by Dr David Ben Shannon
The government is considering removing EHCPs for pupils with SEND in mainstream schools.
This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK.
Please consider signing and sharing.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Shared via:
@spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK.
Please consider signing and sharing.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Shared via:
@spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
Petition: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND
Support in education is a vital legal right of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We ask the government to commit to maintaining the existing law, so that vulnerable chil...
petition.parliament.uk
May 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The government is considering removing EHCPs for pupils with SEND in mainstream schools.
This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK.
Please consider signing and sharing.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Shared via:
@spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
This is potentially really harmful for every child with SEND in UK.
Please consider signing and sharing.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Shared via:
@spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr David Ben Shannon
I was thrilled to share survey and interview findings from the Eloping Project at the University of Sheffield yesterday. Thanks to @davidbenshannon.bsky.social and the School of Education for hosting!
Slides available through the link.
uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23g...
Slides available through the link.
uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23g...
Autistic "eloping" and other fugitive practices: Reflections on neuroqueer resistance
uwaterloo.ca
April 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I was thrilled to share survey and interview findings from the Eloping Project at the University of Sheffield yesterday. Thanks to @davidbenshannon.bsky.social and the School of Education for hosting!
Slides available through the link.
uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23g...
Slides available through the link.
uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23g...
We've known since Remembrance of the Daleks in the late 1980s that there is a show called DOCTOR WHO in the universe of #DoctorWho.
April 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We've known since Remembrance of the Daleks in the late 1980s that there is a show called DOCTOR WHO in the universe of #DoctorWho.
Watching Angels in America on National Theatre at Home and it is awesome. I forgot how much I love this play.
(Also, I’ve always wanted to write for it, so someone please produce it.)
(Also, I’ve always wanted to write for it, so someone please produce it.)
February 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Watching Angels in America on National Theatre at Home and it is awesome. I forgot how much I love this play.
(Also, I’ve always wanted to write for it, so someone please produce it.)
(Also, I’ve always wanted to write for it, so someone please produce it.)
Reposted by Dr David Ben Shannon
Look at this PhD opportunity with the best of people!
Come and do a funded PhD with me, Dr Laura Trafí-Prats @lala-trapra.bsky.social and Pinc College!
Re-imagining Design for Critical Access in Museums and Cultural Spaces with Neurodivergent Youth
www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Re-imagining Design for Critical Access in Museums and Cultural Spaces with Neurodivergent Youth
www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Doctoral scholarships
Find out what doctoral research scholarships are available at Manchester Met and sign up for vacancy alerts.
www.mmu.ac.uk
February 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Look at this PhD opportunity with the best of people!
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If anyone hasn't seen this, here is our critical neurodiversity studies conference call for abstracts.
"We will focus on scholarship that synthesises a concern for neurodivergent liberation with other critical traditions and liberation movements globally."
medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs...
"We will focus on scholarship that synthesises a concern for neurodivergent liberation with other critical traditions and liberation movements globally."
medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs...
Call for Abstracts: Critical Neurodiversity Studies, 24–26 June 2025, Durham, UK
Submissions for Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions/Intersections/Contradictions close 28 February 2025.
medhumsplatform.org
January 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
If anyone hasn't seen this, here is our critical neurodiversity studies conference call for abstracts.
"We will focus on scholarship that synthesises a concern for neurodivergent liberation with other critical traditions and liberation movements globally."
medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs...
"We will focus on scholarship that synthesises a concern for neurodivergent liberation with other critical traditions and liberation movements globally."
medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs...
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Looking for applications for this funded PhD. ‘Re-imagining Design for Critical Access in Museums and Cultural Spaces with Neurodivergent Youth’ It is co-supervised with the wonderful @davidbenshannon.bsky.social
and consists of a collaboration with Pinc College. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLW348/p...
and consists of a collaboration with Pinc College. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLW348/p...
PhD Studentship - Re-imagining Design for Critical Access in Museums and Cultural Spaces with Neurodivergent Youth at Manchester Metropolitan University
Explore a PhD Studentship - Re-imagining Design for Critical Access in Museums and Cultural Spaces with Neurodivergent Youth. Apply today and discover more PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Looking for applications for this funded PhD. ‘Re-imagining Design for Critical Access in Museums and Cultural Spaces with Neurodivergent Youth’ It is co-supervised with the wonderful @davidbenshannon.bsky.social
and consists of a collaboration with Pinc College. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLW348/p...
and consists of a collaboration with Pinc College. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLW348/p...
Reposted by Dr David Ben Shannon
Come and do a funded PhD with me, Dr Laura Trafí-Prats @lala-trapra.bsky.social and Pinc College!
Re-imagining Design for Critical Access in Museums and Cultural Spaces with Neurodivergent Youth
www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Re-imagining Design for Critical Access in Museums and Cultural Spaces with Neurodivergent Youth
www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Doctoral scholarships
Find out what doctoral research scholarships are available at Manchester Met and sign up for vacancy alerts.
www.mmu.ac.uk
February 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Come and do a funded PhD with me, Dr Laura Trafí-Prats @lala-trapra.bsky.social and Pinc College!
Re-imagining Design for Critical Access in Museums and Cultural Spaces with Neurodivergent Youth
www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Re-imagining Design for Critical Access in Museums and Cultural Spaces with Neurodivergent Youth
www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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We have decided to create an account over here for those who are using this platform instead of (or as well as) X! Posts will continue to be made on both sites for now!
February 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We have decided to create an account over here for those who are using this platform instead of (or as well as) X! Posts will continue to be made on both sites for now!