Jamie Castle
@jamiecastle.bsky.social
Research associate and adjunct prof @ JHU. Former AP Bio/AP Chem/A&P teacher, PA OBTA 2021. Mind, brain, & education; neurodiversity; higher ed; science ed; gifted/2e ed. She/her. My views do not represent those of my employer.
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Today is the anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Not only did the law literally open doors to countless students with disabilities (myself included), it also had the unintended consequence of creating the moral panic around an autism "epidemic." 🧵 1/
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Today is the anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Not only did the law literally open doors to countless students with disabilities (myself included), it also had the unintended consequence of creating the moral panic around an autism "epidemic." 🧵 1/
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This is both fabolous and ludacris at the same damn time.
I just saw someone comment “Ginuwine question…” instead of genuine. I’m irritated
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is both fabolous and ludacris at the same damn time.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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Let me add my usual caveat: IF schools are contributing to student mental health issues and IF test scores are down, it is NOT the fault of teachers. It's the system that's bad. Put good people in a bad system and the system wins every time. Blame those (policymakers) who created the system.
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Let me add my usual caveat: IF schools are contributing to student mental health issues and IF test scores are down, it is NOT the fault of teachers. It's the system that's bad. Put good people in a bad system and the system wins every time. Blame those (policymakers) who created the system.
To me, the biggest problem with this article is that it equates ADHD and autism with being "unwell." That's ableist, and it undermines the author's argument (which I agree with) that schools' narrow criteria for what is "normal" contributes to psych diagnoses for students.
I don't think I've ever disagreed and agreed more strongly with a piece, seesawing from one paragraph to the next.
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
To me, the biggest problem with this article is that it equates ADHD and autism with being "unwell." That's ableist, and it undermines the author's argument (which I agree with) that schools' narrow criteria for what is "normal" contributes to psych diagnoses for students.
Yes. Absolutely this. We need journalists who can cut through marketing hype and use accurate language.
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Yes. Absolutely this. We need journalists who can cut through marketing hype and use accurate language.
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I love this idea! If you spend most/all of your time being an expert, it's very easy to forget what it's like to be a novice.
Maybe it's time for me to re-commit to learning to play the piano...
Maybe it's time for me to re-commit to learning to play the piano...
Related point: I think all instructors should be constantly learning new and different things, to be reminded what the learning process looks and feels like. I am a middling baker at best and am regularly humbled by it. This makes me a better knitting teacher.
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I love this idea! If you spend most/all of your time being an expert, it's very easy to forget what it's like to be a novice.
Maybe it's time for me to re-commit to learning to play the piano...
Maybe it's time for me to re-commit to learning to play the piano...
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It’s Friday night.
I’ve done enough this week.
You’ve done enough this week.
I’ve done enough this week.
You’ve done enough this week.
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It’s Friday night.
I’ve done enough this week.
You’ve done enough this week.
I’ve done enough this week.
You’ve done enough this week.
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PSA to academics posting threads about your paper here: you can (and should) post the link to the paper in the first post. Your X/Twitter brain rot have have you thinking otherwise, but please free yourself of that. (Also you can call them 'blue-prints' if you want).
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
PSA to academics posting threads about your paper here: you can (and should) post the link to the paper in the first post. Your X/Twitter brain rot have have you thinking otherwise, but please free yourself of that. (Also you can call them 'blue-prints' if you want).
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Scientists tell Americans not to trust the CDC.
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Scientists tell Americans not to trust the CDC.
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
This was the first thing that crossed my mind when I saw that ED plans to transfer so many programs to the Dept of Labor.
For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This was the first thing that crossed my mind when I saw that ED plans to transfer so many programs to the Dept of Labor.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
Oh FFS. 🙄
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Oh FFS. 🙄
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I wanna invent time travel and then require every high school student to take a class called "All The Shit We Fixed Before You Got Here" where they tour smog-filled US cities, polio wards, pre-vaccine hospitals, buildings with no safety regulations, kids working in mines, etc.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I wanna invent time travel and then require every high school student to take a class called "All The Shit We Fixed Before You Got Here" where they tour smog-filled US cities, polio wards, pre-vaccine hospitals, buildings with no safety regulations, kids working in mines, etc.
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Disability education should not be put into HHS because it's not a health issue, it's an education issue. The idea that disability = health is dehumanizing and, frankly, simply wrong.
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Disability education should not be put into HHS because it's not a health issue, it's an education issue. The idea that disability = health is dehumanizing and, frankly, simply wrong.
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I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
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If you're reading this and you're tired of writing stuff that only five academics will ever read, and likely with an eye toward kneecapping your arguments, please consider this a permission slip to write things that make you feel something other than exhaustion or dread or imposter-ish.
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 AM
If you're reading this and you're tired of writing stuff that only five academics will ever read, and likely with an eye toward kneecapping your arguments, please consider this a permission slip to write things that make you feel something other than exhaustion or dread or imposter-ish.
This asbestos metaphor is brilliant.
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This asbestos metaphor is brilliant.
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"Excluding MPH and DrPH from the 'professional degree' category could restrict students’ access to higher federal loan limits, making public health education less financially attainable and potentially weakening the future workforce pipeline." Get ready to submit comments! aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"Excluding MPH and DrPH from the 'professional degree' category could restrict students’ access to higher federal loan limits, making public health education less financially attainable and potentially weakening the future workforce pipeline." Get ready to submit comments! aspph.org/department-o...
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This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
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New paper with @statsepi.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social in which we show there's really no evidence for a link between the gut microbiome and autism www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism
Claims that the gut microbiome causally contributes to autism regularly appear in
the scientific literature and popular press. Mitchell et al. critically examine influential
studies underpinning these...
www.cell.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New paper with @statsepi.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social in which we show there's really no evidence for a link between the gut microbiome and autism www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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Keeping warming well below 2°C is still within reach, but with massive acceleration of emission mitigation.
It’s time to step, not to give up.
It’s time to step, not to give up.
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Keeping warming well below 2°C is still within reach, but with massive acceleration of emission mitigation.
It’s time to step, not to give up.
It’s time to step, not to give up.
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emailing in a semi-literate manner isn’t a sign of stupidity, it’s another form of rich asshole arrogance because you don’t think you owe anyone coherent thoughts
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
emailing in a semi-literate manner isn’t a sign of stupidity, it’s another form of rich asshole arrogance because you don’t think you owe anyone coherent thoughts
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I never knew that my emails, filled to the brim with complete sentences and a coherent narrative, were such a work of art. I'm bout to start printing these out and hanging them on the walls.
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I never knew that my emails, filled to the brim with complete sentences and a coherent narrative, were such a work of art. I'm bout to start printing these out and hanging them on the walls.