I’m doing Race for Life in Epsom on June 30th and I’d like to ask people to sponsor me. http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/tannice Here’s why. In December 2011 my Dad was diagnosed with cancer. It was horrible and scary and I won’t go over the pain and heartache this caused because it’s very personal but suffice to say
Race for Life – sponsor me! Race for Life - sponsor me!
Blaming mummy for MMR When did we start blaming parents, too?
Pod Delusion Live at QEDcon 2013 Pod Delusion Live at QEDcon 2013
Skeptics herd cats to become South East Skeptics Society 
Autism Talk Q & A Do the Amish not get Autism and other questions
Blaming mummy for MMR
When did the heat move from Wakefeld and the media, to parents? On Thursday I saw a tweet asking “what kind of C*** stops their child having the MMR anyway?” I have to say, this kind of switch in dialogue around where blame lies sets my teeth on edge. And there’s a good reason for
Pod Delusion Live at QEDcon 2013
On Saturday I was privileged to not only appear on the Skeptics in the Pub Panel with Sid Rodrigues of London SitP and Michael Marshall of the Merseyside Skeptics society at QEDcon but I was also on a live recording of the Pod Delusion – I think my 4th appearance. Here’s what I said: I
Skeptics herd cats to become South East Skeptics Society
It seems not all analogies about organising skeptics and herding cats are true. A committee of 6 Southeastern UK-based Skeptics in the Pub groups has formed with big ambitions and we want to recruit you. We have lots of ideas about activism, community building and new events and are planning big events. Currently we’re advertising
Autism Talk Q & A
Last night I gave my Autism talk at Lewes Skeptics in the Pub. Someone tweeted the questions so I thought I’d write up what I said – plus extra bits – here on my blog, as promised. These are not complete, but I hope to add more in the future. Are psychopathic tendencies linked to
Spreading the word of just ‘being’
When I lived in student housing in Cambridge in 2005, I lived with a really lovely, cute couple. They were from Australia. The guy was studying a PhD at Cambridge. I forget which discipline, it may have been maths. They both loved nature. We watched a lot of nature programmes together – Blue Planet was
Skepticism – a rose by any other name? Divisions and semantics
’Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would
An Evening of Interesting Things – review of The Pod Delusion
Repost from Skepticism-UK Forum: Having never been to Conway Hall, it was with some trepidation that I followed my fellow Skeptics in the Pub organisers, Simon Clare and Tim McGregor down a small alley nearby Holborn tube station. After some drinking and some marching (not in that order) for Secularism in Europe, we made our
Teaching reading skills for ASD kids
Autistic kids often think visually and literally, so teaching reading skills with stories based in magical worlds, with princesses kissing talking frogs; stories completely distinct from reality, is not a good idea. If your child has a specific interest – riding a bike/ playing with trains/ playing with dolls, then start off with really rewarding words
In which I dispute the idea I am a shill for an industry I no longer work for
Tomorrow evening I will be talking to Royal Tunbridge Wells Skeptics on the topic of Autism treatments. My talk briefly focuses on a treatment that I term as ‘good’, rather than ‘bad’ or ‘ugly’. Update: added definition of ABA, after suggestion in comments. This treatment is Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA). It is described by Wikipedia
