Broadcaster, Vocal and Leadership Coach and Campaigner. Co-Author of A Very Modern Family. Married to
@DavidGrantSays
4 children. She/her Views my own.
Happy World Autism Awareness Day 2019. To all the fabulous autistic girls and women and their families - let's raise our voices. On this film there are 60 voices, 46 of them are autistic females.
#Autism
#AutisticWomenandGirls
#ActuallyAutistic
CLICK LINK
It's our 36th Wedding Anniversary today. As we age I become super-aware that there are more years behind us than ahead of us at this point. I love who and what we have become together. I am not sure where I end and you begin and visa-versa.
@DavidGrantSays
you are my world.
Touring bands to UK must now Apply for a visa ยฃ244 for each member. Provide proof, 90 days before applying, that they have ยฃ1,000 in savings unless they are 'A-rated'. Provide a certificate of sponsorship from an event organiser. Cutting the legs off our industry
#Brexit
disaster
My child, in hospital earlier in the year, no camhs follow up or help, incident last evening, ambulanced, been with them in A&E since, I'm trying to sleep on floor, no beds available on ward for them, still waiting for
#Camhs
THE
#MH
SYSTEM IS BROKEN
#autism
Unconfirmed but apparently
#Dominicummimgs
child is
#autistic
. The rules for autistic people were changed on April 9th so dates donโt add up. Please donโt insult all those families with autistic children who have struggled or lost relatives to Covid and still stuck by the rules.
Thank u for all the messages. Receiving an MBE is very humbling. I hope it opens doors for more campaigning and awareness-raising &of course some entertainment too. So much work still to do. I love my communities. So many beautiful people in the world. Let's keep reshaping it.
A couple of weeks ago I talked about how hard it can be when you are an SEN parent and you feel like youโre disappearing especially when professionals call you โMumโ - so to match the
#HelloMyNameIs
campaign hereโs one for parents!!
#nhs
#SEN
So utterly proud of my husband
@DavidGrantSays
today honoured with an
#MBE
in the New Year's Honours List for Services to Music. So deserved. Congratulations!
Just want to take a moment to thank all the amazing UK teachers. Many parents understand your concerns about returning to school. Please let's not let policy makers/media turn us against one another. Let's create a groundswell of mutual support & understanding. We โค๏ธ U!
Lots of conversation around the impact of closing schools because of
#Covid_19
Parents worrying about how they will cope or that isolating children may impact their mental health. No one says a thing when our
#SEN
kids are isolated and out of school for years. Just sayinโ ๐ฅด
Birthday joy! 57 years and appreciating every moment. The best is yet to come! Thank you to all my peeps,
@DavidGrantSays
, my beautiful children, inc
@oliveisgrayy
@tylangrant
and all those who walk alongside us, my gorgeous friends. โค๏ธโค๏ธ๐๐ป๐๐พโค๏ธโค๏ธ
What a special day. Thank u to my family who birthed in me my campaignerโs heart. Receiving an
#MBE
for Music, Media & Charity - total honour. At the end of the day itโs all about people finding their voice. Voice to singers, voice to the marginalised and voice to the voiceless.
Thinking about all those children and parents and carers for whom this week is a nightmare, for those who struggle daily in school, for those have no school, for those who live hidden. We see you.
#SEND
#autism
#ADHD
#carers
Thanks
@_MissingTheMark
Eliza Fricker for the drawing.
33 years married to this awesome man. โฆ
@DavidGrantSays
โฉ I couldn't love you more! Thank you for being my soulmate, I love doing this life with you โค๏ธ Happy Wedding Anniversary!
.
@CarrieGrant1
MBE
I don't have an extensive enough vocabulary to express how proud I am of you. You're a force of nature, an inspirer, an advocate, and a tireless campaigner. You use every platform you have to make a difference. CONGRATULATIONS
#BirthdayHonours
Remembering the 125,000 children in the UK today who are out of school. The overlooked, the forgotten. The trauma affects the rest of their lives. And, for the parents, juggling crazy lives being parent, teacher, therapist and friendship circle. We see you.
@DavidGrantSays
Happy Pearl Wedding Anniversary
@DavidGrantSays
30yrs - we've only just begun - you are the air I breathe - my teammate, champion, lover, best friend and soulmate.
I genuinely donโt know how we found each another or why this works but it just does. The combination of love, trust, service, laughter, purpose and faith all got rolled into one. I love you so much David Grant and Iโm so grateful for you. I reckon weโre about half way now ๐
35 years ago today, I met my future. A person unlike anyone I'd ever met in my life. There's nothing I had done, have done since, or ever will do that could make me worthy of the love of this incredible woman.
@CarrieGrant1
I love you more than words could ever say. Myโค๏ธis yours.
Hey lovely Ade, having 2 autistic children I think thereโs a high chance this was a child who needed this adjustment in order to attend and be included. That teen probably loved the show.
#autism
#SEND
#reasonableadjustments
School attendance difficulties: 92.1% neurodivergent 83.4% autistic -
@educationgovuk
this pic is exactly what masking looks like.
@AFNCCF
surely you know this.
#tonedeaf
Itโs us parents who mop up the trauma school causes. Our children deserve better.
#SEND
#Autism
1/2
33 years ago today I met the man who would change the course of my whole life. โฆ
@DavidGrantSays
โฉ you are still my world. Happy Anniversary of meeting!!
I am so relieved about the GDPR thing - does this mean all the hundreds of junk emails I get everyday will now cease? I really hope so. Only just realised how stressed all those daily junk emails coming into my inbox make me feel.
This little one gives us all so much joy! She is creative, intelligent, beautiful, an out-the-box thinker and makes my heart sing! There may not be a school for her but I want her to know this doesn't mean she won't find her tribe.
This is a bit rich when parents are tearing their hair out trying to get MH help for their kids and working within inflexible education systems. Your books are overwhelmed and closed. Another initiative to beat parents over the heads with and remind our SEND kids they are failing
Happy birthday to this giant of a man David Grant MBE!!
@DavidGrantSays
You continue to be an inspiration for so many, you still have that pioneering spirit and the grace of a good father. You are and always will be the absolute love of my life!
#soulmate
37 years ago today, I connected with destiny.
@DavidGrantSays
you were the the example of love I so desperately needed. Thank you for the fun, the laughter, the resilience, the tears, the passion, the partnering, the love, the faith, the hope and all that you bring. โค๏ธ
My child is capable of getting 10 GCSEs. Too academic for Special School, deemed too autistic for mainstream. At home since 2017. So what do I do? Watch her MH in decline whilst we wait for a school? Families are torn apart by this situation.
We are so proud to be supporting the
#YouCanAdopt
campaign, raising awareness of adoption and aiming to dispel myths around who is able to adopt and helping encourage more people to consider adoption.
@SkyNews
@DavidGrantSays
NOW
117,100 Ghost Children. We had one child out of school 3yrs. Now flourishing. Long-term MH cost to children not researched. We need to build more SEND schools. LAs pay huge fees to private SEND schools. I believe, this accounts for some of the LA delays in finding placements. 1/2
Happy 18th B'day to the mighty Talia
@babygtals
There were so many times we didn't know what the future held - we thank God you made it thru. You r a strong, wise, kind, talented, beautiful, whole woman. We r so proud of u & we love u so very much. Only love, always love. โค๏ธ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ
3yrs ago I decided to do an MA in Theology at Luther King College in Manchester/Durham Uni. A daunting task but somehow I just won the 2024 Essay Prize for, โA Theological Reflection on Child to Parent Violence.โ A subject that is rarely talked about, Iโm so encouraged.
My son is chosen, born in my heart and the apple of my eye. He should never feel shame about the word adopted which I why I have no shame using the word. We need to become more comfortable with words like adoption, autism, disability.
#NoShameOnlyPride
There needs to be a lot more recognition of
#PDA
whether as a standalone condition or part of the
#autism
profile. It is often the defiant/avoidant behaviour that parents and schools struggle with. We need more help with how to view the issue and how to help our children too.
To all people who care about
#SEN
- in case you missed it, here's the
@BBCBreakfast
#BBCsend
piece we did but with a slightly diff edit on FB. Please watch, share, get the message out there that our kids deserve better! THANKS
#autism
#adhd
#adoption
#MH
Our Chancellor
#PhilipHammond
says, "UK Productivity Rates Low Because More Disabled People Are In Work," - You cut their benefits because you judge they are "fit to work" then you criticise their work. Are you actually kidding me?
#Disability
All those promises made when the EHCP SEND Review surveys were being done last year. Def not trying to reduce the numbers of EHCPs they said. How has this happened then? Parents and professionals need answers.
Would you like a โdifficultโ parent to practise on? Just thought Iโd offer my services.
#SEND
parents opinions on this catchy title for teacher training?
This is the
@BBCTheOneShow
film on
#adoption
- we need to see change, better schools, more understanding. These children deserve better. Thank you One Show
Also, tonight:
@CarrieGrant1
looks into the struggles some adoptive children face in main-stream education. For more advice on this subject, check out our website: โถ๏ธ โถ๏ธ
I've read a lot on social media lately about great GCSE results, seen hundreds of posts of first days back at school. All exciting stuff. Mine still out of school. Today she said, "I love the way I'm made." My heart nearly burst
#SENparentpride
#adifferentjourney
Many young people in the UK are stuck in their bedrooms, spending years without, or barely in school, lost to the outside world, their MH crashing. Some are literally losing their lives. Their voices unheard. This is a MH crisis.
#permanentlockdown
#SEN
#Autism
#ADHD
#Adoption
When schools put behaviour above relationship it creates a problem for pupils. When the DfE puts results above relationship then school leaders and staff have a problem. Relationship makes community. Without this we are undone. We need systemic change.
Those of us in early years and primary are noticing a dramatic rise in the numbers of pupils with SEND, most of them included in the mainstream classes. Yet our secondary system appears to be more and more set up to exclude them. Big issue over next ten years.
"Parents are forced to become protesters, lawyers and bureaucrats to stand any sort of chance of getting the support their child is legally entitled to." - damning report on the state of education for those with
#SEN
Here is an article David Grant and I have just written for BBC Bitsize about our family in Lockdown and some strategies for survivial.
#Autism
#Adoption
#ADHD
#SEN
With โฆ
@DavidGrantSays
โฉ on our way to โฆ
@itvnews
โฉ to talk about โฆ
@AmbitiousAutism
โฉ latest report showing itโs taking an average of 2 years for children to get their
#autism
diagnosis. We know many for whom 2yrs would be a result!!
When
@Hollyoaks
put on 2 days autism training for all staff it made all the difference. More training than any teacher Ty had ever had. We need more training in schools.
#SEND
#Autism
please sign Paulaโs petition.
UPDATE seen by a wonderful Camhs worker. Told about a place we can take our child 9am-midnight if there's a crisis. Super.......but like so many on here would say.....er why have I not been told about this before?
#accessibility
My child, in hospital earlier in the year, no camhs follow up or help, incident last evening, ambulanced, been with them in A&E since, I'm trying to sleep on floor, no beds available on ward for them, still waiting for
#Camhs
THE
#MH
SYSTEM IS BROKEN
#autism
Howdy disability/autistic Twitter peeps!
We are looking at doing something tomorrow on
@bbc5live
Breakfast on Sia using a non-autistic actor in her new film.
I was wondering if you folks might be able to recommend me an autistic actor/film producer come on and comment about it.
Happy birthday beautiful โฆ
@oliveisgrayy
โฉ my firstborn, my child, now my friend! 26 today. Still so full of magic. I love you more than words can express. โค๏ธ
Those of us who live on the front line know only too well how broken the system actually is. If only 25% of children who are referred to Camhs actually get an appointment what happens to the other 75%? We need systemic changes in health, social care and education.
@DrRanj
I heard you recommended on BBC that parents of YP struggling shld contact GP & School for support? While some are excellent, you may not realise just how broken the system is? Please read this report, ask
@CarrieGrant1
& โค๏ธ
Happy happy happy birthday to the most spectacular and iconic woman and most glorious mother in the world
@CarrieGrant1
thank you for being so wonderful!๐๐๐
As we enter a new year and new school term, big thanks to all the teachers, professionals and families who welcome diversity and inclusion. You make life so much better for families like ours. We canโt do this without you
#allies
#bridgebuilders
#diversityandinclusion
Very excited to announce
@DavidGrantSays
and I have been given the Saturday Breakfast Show from this weekend to the end of the year on
@BBCRadioLondon
7-10am - do tune in!
Conversation between my kids:
Talia: "Who's Theresa May?"
Immi: "She's the PM."
Talia: "I thought that was David Bowie"
Olivia: "So do you know who Jeremy Corbin is?"
Immi: "He's the man who does carpool karaoke."
Talia: "Yeah, I love Jamie Carragher."
God give me strength!
Happy birthday to the best little boy that ever there was!! This picture shows how much youโve grown in confidence and trust. We are so so proud of you Nathan. Double figures!!
Delighted to be awarded an Honourary Doctorate of Arts for services to charity from
@uobnews
so I guess I'm now Dr Carrie Grant (hc) but my kids can just call me Dr Mummy
2/2 TRIGGER WARNING - where are you
@educationgovuk
@AFNCCF
when, because of school, our children are attempting to take their lives, self-harming, not eating, melting down, unable to speak, punching us, losing hope, seeing no future?
School attendance difficulties: 92.1% neurodivergent 83.4% autistic -
@educationgovuk
this pic is exactly what masking looks like.
@AFNCCF
surely you know this.
#tonedeaf
Itโs us parents who mop up the trauma school causes. Our children deserve better.
#SEND
#Autism
1/2
Just laid our hands on an actual copy of our book, A Very Modern Family! This book tackles many of the modern day challenges of raising children: mental health, neuro-divergence, race, adoption, LGBTQIA+, physical health issues. It is full of stories, strategies and hope.
Itโs International Education Day. A few years ago I visited India as part of a campaign to get girls to stay in school post 11yrs old. How ironic that now my own daughter (14) hasnโt been to school since she was 11. The UK needs to face its crisis for our children with
#SEND