The Autistic
Society describes autism as “a lifelong developmental disability which affects
how people communicate and interact with the world.” As part of this theme, we
wanted to look at how an autistic individual sees the world and what advice we can
offer that goes to the heart of how they are feeling.We are delighted to
be sharing this month’s Hitchhiker’s guide to Autism.Autism Awarenes…
March marks University Mental Health Day and this month
ROMBi founder Penny is continuing to foster enduring change by raising
awareness of the benefits of structured handplay for students struggling with
aspects of mental health.There are a wide-range of support services available to
students struggling with mental health concerns, through subject faculties and
University-wide services. The…
Children's Mental Health Week 2022This week we are celebrating Children's Mental Health Week and
this year's theme ‘Growing Together’. As we come together, we are encouraging
children (and adults) to consider how we have grown over the last year, and how
we can help others to grow.Place2Be’s campaign explains that ‘Growing
Together is about growing emotionally and finding ways to help each oth…
Releasing Motivation for 2022 and learning through puzzle work
At the end of 2021, we reflected on how we can address a
lack of motivation through our
‘Hitchhiker’s
Guide to Lethargy’
article.
The article was born out of question put to ROMBi founder,
Penny Georgiou via Quora; ‘What do you do when you don't want to do anything?’.
Penny explained that
“we can read how we are f…
Today’s ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide To’ was born out of question put
to ROMBi founder, Penny Georgiou via Quora;
‘What do you do when you don't want to do anything?’. Something we are
all too familiar with?
Penny responded as follows:
For us humans, at least from my experience and from
awareness of the struggles of people who speak about their impasses -
especially within education, exploring a…
This month’s ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide To’ is all about dyslexia in
support of Dyslexia Awareness Week and Dyslexia Awareness Month.Dyslexia is the world’s most common condition, with 10% of
the global population experiencing effects. Dyslexia Week is an annual event to
raise awareness of dyslexia.The British Dyslexia Association has created a space
here, for people to share their stories to enrich…
