Tag Archives: education
Research: Experiences…on educational adaptations for students with CFS/ME (Norway)
Experiences among school personnel and school nurses on educational adaptations for students with CFS/ME: A qualitative interview study, by Wenche Ann Similä, Torstein Baade Rø and Torunn Hatlen Nøst in Front. Pediatr., 11 November 2021 [doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.756963] Research abstract: Introduction: … Continue reading
Inclusive education for students with chronic illness – technological challenges & opportunities
Inclusive education for students with chronic illness – technological challenges and opportunities, by Anna Wood. Chapter in book: Artificial Intelligence and Inclusive Education Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education pp135-148 [June 14 2019] Chapter abstract: Although the general issues related … Continue reading
Meeting the educational needs of young ME/CFS patients: role of the treating physician
Meeting the educational needs of young, ME/CFS patients: role of the treating physician, by Faith R. Newton in Front. Pediatr., 02 April 2019 https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2019.00104 Article introduction: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling, chronic disease characterized by the … Continue reading
Measuring school functioning in students with CFS
Review abstract: Measuring school functioning in students with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a systematic review, by Michelle Tollit, Jennifer Politis, Sarah Knight in J Sch Health. 2018 Jan; 88(1):74-89. [published online 17 Dec 2017] BACKGROUND: It is often surmised that school functioning … Continue reading
For children with ME, school education can be a grave threat
Third Force News blog post, by Lesley Scott, 19 May 2017: For children with ME, school education can be a grave threat Lesley Scott explains why the Scottish Government presumption that attending school is always best can affect the health … Continue reading
30% school absence due to ME in Norway
Phoenix rising forum post, 6 Feb 2017: Norwegian prime minister concerned about young ME-patients. Norwegian media have reported several places today the prime minister’s concern for young ME patients. Last year she asked Ministry of Health and Care Services to … Continue reading
My final year at Oxford, when I felt punished for having ME
Guardian article by Nathalie Wright & Alice Woolley, 18 October 2016: My final year at Oxford, when I felt punished for having ME For centuries Oxford has ‘rusticated’ students – expelled them to their family home in the country – … Continue reading
A robot-avatar: easier access to education & reduction in isolation?
Research abstract: This paper presents a qualitative study of deployment and use of a robot as a sick child’s avatar at school. Many children and youth suffer from a range of chronic illnesses that make them, often for long stretches … Continue reading
First Class student overcomes CFS to graduate in Bangor
Article from Bangor University website: A Psychology student who credits Bangor University for ‘taking a chance’ on her has graduated with a First Class Honours degree. Ashleigh Johnstone from Douglas on the Isle of Man has battled Chronic Fatigue Syndrome … Continue reading
