{"id":430346,"date":"2026-03-10T10:09:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=430346"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:09:29","slug":"britain-extends-climate-proselytisation-to-people-with-learning-difficulties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=430346","title":{"rendered":"Britain Extends Climate Proselytisation to People with Learning Difficulties"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As if scaring children wasn\u2019t bad enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The climate change course for people with learning disabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louise Cullen Agriculture and environment correspondent, BBC News NI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brothers both have special needs and live in supported accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have completed a climate change training course for people with learning disabilities \u2013 thought to be the first of its kind in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hanna Coney works with the brothers in their Sperrins Supported Living Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She thought the training would help build the brothers\u2019 confidence and independence, but was surprised by just how much they got involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe conversation of climate change can be quite a frightening topic, but I suppose for us as support workers, it\u2019s to make sure that we\u2019re not fear mongering the people we support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd they\u2019ve really taken off with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The training will be rolled out to other support services in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey get excluded from all sorts of issues facing all citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s been incredibly empowering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c24dd4eze03o<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m horrified. I\u2019ve known people who are that disabled, if they ask about climate change, the right answer is \u201cSome scientists are worried there is too much pollution. But this is not something which will affect you.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People that disabled shouldn\u2019t be given picture cards which tell them to throw their food onto the compost heap, or stop eating meat, because that is what some of them will do \u2013 they\u2019ll throw ALL their food on the compost heap, or refuse to eat ANY meat. Making intellectually impaired people feel guilty can have terrible consequences, because having a sense of proportion requires having the intellectual capacity to understand the issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The risk of convincing intellectually challenged people to do things which might lead to harm should rule out this kind of indoctrination, regardless of how \u201cempowering\u201d it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As if scaring children wasn\u2019t bad enough.
\nI\u2019m horrified. I\u2019ve known people who are that disabled, if they ask about climate change, the right answer is \u201cSome scientists are worried there is too much pollution. But this is not something which will affect you.\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":430353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[691826155,691819134,691818056,691819743,691841794],"class_list":{"0":"post-430346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-bbc-news","9":"tag-climate-alarmism","10":"tag-climate-change","11":"tag-climate-propaganda","12":"tag-learning-disabilities","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0-The-climate-change-course-for-people-with-learning-disabilities1.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1NX4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":204236,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=204236","url_meta":{"origin":430346,"position":0},"title":"Vox: Stop telling kids that climate change will destroy their world","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"13\/06\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Essay by Eric Worrall Vox contributor\u00a0Kelsey Piper\u00a0describing her realisation that climate anxiety is a far worse threat to the welfare of kids than climate change. 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