Disability

Waiting At The School Gates – Challenge for All

Image: federico stevanin / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Now I am not the most shrinking violet on the planet, nor am I one to go overboard with emphatic sympathies, or over enthusiastic jumping up and down to good news, whether it’s my own, or someone else’s. I went to see a show at a childrens school yesterday, and it more »

Protected: Special Needs Schooling Issue

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10th November was the day that the council in Aberdeen voted once again on the budget cuts. The statement is here for anyone local to Aberdeen http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/CouncilNews/ci_cns/pr_budgetrevcap_100211.asp As with the other statements which will be being released up and down the country, they make for quite light reading, touching on issues, and promising to deliver on what looks like more »

Image: Louisa Stokes / FreeDigitalPhotos.net I once had a very interesting conversation with another parent who I see very rarely at school. She is one of those parents who gets involved with everything, and who is a lovely person, through and through. She is also very honest, and never thinks badly of anyone. I more »

Cuts to Services for and of the Disabled

With one special needs child, and two others who need some assistance at school, but who cope with a little extra support, it fills me with horror to read the stories of what is going on around Scotland this year. The support staff from different authorities seem to be targetted. The cuts are savage, and more »

Disability Injustice and Cuts to Services

I was absolutely astounded to read the case of Riven Vincent, but not surprised. In case you have not yet heard of her, or read the news over the last couple of days, she has asked social services for residential care for her daughter, as she can no longer cope at home. She asked for additional more »

Look at me, what do you see? (Poem for Autism & Brain Damage)

I look around, my eyes cast down Don’t look straight at me, my eyes can’t bear to meet I may smile and pretend, that I like you as a friend But inside I roar, unable to take any more The noise is too much, and the crowds far to close You just don’t see, how more »

Endometriosis – A pain in life?

This post is about a health issue that affected me for many years. Its’ effects carried on for the whole of my adult life. I am at the point of living with it comfortably and peacefully, and thanks to a wonderful surgeon I had several years ago, I have a life that is livable. I cannot ever more »

Image: Idea go / FreeDigitalPhotos.net I don’t like my life. I am not ashamed of that, but I do appreciate it is difficult for some people to hear or identify with. And this may be an uncomfortable post for some to read, both for those with and without children who have disabilities, but it shouldn’t more »

Saving Education Services in Aberdeen – Cuts for ASN affect ALL Children

I’ve become aware of a campaign running to save services for ASN in Aberdeen. What I have read so far is almost unbelievable. Being a parent of ASN, this is something that affects me daily, and is an issue that affects all children in every class when PSA’s are taken away. I am not yet more »

I am a BAD Mummy

I have a lovely son. He is over excitable and finds it difficult to cope in crowds. As a result, we tend to stay away from crowds as much as possible when we go out to minimise any problems. One weekend, I decided to treat my children to the park. It was busier than I more »

Communications Shutdown – Autism Awareness – Not for me.

Today you might have seen lots of posts, or information about the communication shutdown. It is an appeal to raise awareness of autism and how it affects those affected. Unlike those of us who are neuro-typical, many children on the autistic spectrum have difficulty communicating their feelings and thoughts in an appropriate manner, and in an more »