When you grow up as the sibling of a child with a disability, you learn early that the future isn’t something you can take for granted. While other kids daydream about college, careers, and where they might want to live someday, many of us are thinking about something very different: What will happen to my… Continue reading Future Planning: What Siblings Want You to Know
Photo by John Nail on Pexels.com Housing There’s a few housing options but the most common ones for people with severe learning disabilities are to rent a home from the local authority, share with a few others in supported living or live in a larger care home. Your sibling might live with you/your parent –… Continue reading Health and social care in England
I am not sure that any where in the world has healthcare figured out. As for the US, the capitalistic system is failing most of us. Even more so if you have a government insurance policy. I turn people away daily because they can't afford to privately pay for services and make too much money… Continue reading Healthcare Concerns
This will be short a sweet. Many women my age are going through peri menopause if not full menopause. The symptoms are nuts and no one talks about it. Brain fog, weight gain, horrible and irregular periods, heart palpations, to dry skin. Many woman if not most woman are dismissed by their primary care physicians… Continue reading IDD and Basic Healthcare
I have been in Manatee county for 10 years and nothing has changed. The latest abuse case hits too close to home. Teacher and teaching assistant decided it was ok to tie down an autistic nonverbal child. The former superintendent was well aware of the abuse happening before this incident and personally emailed her on… Continue reading Abuse in Florida
