SEND Dads speak up for Men’s Health Week
This week it’s Men’s Mental Health Week and Carers Week and according to Carers UK, 42% of the UK’s carers are men. Like women, these caring responsibilities can have a
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Real life blogs / Page 2
Read blog posts from parents and young disabled people as they share stories in their own words. If you feel like you're the only parent going through it, these blogs may make you think differently.
Epilepsy and me
Today is International Epilepsy Day, which is the chance to raise greater awareness of an often misunderstood condition. To tell us about how epilepsy has not only affected her life
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World Down Syndrome Day 2019
Yesterday evening, after the chaos of teatime and as I was manically tidying up the mess, the kids were playing around me. I’d only popped out to dispose of a
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Autism and stimming
Chances are that if your child is autistic and you’ve read up on it, you would have come across something called stimming. But what actually is it? Is it something
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Rare Disease Day 2019
Today is Rare Disease Day and events are taking place up and down the country to raise awareness of the impact of rare diseases. Here, Aimee Mann tells us what
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Marriage and building autistic relationships
For Valentine’s Day last week, Vicky wrote for My Family, Our Needs about life as an autistic teenager starting to date boys. Despite peer pressure and struggling to adjust to
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Autism and celibacy
As monthly columnist for My Family, Our Needs, most of my articles are family based. However, in the spirit of Valentine’s Day (and apart from references to being a tired
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Are your autistic children thinking about dating?
Whether you are in a relationship, single or just starting to think about dating, Valentine’s day can be full of mixed emotions. If you have teenagers who are autistic and
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Supporting your child with their mental health
This week has been Children’s Mental Health Week 2019, with the theme of being Healthy Inside and Out. The awareness week has shined a light on some great resources for
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Looking for a job – what happened next?
A few months ago, Emma wrote a piece for us about the problems disabled people face whilst job-hunting. The article was written about her own experiences of job-hunting from a
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Anti-bullying week and disablist language
This week marks the start of anti-bullying week. The Anti Bullying Association defines bullying as the repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where
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Supporting your visually impaired child
This week is National Eye Health Week. It’s estimated that 2 million people in the UK are living with sight loss, but what if one of those people is your
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Autistic meltdowns
Lots of autistic children will experience meltdowns and watching them go through it can be really distressing for parents. Especially if you don’t know how to help them. Here, we
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Me, blogging and BAPS
If you started to read this hoping that you would gain some insight into how to master the world of blogging and understand the subtle abbreviations that get thrown into
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BAPS winner – Stories about Autism
My Family, Our Needs is still bringing you the winners stories from our amazing BAPS Awards earlier this year. James blogs over at Stories about Autism and is a Dad
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Living with a chromosome disorder as an adult
This week has been Chromosome Disorder Awareness Week and My Family, Our Needs has featured videos from mums telling us how chromosome disorders affect their children and family. Today, we
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Chromosome Disorder Awareness Week – Thankful Thursday
So, we are still trying to raise as much awareness of Rare Chromosome Disorders as possible and today is Thankful Thursday, according to Unique charity’s awareness themes. The theme is
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Learning Disability Week 2018
This week is Learning Disability Week 2018 and the focus is on Mencap’s Treat Me Well campaign. 1200 people with a learning disability die avoidably in hospital, every year. Mencap’s
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Chromosome Disorder Awareness Week
This week marks the 5th Global Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Week. Raising awareness, offering support to families and spreading the word about Rare Chromosome Disorder are all high on the
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My mental health journey as a Dad and carer – a new chapter
In support of Men’s Health Week 2018, yesterday we shared the first part of Marc Carter’s mental health journey as a Dad and a full-time carer. Here, he kindly shares
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