Showing posts with label Mencap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mencap. Show all posts
Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Update on Winterbourne View Out of Sight Campaign

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Last week I went to Westminster with other families whose loved ones with learning disabilities & challenging behaviour have been suppor...
Thursday, 18 July 2013

Community Care Magazine: The Postcode Lottery of Care

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Following on from my last post with a link to my article in Community Care Magazine, here's one I prepared earlier! This piece ran 13 ...
Saturday, 27 April 2013

Living with a Rare Chromosome Disorder

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Well....Chrissy's clinicians have deemed her ready for discharge now, just as I was beginning to wonder whether I was kidding myself t...
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Thursday, 11 April 2013

A Special Celebration & Undiagnosed Children's Day

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When Chrissy arrived during the hottest April for 100 years, I was the proudest mum in the world. I was 23 and a first-time mum. It felt l...
Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Catching up & Moving on

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The last time we'd taken Chrissy to her step-nan's (pictured) was over five years ago. The four-hour journey had been gruelling w...
Sunday, 25 November 2012

Supported Living: Cutting through the Confusion

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A supported living option we viewed We decided some time ago that it would suit Chrissy best to live on her own in the community, with ro...
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Monday, 19 November 2012

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Visiting the Minister for Care in Westminster Last week, MENCAP and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation invited me and other relatives w...
Monday, 29 October 2012

Assessment and treatment units

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A wonderful weekend with Chrissy. Her sister, Alex, and her nana were staying, & we made a Halloween pumpkin. Chrissy called it a witch...
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Saturday, 13 October 2012

Living at Home again: An Impossible Dream?

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West Meon Church A magical morning with Chrissy. We walked to the village shop for a newspaper and Maltesers. Chrissy behaved perfectly s...
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Friday, 24 August 2012

Another Outing & Feeling Torn...

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Out for Sunday dinner with sister & cousins Third proper outing in the past month or so. At first we ummed and ahed about whether to ...
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Friday, 10 August 2012

Dear MP.....

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Please read Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation’s ‘Out of sight’ campaign report which tells the stories of James, Joe, Emmanuel...