Archive for May, 2014
Looking for an ordinary life
Children with complex needs face barriers to exercising their basic human rights. These individuals need a platform for change, to ensure they are supported to overcome such obstacles.
Having a voice and influencing our society and future is a deep-seated need in every person
In my work on a project to engage and empower groups of people living with a diagnosis of dementia, I feel I’m witnessing the building and expansion of a social movement.
Take time to listen to the silent; they have so much to say
As the group facilitator for a dementia self help project I have learned to listen, to connect, communicate, share, to care and support each other…isn’t that what life is all about?
What I’d have done differently if I’d known my Mother had dementia
I know now that my mother had dementia in the final years of her life, but during her illness my father and I had no idea. If I’d understood, I might have done some things differently’
Young people now lead almost seamless online and offline lives
We may not be able to enable our children to reclaim the childhood of our youth but we do now need to stop and take stock to ensure that we are doing all we can to ensure that our children can navigate the world they live in now.
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