A modelling and acting company are looking for children and adults with learning or physical disabilities to take part in a professional photo shoot. Social care professional, Laura Johnson and performing arts teacher, Zoe Proctor, recently established Zebedee Management as they wanted to see better representation of people with disabilities within fashion, media and the arts. They are holding a ... Read More »
WheelPower – British Wheelchair Sport will be hosting a Primary Sports Camp at Stoke Mandeville Stadium on Saturday 25 February 2017. The Primary Sports Camp is open to children with physical or mild sensory impairments between the ages of five and eleven years old. We shall also welcome entry forms from those children who would not traditionally fit within ‘disability sport ... Read More »
‘Don’t call me Mum’ a campaign set up by parents who get irritated by being called ‘Mum’ or ‘Dad’ in meetings and appointments about their children. ‘Don’t call me Mum’ is campaigning for professionals to see parents as partners, asking practitioners to use parents names rather than calling parents Mum or Dad. In doing so they are making a simple step toward acknowledging ... Read More »
Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) and social enterprise company Light Bulb Arts are encouraging teachers and outdoor educators to be more adventurous in the woodlands with the launch of a new woodland activity book for children with autism and severe and complex learning difficulties. FCS and Light Bulb Arts which delivers a range of art classes in Edinburgh, based on sound ... Read More »
An Edinburgh based charity has funded an innovative new technology in Edinburgh hospitals which helps ease the pain of injections for children. Designed to look like a bee and appropriately named Buzzy, the impressive equipment eliminates or dulls the sharp pain of injections by confusing the body’s own nerves and distracting attention away from the needle. The Sick Kids ... Read More »
Response to the government’s budget from Contact a Family, announced yesterday. Una Summerson, head of policy at Contact a Family says: “There is little in today’s budget that will ease the financial pressures on low income families with a disabled child – many of whom will face significant cuts in income as Universal Credit is rolled out nationally. While ... Read More »
There is no denying that parenting can be tough, especially if your child has a disability. At this time of year we now reflecting on what we have achieved throughout the year and resolve to make changes to take with us into the new year. Instead of usual individual new year resolutions we have here some helpful parenting new year ... Read More »
In the UK, there are an estimated 25,000 children under sixteen years old, who are blind or partially sighted. Approximately 64 per cent of those are educated in mainstream schools (RNIB survey of VI services, 2012). Many children with visual impairments face barriers in physical activity. The reasons for this can include poor inclusive PE teaching and limited access to ... Read More »
Sense, the national Deafblind charity, has launched ‘The Case for Play’ inquiry into the provision of play opportunities for children aged 0-5 with multiple needs, in England and Wales. Sense is calling for evidence from parents of children with multiple needs, specialists from the disability sector and practitioners. The inquiry report will be issued in early 2016. Play is a ... Read More »
A pantomime performance specifically for children and adults with special needs and disabilities has been staged in Hampshire. Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre hosted the performance of Jack and the Beanstalk, starring Nigel Havers, on Tuesday. Read More »
The number of people caring for friends and family in Shropshire has risen by 14% in 10 years, a charity has said. Carers UK said there were 52,204 people caring for friends and family in 2011 – an increase of 6,426 from 2001. An aging population and the fact more people were surviving childhood with serious disabilities or illnesses were ... Read More »
Some young children accurately diagnosed as autistic lose their symptoms and their diagnosis as they get older, say US researchers. The findings of the National Institutes of Health study of 112 children appears to challenge the widely held belief that autism is a lifelong condition. Read More »
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