Tag Archives: family

Focus Games Ltd and Equal Equality are delighted to introduce a brand new educational board game to help organisations recognise the barriers faced by disabled people and understand how to remove them. Disability issues are overlooked when organisations simply don’t realise that barriers exist. Training is vital to raise awareness and improve understanding, particularly with regards to putting theory into ... Read More »

Christmas is fast approaching, so we thought we would share our Christmas Scrapbook 2016.  As the weather gets colder and the nights get longer, that old familiar fuzzy feeling starts to set in. The faint smell of cinnamon and ginger fill the air and the impending arrival of distant relatives both loved and loathed can only mean one thing, in ... Read More »

A set of twins who have had very different lives have been brought back closely together – thanks to an Essex social care provider. Although the lives of Pav Hughes and her brother, Jags Kalsi, are worlds apart, they both have one thing in common – Outlook Care. Outlook Care provides support and care to people with a learning disability, ... Read More »

Father Christopher Wood, started a petition recently to enable wheelchair users who are unable to transfer to an airplane seat to be allowed to travel in their chairs. Christopher’s two children, Tayla (23) and Jordan (21), are young who both have disabilities leaving limited speech and mobility. Both of his children like many others with disabilities have severe difficulties in ... Read More »

The A Word is the latest TV programme to broadcast autism. It’s a highly watchable drama written by Peter Bowker about a family coming to terms with five-year-old Joe’s autism. It features more than just autism, it tackles love, lust, family, relationships and rivalries. The A Word is set against the beautiful scenery of the Lake District and plays out ... 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 »

Surviving the holiday period can be tough, not just on Christmas day but also each gathering the period brings with family and friends. This can be especially difficult for children with disabilities. Everything about Christmas and the holiday period is different, and sometimes quite frightening for them. The sounds, the smells, the people and the general atmosphere changes during the ... Read More »

 Being relatively new to the PosAbility team, I am always keen to take on new and varied topics of discussion. For the forthcoming issue of the magazine I was charged with writing an article about adoption. Before writing the article I always try an do the utmost research I can. It was through this thorough process that I came across ... Read More »