Welcome back everyone. Today’s post is on how to advocate for yourself with a disability. I know that my brother lacked a lot of self confidence growing up. He was shy and did not really interact with a lot of people. My parents and I made many decisions for him without getting his input. This […]
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What is Cognitive Impairment / Delay? Cognitive skills cover 3 basic areas: Focusing, Remembering and Problem Solving. Someone who has a cognitive impairment can have trouble with one or more of these areas. It is also important to remember people who suffer from this disease are affected to varying degrees. Some people require small modifications
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Our last post was on how people with disabilities can communicate to those without disabilities. However, that post focused on the actions the person with disabilities can undertake. This post will focus on the actions persons without disabilities. How to Speak: When speaking to someone with a physical or mental disability it is important to
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When I was growing up with my brother I found myself trying very hard to hide my brother’s mental disability from others. Some kids would bully him because he was “different”, while other kids straight up avoided him and pretended he didn’t exist. Looking back it was pretty obvious they really did not understand him
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Finding friends can be really difficult regardless of whether or not you have a disability. The social stigma around disability really does impact one’s chances of making friends. I have been there, seeing strangers acting awkwardly around my brother (who has a mental disability). Which makes most interaction very brief. Others feel like they need
Welcome back fellow challengers. Today’s post is going to focus on parent of children with disabilities. I will be the first to admit I don’t have kids of any sorts, but growing up with my brother I saw the ways my mom and dad dealt with the situation. There were times they rose to the
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Being a caregiver for someone with a disability or having a disability can be really difficult both mentally and physically. Growing up I didn’t handled the situation very well. Even now I don’t get get it right 100% of the time. Back then I felt hopeless, angry and just wanted to run away from the
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Welcome back fellow challengers. When you have a disability or are the caregiver of someone who does, life can get a little stressful. I have, definitely had days where I thought my world was coming to an end. If you are by yourself when these times come about it can be very painful. Let’s be