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Thursday, October 31, 2013
'I feel a sense of belonging'
By Farrah Sattaur
I went to my first
Youth Drop In dance in May. This was a big deal because in the past my anxiety
prevented me from going places, meeting new people and trying new things.
The Youth Drop In is
held four times a year for youth between 16 and 29 who have disabilities.
I loved it. When I
attended I felt like a normal person and no one cared if I had a disability or
not. They just wanted to be my friend...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
'I've always been able to push myself'
Ade Adepitan (right) is a British Paralympic basketball
medal-winner, an actor and a filmmaker whose documentary Journey of My Lifetime took him back to his homeland of Nigeria to
investigate why the country has yet to eradicate polio, which he contracted
there as a toddler.
In an interview with The Guardian, Ade spoke about playing wheelchair basketball as a
teen in London. “The disabled kids were just cooler, wilder, got up to crazy
things,”...
Friday, October 18, 2013
'Nothing is permanent'
By Sandra Joy Stein
When my son was two years
old, he played like most toddlers I’ve known. He built block towers and yelled
in frustration when they toppled down. He climbed every structure at our
neighborhood park and protested when it was time to leave. He complained when a
beloved toy stopped working, broke, or the batteries ran dry. I decided,
half-jokingly, that I would try to teach him the Buddhist Law of
Impermanence—the notion central...
Sunday, October 13, 2013
'They are each so valuable and perfect'
By Nikki Cochrane
I never thought that at 24-years-old I'd be a mother to seven children with special needs, but that is exactly where life has taken me. I live in India with my best friend and serve with Sarah’s Covenant Homes, an orphanage for abandoned children and young adults with special needs. I'm a foster mother to seven children aged five to 16 with a variety of diagnoses, including cerebral palsy, autism,...
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Disability puts siblings at risk of mental-health problems
A
recent Pediatrics study found
siblings of children with disabilities were almost three times more likely to
have parent-reported emotional and behavioural problems than siblings of
typically developing children.
The
study at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) drew on data
from a national, large-scale American survey. Researchers identified two groups
of siblings aged five to 17 years: one had 245 siblings who lived...
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