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Dear Friend,
We’re going back to basics in this newsletter – money and toilets. But first I want to encourage and remind you what a heroic job you are doing as you parent your children with additional needs.
My colleague Claire has written an article sharing her experience of applying for Disability Living Allowance, and I’ve written some information relating to accessible toilets and changing facilities which may help you if you’re out and about this summer.
It was great to meet together for our Just for You – Love online event last Saturday. We are running this event again tomorrow, Tuesday 4 July, at 8.00pm. Bookings are still open until 9.00am tomorrow morning. I hope you will be able to join me.
With kind regards,
Nicola Watson-Bird
Additional Needs Support Coordinator
Additional needs parenting: finding the strength to keep going
Christopher Reeve played the role of Superman in films until, sadly, he fell off his horse, broke his back and became a quadriplegic. He wrote, ‘I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles’. In this article, I share ten things for parents of children with additional needs to consider as they find the strength to keep going.
My child has additional needs – is there financial help available?
Claire shares her experience of applying for Disability Allowance for her daughter and gives seven tips for other parents starting this journey.
Toilet talk: finding a specially adapted Changing Places toilet
This week I took a call from a grandma whose six-year-old disabled grandson is now too big to use the flip-down changing tables offered in many public toilets. The only option open to him is the floor, and you don’t need me to tell you how unhygienic that would be. Read on to find out what a little research revealed.
