Reach For The Stars With Abbie

Get Over Yourself... We're Only Disabled  Hi my lovely readers, hope you are well.  Time for chapter 6! This one focuses around the subject of speech and the effects of speech difficulty in people with disabilities . Enjoy! Chapter 6 Give people time to process what they are thinking and want to say; Don’t rush them - What they have to say is important People with disabilities who might have dysarthria or speech delay might need a bit more processing time to say what they want to say.  This shouldn’t be rushed and people need to have the time to wait until the person has finished.  People will need different lengths of time to process what they are thinking and make themselves feel understood.  It is not their fault, it is how their brains have developed with the disability.  People shouldn’t interrupt the speaker mid-sentence or finish what they are saying, even if they know what they’re going to say.  This is disrespectful because this is no...

  Get. Over Yourself ... We're Only Disabled Hey my lovely readers, hope you are well. Chapter 5 Ask Us How We Want Our Care  I like the title of this chapter a lot, as I feel that every individual that has a disability will have their own specific needs and their own way that they will need to be cared for.  We may have the same form/diagnosis of disability but not one of us will need the exact level of support as the next person will require and no one will have the same needs as another person.  So this is why it is very important that you find out what a person’s needs are before supporting them, regardless of whether they are verbal or non-verbal.  Talk it through with the person or use a technique that you both understand and work out a strategy that will work best for you and the individual.  You can try a lot of different strategies and work out which one is more effective to support both of you but always remember the strategy t...

Get Over Yourself... We're Only Disabled  Chapter 4 Communication Is Key! Thinking of different types of disabilities in the world, people with some disabilities will respond very differently to people and sometimes may need to be spoken to in a specific way for them to be able to understand.  Sometimes people might prefer being spoken to just like everyone else, however, some people might need more special attention when being spoken to such as needing to be spoken to slower, so they can listen and pick up what the person is saying or they might enjoy listening to different sounds people make to entertain individuals.  Some people with a brain injury can take longer to listen to what people are saying, because it takes their brains longer to process the information before responding. For instance, I don't mind being spoken to quickly.  However, I find it difficult to pick up important information and remember it when there’s lots of other things going on at t...