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Free training for Personal Assistants (Sheffield based)
Disability Sheffield are running a number of FREE courses for existing and aspiring Personal Assistants in partnership with Skills for Care and Sheffield City Council. A number of these courses meet Care Certificate Standards and/or provide evidence for the Health and Social Care Level 2 Qualification Credit Framework…
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Emotional support
hello every one. Hope you all are ok. Every time my son have epilepsy, I do my best to help him, after I feel extremely down , I feel pain in my muscles. It takes at lest two days to get out of that . I am wondering if anybody can gave me some advice how to come over that feeling??
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Chronic lyme disease
Hi I've the umbrella diagnosis of fibromyalgia . But I know I have chronic Lyme desise but the drs just want to say I'm mad I have blood tests to prove it and have had two tick bites from Germany , my full body shut downs ( nuraligical atacts by the spirokeets in the Lyme . Which make me tempary blind and in agony ) are…
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Venting frustration- my daughter's ECHP experiences
I would like to vent my anger and frustration at how wrong the education authorities new EHCP can go. My story is a long and painful one. If for any reason what I have to say is found offensive or not allowed then please ask and I will remove it. My daughter was born with severe brittle asthma and a lung disease, up until…
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Moved: Discrimination at a theme park
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Surviving PTSD clinical depression asd and carer
Looking at categories this comes under too many to as usual fit in a box like I do not.... I am at point a lot of times that I am drowning . A lot of those times people are still stepping on my head ( figuratively ) . Find myself spinning plates and trying to keep other people that I care for above the water and always…
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Delete thread
How do I delete a thread please
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disposable nappies bin request
Hello, hope you all are ok. I need advise, I don’t know if any body can help me. My son is getting big, I think isn’t right to put his nappy to normal bin, I am wondering there are any bin for this reason , if yes how I can apply for it??
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Power of attorney
Hi is it wright that once you have been given power of attorney that the cost ie court fees solicitor fees can been paid back to you from the client the person you are appliying power of attorney for ?
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Grandparents of disabled children
Dear All Lòoking for some advice please. Have a lovely 3 year old grandson and waiting for diagnosis. Signs are that he has CP but other possibilities still being tested. I do some caring for grandchildren and get on well with son and daughter in law but find it really difficult to find out what's going on . Finding it…
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struggling to get the diagnosis/help they need
Hello, I have 2 Sons, aged 3 and 5. Both have problems of their own but I am struggling to get the diagnosis/help they need. It’s so frustrating. Son has just been referred to Camhs but it’s taking so long and he’s already had a year at school but we are still no further forward. Any advice on anything I can do to help…
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APPOINTEE
Ive been my daughters carer for over 10 years Shes 36.At the last ESA ASSESSMENT they asked if I was an appointee .First Id heard of it I spoke to someone at GPs office they said to apply for Power of Attorney .I do everything for her .Feel as though they didnt listen to me My daughter has always given permission to answer…
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Wanting to have a child
Hello my name is Shola and I am 20 years old. I have talked to my mother and a community nurse about wanting to have a child in the near future when I am 22 or 23 years old after I finish college in two years time. I wanted to ask whether it was normal for me to feel this way and whether it is ok for me to want that in my…
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Daughter diagnosed with mild diplegia CP. Anyone else have a mildly affected child?
Hello My almost 2 year old daughter (born 10 weeks early) was diagnosed with mild diplegia CP this week. I am devastated even though I knew it was coming. Anyone else have a mildly affected child? Would love to talk to others in the same position. Thanks Katie
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Skiggle
Hello, my name is Christine. I am a busy mum of three children, the eldest of whom is profoundly disabled and who is the inspiration behind the creation of Skiggle Have you ever found yourself without a vital consumable, either at home or away? SEND AN SOS TO OUR SKIGGLE COMMUNITY Do you need a place to trade unwanted…
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council breaking the law?
My daughter who has sen was taken on a trip from hereford to Cadbury World by a local youth club run by a charity set up for vulnerable people and left behind on her own with no one knowing until she rang me. She had been on her own for 1 hour and 40 minutes. My council have refused to launch a full inquiry into this…
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Try beetroot juice you can get it from amazon in pill form
it dries up dribble in some people
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Carer for someone with Prostrate Cancer
How does someone cope mentally and physically looking after someone with the above. ?
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Dyslexia
hello does anyone know, can a child with dyslexia claim PIP ? Thanks kim
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Hi, im reaching out to see if there are any parents of children who suffer Epilepsy x
My daughter is 7 years old, she got diagnosed epileptic in October last year, we are struggling with the NHS system, in the aspect of medication and support, can anyone offer any help please x
