Passionate about the education of young people with disabilities

laurenhunter
laurenhunter Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
edited March 2019 in Education and skills
Hi all, 
I’ve just joined Scope as a young person with CP as I really like the environment here. I’m really interested/passionate about the equal education of children/young people with disabilities and education about disabilities in schools etc. I am also keen to look at mental health of those with disabilities as I think it’s so important yet barely spoken of. 
Really looking forward to this! 
Lauren

Comments

  • steve51
    steve51 Online Community Member Posts: 7,121 Championing
    Hi @laurenhunter

    Good Evening and Welcome ??

    It’s great to meet you today ???

    I’m one a team of Community Champion’s here at “Scope”

    Please please let me know if you need a hand ? getting around?????

    @steve51


      

  • pink_princess
    pink_princess Online Community Member Posts: 156 Empowering
    Hi @laurenhunter

    Welcome to the community Hope you will find your way round the site.
  • Ami2301
    Ami2301 Online Community Member Posts: 7,877 Championing
    Hi @laurenhunter welcome to the community! Let us know if we can help you with anything :)
  • Adam_Alumni
    Adam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 162 Empowering
    Hi there @laurenhunter

    Great to have you here today, I have CP too.

    You will certainly find our  Cerebral PalsyEducation and learning Mental health discussions of interest.

    Take a look at our community guidelines. too.

    All the best 
     


  • emmarenshaw
    emmarenshaw Online Community Member Posts: 697 Empowering
    Hello @laurenhunter I’m Emma. Welcome to the community.  I have CP as well. I’m glad you are enjoying the community.
  • Pippa_Alumni
    Pippa_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,761 Championing
    Hi @laurenhunter, and welcome! You may like to chat with our CP Information Officer @Richard_Scope too :)
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,740 Cerebral Palsy Network
    edited March 2019
    Hi @laurenhunter
    Great to meet you!
    Equal education for people with disabilities is also one of my passions. I used to work in the admissions team for the University of Warwick and saw first-hand a lot of the difficulties faced by prospective students and the worries faced by their families. Warwick was one of the more progressive institutions!
    I am also interested in the mental well being of disabled people, particularly those with CP. I posted an interesting piece of research: Risk of depression and anxiety in people with CP

    If you would like to talk further, let me know :)


  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 47 Contributor
    Hi @laurenhunter, welcome to the community!

    This is also something I am passionate about with a background in advocating for parents and supporting them to get the right support in place for their children with ALN in their school and getting theirs and their child's voice heard.  It's interesting as the legislation for ALN in education in England and Wales is different but since starting in Scope I can see lots of similarities with issues faced in both countries. 

    Let me know if you ever want to chat :smile: