Sunday, 15 May 2011

Chapter one Introducing Learning Disability and Autism.

My name is Sara Jane Gorman.I used to be a Learning Disability Awareness trainer and Self - Advocacy worker for Our Shout supported by Royal Wolverhampton Mencap. I am a experienced consultant in the field of learning disability and I have given presentations to professionals locally and regionally. I have given my training to Health students at the University of Wolverhampton, School of Nursing and the Health care professions at New cross hospital Wolverhampton.

I started off writing when I was stopping at my Grandmother's house in Wolverhampton in 1993. I was recovering from Cancer of the throat. I was watching the news Trevor McDonald told the world about the Council homes closing down, which worried me a lot. I felt so strong about the topic, I started thinking about Charles Dickens writing about orphans and people worse off than myself. I stated with my life story and stories, I have had a few reports published in the odd newsletters and a poem published in each of 11 books. The problem was that the publishers Poetry Now! weren't paying me I was spending a lot of money on their books. I haven't had any support since to find a publisher for my work. I plan has always to raise half of what earn of my writing for charity but it hasn't happened. I mean this help animals as well as human

I am a keen writer, in 2008 I wrote and Co - produced a play to highlight the difficulties people with learning disabilities have accessing employment.
March 2009, I went a Sci rt and Screen course to better my writing. Now hopefully this course will pay off for me writing this book. Just before Christmas 2009, I helped Mencap set up a Disabled Writer's group. December 2010, I helped out with an art project at Penn hall special school by helping the children creative their own Superhero.

For a very short time I had my own little business, which was handy a business. It was called Access All Areas Now! I shared with someone else with a learning disability, we we both Learning Disability Awareness trainers. We started off been Supported by Mencap then Employment pathways. In the end there was very little money due to the cutbacks to support us to keep the business going. In that time we only achieved a great deal of work our Pilot scheme and only earned £80.00. We couldn't earn a great anyway due to the benefits that we are on.

This book isn't just writer about me but for readers who have learning disabilities, families, carers, friends, lovers, professionals and etc. This book isn't only about Autism and learning disability but it's also about my life story, which is all linked together to help and educate people on learning disability but mostly Autism.
The purpose of this book is to train and educate society to treat people with LD and Mental problems equal to other people. To learn how balance support with indepences.
This book is about the rights of speaking for people with LD and Mp problems.
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