For disabilities & all problems and awareness, every day to me is more than just a Facebook group, it is an awareness, support, Advocacy, even counselling group with all topics rolled into one. The reason why I created this group is that I was born with a lack of oxygen, which caused me Epilepsy, Autism, Dyspraxia, Anxiety and Depression nearly 52 years ago. Back then there was very little to no support for parents, families, etc with children with disabilities, etc.
Fifteen years ago, I started working for a Mencap round by me, which folded in 2011 due to funding cuts by the government. During those years I helped out with a Self - Advocacy called Our Shout which was a group of people with learning disabilities who raised awareness of learning disability, mental health, and other problems where we did talks, drama plays, etc to people who worked, studied, etc in the learning disability, mental health and all problems field. Mencap supported me and another person with a learning disability from Our Shout to have our own enterprise, we were called Access All Areas Now, it only lasted 12 months then it folded with Our Shout it's self which was a huge disappointment.
When Mencap folded I didn't do anything for 12 months then I helped out at a private disability Advocacy service called One Voice that only folded about a year or two ago but I left long before then.
I started off by doing a little bit of basic Admin, then they qualified me as an Advocate, which lasted from 2013 to 2015, then I was made Visting Lecturer of Learning Disability and Mental Health to student professionals such as LD nurses, social workers, etc, which I have been there ever since part from lockdown naturally.
Back 2017 - 2018 I achieved my level one and two Mentoring.
Not long after I created my first FB group, which was disabled writers and readers group for those interested in books created writing etc, and many other disabled groups. One of my Admins at the time righty suggested what about closing those groups then creating one disabled group, so created a group called Always Learn about disability + never judge disability. In a matter of time, he left admin but was on and off the group as a member and left the group me, it made 800 odd people till about 4 years later another Admin who was having issues with or the other way round decided to removed a lot of members off overnight and bought the numbers down to 16. By then I created For disabilities & all problems and awareness every day because I wanted my own group like Tim's group, which was Always learning about disability + never judge disability. For disabilities & all problems and awareness, every day had made 400 odd members, which is roughly how is now but Amy removed people of there as well, which bought the numbers down to seven since then it takes three years to build back up again.
By creating For disabilities & all problems and awareness every day replaces what my enterprise was about training services and people who work and studying the disability, Mental health, and all problems field and hopefully support others the same if not similar to myself.
What is added onto the group and always was is mentoring people with their careers, this could be people with disabilities, mental health, and other problems trying to get careers or and trying to move your career forward or are you some who works in the disability, mental health or and all problems field whoever wants to move your career forward or is this a career you want and you don't know where to start, etc? If this is you feel free to let me know about the group.
We haven't always been a very small as we are now, we had a lot of ex Admins let us down. Many have been dishonest with us, by leaving without letting us know. We know peoples' lives change they may have the time on their hands to start then they may not but we deserve to know if they decide to leave. We have even had others ofter to be Admin, make out there are all for it at first and never once take part. We haven't taken new Admins for two years and two ex Amins we took off because they were talking about their own personal lives on the groups. Everyone is human no one is perfect not even me but being honest is the main thing. We are neither are or not looking for Admins but as long as there is honesty. Facebook groups are not a job and we are sorry we cannot pay. However' maybe if you face disabilities, mental health, or and other problems yourself, you work, study etc in the disability, mental health and all problems field or even used to and you have some time on your hands, feel free to let me know. when you are on and off Admin is no problem, FB group are not a job there's no set hrs, limits etc as when your free and when you want to as long as you are with us at some because we have had people ofter, we have considered and they never were on Admin from the day they were made Admins so do not ofter unless you are sure to want to do this and can.
A reminder of our group topic but that doesn't mean you have to go along with all these but they are there if you want to. All we ask otherwise is to follow our rules, which is on our other website link.
Please respect my team, members and myself. There are a good many people in the group who don't one and there could many that do we are a helpful team but if you don't know people ask them first if you need to speak to Admin for any reason, even Admin says no, they will make our team aware, either another Admin me, will speak to you, let us know if it's pm or the group. Now by either, because I am the creator and if it's to do with the group, a person on the group, problems or you may need support etc, could be to do with the topics the group is mine responsibly. However, if there's anything I don't myself I will either look online or and ask my team the same with my admins too. Everything private on pm but if we are concerned about your safety we will make the team aware but it will go no further, we may give services to contact or you want one of us to contact depending on the situation etc.
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