Tuesday, 11 October 2022

Disability and mental health awareness and how to support it part 1

 What is the difference between having a disability and mental health problems?

“ What is the difference between having disabilities and Mental health problems?”

Mental health affects us emotionally, and learning disabilities affect everyday skills such as home, personal, learning skills, etc.

People can face disabilities physically, and mentally even in both ways, the case may be.

Sorry to confuse things most people even face learning difficulties.

https://www.mencap.org.uk/?gclid=CL3C3M6o-qsCFcRO4QodcRHSlQ

https://www.newtimes.co.rw/lifestyle/understanding-difference-between-mental-illness-and-mental-disability

 

Can you face one without the other?

As a person with facing disabilities and mental health problems myself, I would say it is not possible to face one without the other but that does not mean to say I am right as there are all sorts of causes  to Mental illness such as bullying, abuse, neglect, loneliness, racism, money problems ; relationship, marriage, friendship break – ups, stress, home, housing problems and more, many of us face.

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/

 https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/mental-health-problems-introduction/causes/

https://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/mental-health-mental-illness

 

 

Is it easy to get confused between disabilities and mental health problems, if so, why?

Disability and Mental health problems should not confuse easily because they affect lives but in different ways, mentally, emotionally, and physically or even all of those, which can vary from person to person. https://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/mental-health-mental-illness

  https://www.helpguide.org/articles/autism-learning-disabilities/learning-disabilities-and-disorders.htm

It is likely that due to disability most people are likely to face poor mental health problems due to most peoples’ point views when they hear about people with disabilities struggling in life but that is not all reason why most people with disabilities face mental health problems. https://www.mencap.org.uk/learning-disability-explained/research-and-statistics/health/mental-health

 

 Most people struggle to realize,  people with disabilities face positives in their lives as well as negatives, we have strengths as well as weaknesses. We all need the right support but some of us need more support than others. More awareness is needed on positives in disabilities and mental health problems. Otherwise, most people with disabilities are likely to think negatively of themselves even more so. Examples of strengths arts, talents hobbies, interests, careers etc. https://hive.evenbreak.co.uk/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwheyUBhD-ARIsAHJNM-NLW68oB82ipdQZHiiBMbCH2BuHLXtTlEPXxANoyM7CG-WmAVJKOxQaAt0bEALw_wcB

The Differences Between Dyslexia and Dyspraxia? | Exceptional Individuals

In My view there isn’t much difference Dyslexia and Dyspraxia, only that most people would say one learning difficulty is physical and the other are mental learning difficulties. It makes no sense, but it is and isn’t true in my view. I can only go by facing Dyspraxia myself and I may well have Dyslexia. There you may question whether were you diagnosed with it? Yes, twice I was during adulthood, in my late twenties, and early thirties but it was never recognized in my childhood. I cannot remember if it was the first or second time I was diagnosed but one of those times I was diagnosed with Borderline Dyslexia.

Not sure whether or not what I am saying, answers the question of how I see the difference between Dyslexia and Dyspraxia, whether it is the right or wrong answer, but I will go by my own experience.

 What I face with Dyspraxia, is similar to what they say a stroke is, due to the fact I was born with a lack of oxygen to the brain, where the left side of the brain is damaged but there might be people who face the same on the right side.

 This is where I think diagnosis and support for Dyspraxia where it needs to be aware of, in a person as young as possible so hopefully they get the right support, not only get it but get used to it. In many cases it we depend on support too much, and we always will. However,’ in this case, at the start of life in childhood, it would be physio for the muscles, where to a point the older the person get they should use to whatever exercises where they may create their own, is empowered in them from a very young age, otherwise the person won’t feel motivated to do what should help them with their motor skills.

This is where even the simplest things like writing with a pen, pencil, etc can be a struggle to grip after a certain of time and can be mostly down to strength. My experience would tell me if they have that kick start of support from a very young age which I didn’t, they will get used to whatever is there to help their Dyspraxia daily all through their lives.

 This is where I have found things I do; I do with my right hand, not my left. Thank goodness for grippers with we may have these days such as putting on writing tools cause as children, even though you get school breaks, dinner, etc you are mostly writing. On the subject of writing, there is a physical side and a mental side, when having Dyspraxia, it is not easy to have tidy handwriting, which is where I tend to write than I write these days, which I guess is no different to most of us as  IT has grown.

 When it comes to spelling, and grammar, learning tends to be hard but not necessarily impossible. Do not confuse the difference between those who cannot read and write with those with Dyslexia and Dyspraxia, it is just difficulties along the way. Where Dyslexia, is more getting mixed up, doing things the wrong way around naturally without meaning to, which in exams can mark us down and fail as much as having too many wrong answers, which is where support comes in during study and extra time in exams. Letters, words, and sentences are in the wrong places, which can same as numbers, which is another learning difficulty similar to Dyslexia, Definition one. Dyscalculia is a condition that affects the ability to get arithmetical skills. Dyscalculic learners may have difficulty understanding simple number concepts, lack an intuitive grasp of numbers, and have problems learning number facts and procedures. Even if they produce a correct answer or use a correct method,. Dyscalculia Treatment Dubai | UAELearning Center for children who learn differently, their teachers and parents in Dubai, Middle East (lexiconreadingcenter.org)

The differences between dyslexia and dyspraxia (lexilife.com)  Defining Dyslexia and Dysgraphia - The Dyslexia Resource

·         Getting a scribe or using voice-activated computer software

·         Using aids - trying various pencil grips and/or a slant board

·         Playing with clay to strengthen hand muscles

·         Keeping lines within mazes to develop motor control

·         Connecting dots or dashes to create complete letter forms

·         Tracing letters with the index finger

·         Copying letters from models

 

My name is Sara Jane Gorman Visiting Lecture of Disability and Mental health awareness’. for the Success group, Learning Disability team and the University of Wolverhampton. Tuesday 18th October 2022.  

“What is the difference between having a disabilities and mental health problems?”

“ What is the difference between having disabilities and Mental health problems?”

Mental health affects us emotionally while learning disabilities affects everyday skills such as home, personal, learning skills etc.

People can face disabilities physically, mentally even in both ways, the case maybe.

Sorry to confuse things most people even face learning difficulties.

https://www.mencap.org.uk/?gclid=CL3C3M6o-qsCFcRO4QodcRHSlQ

https://www.newtimes.co.rw/lifestyle/understanding-difference-between-mental-illness-and-mental-disability

Can you face one without the other?”

As a person with facing disabilities and mental health problems myself, I would say it is not possible to face one without the other but that does not mean to say I am right as there are all sorts of causes  to Mental illness such as bullying, abuse, neglect, loneliness, racism, money problems ; relationship, marriage, friendship beak – ups, stress, home, housing problems and more, many of us face.

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/

 https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/mental-health-problems-introduction/causes/

https://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/mental-health-mental-illness

“Is it easy to get confused with disabilities and mental health problems, if so, why?”

Disability and Mental health problems should not confuse easy because they affect lives but in different ways, mentally, emotionally, and physically or even all of those, which can vary from person to person. https://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/mental-health-mental-illness

  https://www.helpguide.org/articles/autism-learning-disabilities/learning-disabilities-and-disorders.htm

It is likely that due to disability most people are likely to face poor mental health problems due to most peoples’ point views when they hear about people with disabilities struggling in life but that is not all reasons why most people with disabilities face mental health problems. https://www.mencap.org.uk/learning-disability-explained/research-and-statistics/health/mental-health

 

 Most people struggle to realize,  people with disabilities face positives in our lives as well as negative, we have strengths as well as weaknesses. We all need the right support but some of us need more support than others. More awareness is needed on positives in disabilities and mental health problems. Otherwise, most people with disabilities are likely to think negative of ourselves even more so. Examples of strengths arts, talents hobbies, interests, careers etc. https://hive.evenbreak.co.uk/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwheyUBhD-ARIsAHJNM-NLW68oB82ipdQZHiiBMbCH2BuHLXtTlEPXxANoyM7CG-WmAVJKOxQaAt0bEALw_wcB

 

 

 

 

My long-term conditions are Autism dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Epilepsy, linked into  Anxiety and Depression.  

I was not diagnosed due to the fact when I was born long term conditions were unaware of and misunderstood but as the years went on awareness slowly happened. I did ask my GP, about being diagnosed about ten years ago but she said there was not any funding.

Dyspraxia is a physical hidden learning difficulty but can affect a person mentally as well as physically, which affects co – nation, motor skills, reflexes, and grip.

It is a condition if aware of that really should be supported from day one of a person’s life, which is not always possible because there’s only so much funding round so many areas of life, mainly on the physical side of a person’s life.

However,’ the physical and mental can connect together to a point if something is left too long in terms of the support the more the person struggles. For example, if the person is not getting the support they are needing, when it becomes to mental health, they can become rather anxious, even firstraighted for example, the person opening somethings they are struggling to open .  

For example, I struggle with skills such as cooking, sewing, cutting nails etc, this can be supported by using certain  disability aids, which can vary to each person’s needs. Dyspraxia in adults - NHS (www.nhs.uk)   Dyspraxia Week 2022: Get moving with dyspraxia - Dyspraxia Foundation  Dyspraxia - Learning Difficulties - What We Treat - Physio.co.uk  https://sararevealed.blogspot.com/2022/05/dyspraxia-awareness-part-6.html  https://sararevealed.blogspot.com/2022/05/dyspraxia-awareness-part-2.html

https://sararevealed.blogspot.com/2022/05/dyspraxia-awareness-part-1.html

https://sararevealed.blogspot.com/2022/05/chapter-5-dyspraxia-awareness.html

 

 

 

 

 

Dyslexia can be misunderstood from thinking someone cannot read to the person with Dyslexia not always understanding they are reading about, this can be supported by easy read, accessible information, large print etc, but how information is presented can vary from person to person so never do anything without going through with the person themselves to find out what makes life easy for them.

Like reading it has been known that there was a time people with Dyslexia has been thought of not able to write, some people most able to but for most people like reading on the whole they just face difficulties with reading and writing. For example, knowing certain letters are in words but just written in the wrong places, same can be with numbers, sentences etc too. Dyslexia - NHS (www.nhs.uk) https://sararevealed.blogspot.com/2022/05/accessible-information-easy-asy-read.html  https://sararevealed.blogspot.com/2022/05/dyspraxia-awareness-part-3.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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