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Wednesday, 8 November 2017

DISABILITY FRIENDS, ALL NEEDS AND ABILITIES.

Welcome to our new group all, please read what is on the pinned post, description and website link for now and we hope you all enjoy it, thank you Sara Head Admin and creator.
Admin Team
Heads Sara Jane Gorman, Barry Matthews, and James Lakeman.
Admins Jennifer Gibert Harvey, Alistair Wilkinson, Rebecca Unthank, and Elizabeth Hawkins.


Welcome to DISABILITY FRIENDS, ALL NEEDS, AND ABILITIES.
Please help us improve this group be asking people you know but please don't add them if they say no.
Another way of making to group interesting is to post what interests you, some people with share your interest, this could be what you like watching on tv, your favorite music, arts, crafts or and etc.
Everyone has access to write even if you can't post videos, pictures or and etc.


If you want us to look online to see how you can post from your device to facebook groups please let us know and we will try and find out for you.
You don't have to get to know people unless you want, you can just chat to them on the group if you want.
If you don't want to chat to people on the group, you can still post your hobbies, interests etc, even see what everyone else is writing and posting.
No one is forced to do what they don't want to do but we are just trying to make the group more interesting by doing that we need you to help us to help you and future members who could join us.



This group is set up for people with all disabilities, health problems, mental health, disorders, difficulties, long-term conditions or and etc including Dyspraxia, to socialize in your own was whether it's friendships, relationships or and just chatting with the group. As long as you respect the choices of one another.
We are sorry the group is quiet as I have had to study to, also we run 7 groups besides this 1 and I have inexpertly had flu since last week. Let's not give up on life is what you make it please feel free to post on the group what it says in the purpose or and even chat to one another. Keep it safe and don't just leave up to the Admins to entertain not that we won't be on here posting but it's down to you as well as us. Please feel free to invite people you know but only added to if you have asked them and they have agreed to join and make us aware of it too, thank you. Sara Head Admin and creator of the group.

Feel free to introduce yourself, have a good time, play it safe, add photos as long as the post is clean and safe, no dirty or rude photos, add posts from youtube you may enjoy but please respect everyone's likes and dislikes.
Skip anything you don't for example if you someone adds add a wham singing on youtube and you don't like it, do not delete it.
However, if you think someone has added unsafe post show us proof and we will check it, get rid of the post and person if it is them and it's unsafe. Please be aware it's your responsibly on the group to what you say, although it's closed people in the group can see what you say. If you want to talk someone in private ask if you can pm them first but respect their wishes and choice if they say no. Keep your private life private.
Feel free to post things to do with general everyday chat, hobbies, interests, careers, social media, videos, anything you enjoy or and etc but think of the safety and respect of others in the group as well.
Things you could talk about if you wish, hobbies, interests, careers, social lives or and etc.
Remember this is a closed group, although people who are not in the group can't see your post people who are can so you are responsible to decide what is and isn't private to you.
If you want to pm someone always asks if you can 1st, don't just pm them when they don't except it.
How you communicate with people outside the group is your business but if you need any advice and tips for safety and that, of us please feel free to ask.

You are not forced to communicate with one another, that choice is up to you, you may feel safer chatting to one another in the group but that is up to you to decide that.
However' feel free to report anyone if anyone does cause you problems as long as you give us a name and we know we have blocked and removed the right person off the group, whether it's on the group or your pm.
Don't get us wrong to be fair, not many do but just a bit of safety advice, do not give out your personal details or anyone else's in the group such as email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers or and etc.
Please be patience with one another not everyone is online all at the same, you won't always find people in the group the same time as you are but times you will.
Hi all sorry if we sound harsh but we changed the name of this group a week ago and not a lot of action is on the group. We do our best to post and that as much as we can but it's also down you as well, which could be posting anything you like watching off youtube, arts, crafts, hobbies interests or and etc in writing or and post. Feel free to chat to one another but please keep it clean and safe. Please feel free to invite people you know but please do not add unless you have asked them and they agree to join and make us aware as well because to keep everyone safe on the group we will be checking profiles, thank you.
Also if you want to post and your finding it hard to post from your IT device as long as you give us the name of the device we may be able to find some instructions on how you can post on Facebook groups on your device, thank you Sara Head Admin and Creator of the group.

Also, Admins to have other lives and we have 7 other groups to run as well as this 1, life is what you make it so please feel free entertain one another, if you don't get replies right away you can always go onto other groups your on for a bit and come back on this 1to see if anyone has replied. Just because some people are members on there doesn't mean they are on the group a lot as they have other lives like you have, we have and everyone but you may find it will vary where other people will be on the group a lot. It's facebook group there are no set route or times, People are on and off there. By all mean post what it says in the purpose keep safe. We are not saying this to keep you on the group, we are saying what's true that Facebook is a worldwide social Media and no one has control when people are on and offline. Also, just because they are online they may not be on the group but someone else may well and they will be another time.
Also like we said in the rules please respect those already in relationship or marriage so if you please either no one is single here or and no is interested in you and if you would like to meet someone or maybe you haven't met any friends on here to what you, what you were hoping or any other reason, please feel to ask us for any websites or information online,
could be friendship or and dating sites, counselling or and etc for relationship breakups or any other emotion support reasons.
We ourselves may be helpfully from our own experience but bearing in mind each and every one us on the team have different skill so everything is private on pm but if we are concerned about your health and safety we will speak to members of our team if we are very concerned about you or if we are not trained or qualified to do what your asking for and if no one is we will search for further help like contacting Admins on groups not much different to ours.

Please do not report anyone post, member or Admin, if feel there's a problem with someone's post make Admins aware on the group, whether it's a post don't like and for sure let us know if it's an unsafe post, then we will decide what to do about it, what happens will depend on what kind of post is. If you come across a post you don't like either skip it, let us know on the group or leave the group. If we are aware of who's responsible all ready, we will deal with it but please try to find proof of a person's name in case we weren't aware to start with, then most important to make sure we block and remove the right person responsible off the group, thank you.
Safety rules.
1. Don’t add someone to the group unless you have asked them if they agree have made us aware. (Please let us know.)



2. No bullying or hate crime, if you face bullying and hate crime please feel to report it us and we will see that an Admin who know how to report the person to facebook does that as long as you have proof and whatever happens that person will be removed and blocked from our groups.
3. No out seen or sexual post.
4. No advertising product.
5. No talk of drugs unless it’s certain awareness of disabilities and health problems.
6. No porn.
7. No swearing
8. If by any chance to you have a very strong dislike towards someone and they are bugging you that much, please leave the group in respect of the other members don't communicate with that person on the group, you don’t have to give a reason unless you want to.
9. If you face anything nasty for anyone please feel free to report it to us and we will remove and block the person and even report them to Facebook if you feel there's a need to do that.
10. If you are aware of anyone breaking these rules please let us know thank you.
11. Please do not join our groups on more than just two profile, it get's confusing for us, thank you.
12, If you are married, already in a relationship or your not interested in a person and they are not taking no for an answer please feel free to report it to us and they will be removed, blocked and reported to facebook by an Admin who knows how to report facebook but please us a name of the person and proof, thank you
Due to problems we have faced in the past, we will be checking profiles of new people who may ask to join us for everyone's' enjoyment as well as safety, like we have said please feel to report anyone to us if any nastiness, we will remove and block them, also take further action or support you to take further action if you feel it's needed.
We are sorry to add more safety guarding as me and the other Head Admin has been hacked and bullied, if you think you have faced any bullying and or hacking on our groups or and you think someone else who may fear to report any reason please feel free to report to us. If you are concerned someone is facing unsafe issues on our groups please make them aware first, please respect their wishes if they refuse to let you report whatever to us but if you are concerned that things are getting worse then tell them you are going to report it to us and reasons why. If anyone is reported hacking, bullying or anything else unsafe you won't be just removed and blocked you will be reported to Facebook. Okay, some Admins may not know how to report but they can tell Admins who know how. New update 3.6.2017.

Thursday, 2 November 2017

Safety tips and Advice on socializing for Social group for all needs and abilities.

1. We would advise you to talk one to one another on the group first for at least 6 to 12 months even if you feel you like someone more than friends.
2. Keep your chats brief for eg; asking one another about hobbies, interests, favorite film, music or and etc, keep it clean on the group, nothing sexual, nothing rude or dirty in writing videos or pictures but please feel free to interduce, add a picture yourself, keep it clean, chat and have laugh if you wish, keep it safe, thank you.
3. Just because you may decide your going to pm one another doesn't mean you are going to decide to be more than friends, the choice is down to you but please feel free to report someone to them if you face problems with them.
4. If you decide you just want to chat to people on the group, that isn't a problem is completely your choice.
5. If you want to just watch what others post or and post yourself, that's not a problem or and you chat as well.
6. Please do not give personal information such as address, phone numbers or and etc.
7. Even if you pm someone we would advise you don't give them your contact details till you have been chatting to them 6 to 12 months.
8. If someone has given your contact details to others without your permission please feel to report it to, do not give someone's contact details without their permission or else you will be blocked and removed from the group if they report you.
9. If you report someone for something try to give as much proof as possible so we have for sure blocked and removed the right person off the group.
10. If you decide to meet up with someone whether it's a friend or more the choice is down you and them, not us or there could be a good many of you. We do not match make you with people or we don't choose your friends for you.
11. However' we will be honest no matter how safety guarding we are, we can't be responsible for how people are some may be okay at first some may change, others may be a friend or and partner for life so, please feel free to report if you do face problems, they will be removed and blocked if they are making your life unhappy.
12. If you do decide to meet up with someone or people, we would advise you to bring someone you know with you until you have been meeting them at least 12 months.
13. Just to let you know if for any reason you ask us for some websites for safety reasons we won't risk signing up for you and we won't deal with anything that involves money, we will just put the links on the group or on your pm if we,  your pm us or the other way round, if need support it will have to be face to face.
14. Websites you may ask for could be friendship or and dating, counseling, emotional support, sexual health, trips away, times tables for trains for eg; or and etc.
15. Please don't post anything sexual on the group in videos, writing or and etc other than sexual health awareness. 

Wednesday, 18 October 2017

What about your life? Put yourself in the shoes of others.


Think about how your life is now, what you happy with, what your sad with, what needs to get better and how you feel you need help and support.

People with disabilities mostly need help with everyday skill, for eg; cooking, washing, ironing, shopping or and etc. Just like all of you each and every one of us is different, we are good and not so good at different things to think about how you would make life easy for us and support us.

How can you compare your life with the life of someone with a learning disability?


On whole people with disabilities are a bit slower to understand things but different people in different ways, how would you make their life easier or and support them?

Tuesday, 10 October 2017

Poetry page . 2017.

Fighting with my mind.

Every day I fight with my mind, it's a case of taking one day at a time.
Forty old years I have been fighting with my mind, which is near enough all my life.
I smile, I'm grateful for my life but it doesn't mean I'm always fine.
Now that I'm older I live with my feelings and emotions and try my best to accept the way life is.
At one time I would cry but now I don't do it like I used to.
No problem I have is going to get the better of me.
I know it's easy to say to others just get on with life but I won't, I was there once and I haven't forgotten, I just now cope with it in a different way than I used to and never tell others how to cope. 11.10. 17.

It's been over a year since I wrote poetry.

It seemed so long ago yet now as long as it seems, it's like I forgotten how to write.
I have forgotten how good it feels to type.
Now that you are out of my site and out my mind.
Never thought I'd be back to me again living my life.
I don't know how I ever thought that you were my type.
Hard to believe getting over you was such a fight.
Like a long sleep and a long nightmare of my life. 11. 10. 17

Another year nearly over.

Another year nearly over, coming and going out of nowhere and handy any chance to write.
Another year older but hopefully wiser as a writer but never a stone lighter.
All the same, I hope I'm a fighter. 11.10. 17

More about learning disability

Sign language, Easy read symbols, speech, and language.
PCP Person Centred Planning, learning how to balance support with independence. 

References you could use websites, books and etc. Here’s one www.mencap.org.uk

Types of disabilities and difficulties.

Dyslexia reading and writing problems.
Dyscalculia maths problems.
dysgraphia writing problems.
Dyspraxia motor skills, coordination, hand-eye contact, balance, manual dexterity.
Dyhasia / Aphasia problems with launage. 
Auditory processing disorders problems with the hearing sound of words correct, reading, comprehension, and launage.
Visual processing disorders, problems with interpreting, visual information, problems with reading and understanding such thing as maps, maths, charts, symbols, and pictures. Study the difference between disabilities and difficulties. http://www.mindroom.org

ADHD is really everything all in one, they can face problems with their behavior, their emotions, social skills meaning how they get along with people, how they concentrate, pay attention but very often unaware of their own actions. Hyperactive but also overtired. It's not much different to Anxiety can be easily confused with one another but also possible to have one or the other or two. http://www.calmclinic.com/adhd-anxiety
Also, Depression can link into ADHD other problems and on its own. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/736281


What is a Learning Disability?



A learning disability can affect the body or and brain before, during or after birth. Find out more from references such as the internet, books or and etc. WWW.mencap.org.uk

How Does a disability happen?
When is a disability likely to happen?
What type of disabilities are there?

Some name of disabilities and health problems, what and how much do you know about them?
 Eplispy, Diabetes Anxiety, Depression, and ADHD. 


Find out how disabilities and health problems can affect lives compared to yours!

How can you make life easy for people with disabilities and health problems?

This could mean peoples' lives at home, school, college, workplace, socializing or and etc. 

Accessible information ( Easy Read.) What is easy read?

Communication
What is communication?
What forms of communication are there?  Examples; sign language, easy read symbols and speech and language. 

What is a learning disability?  
A learning disability can either affect the brain or and the body before, during and after birth.
Here are some types of disabilities Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, and Autism, what others are there?
Mental health problems Anxiety and Depression, what others are there?
Health problems Epilepsy, Diabetes, and ADHD, what others are there?
How do disabilities and health problems affect people in everyday life at home, school, college in the workplace and etc?
How can you make life easy for people who face disabilities and health problems?  Here are my examples what are yours.
Accessible information (Easy read).

Communication, how can someone with disabilities and health problems make themselves understood? Here are my examples what are yours?
Sign language, Easy read symbols, speech, and language.
PCP Person Centred Planning, learning how to balance support with independence. 
References you could use websites, books and etc. Here’s one www.mencap.org.uk

A learning disability can either affect the brain or and the body before, during and after birth.
Here are some types of disabilities Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, and Autism, what others are there?
Mental health problems Anxiety and Depression, what others are there?
Health problems Epilepsy, Diabetes, and ADHD, what others are there?
How do disabilities and health problems affect people in everyday life at home, school, college in the workplace and etc?
How can you make life easy for people who face disabilities and health problems?  Here are my examples what are yours.
Accessible information (Easy read).
Communication, how can someone with disabilities and health problems make themselves understood? Here are my examples what are yours?

Learning disability, health problems. mental health disorders, difficulties, long-term conditions or and etc. 
All these mental health problems can get confused because there's not much different to one another. I guess I could have either one to all of those as I have suffered from either one to all for forty-eight years nearly, which is from birth. My last seizure I had four years ago this is what I have faced on and off through my life. 
Through the side effects of my medication Phenobarbital, I was put on as a baby and child, which caused me to be moody and hyperactive. The moods could come at any time due to the fact I found it hard to sleep at night I was overtired. Yet strangely the daytime I was dreamy, in a world of my own and unaware of the world around me. For example, even at the age of twelve, I was a dangerous hazard to cross the road.
I couldn't pay attention in my school work. I was always classed as thick, lazy and told I’d never get along in life.  I think at that point of my life I was suffering from ADHD.  I left school believing I wouldn't get anywhere in life. I left school believing at first that I would not get anywhere in life but then I was gladder to leave school. Near enough every school I went to I faced bullying, rape and sexual abuse from a lot of children in the schools.  From after I left school twenty – seven years ago I have proved myself wrong by achieving the things I have said I have achieved like the exams I have passed in college, the awareness of learning disability and mental health, Advocacy, short stories and poetry which is all on my website sararevealed.blogspot.com/ email sarajgorman@gmail.com.




Never the less these health problems are not much different to one another. Anxiety is a feeling of anger, panic, and fear whether a person has a reason to feel that way or not. Depression is a feeling of sadness whether a person has a reason to feel sad or not. Epilepsy and panic attacks are not that much different to one another either. Worry is connected to stress which is anxiety when a person gets upset easily.  Can all those health problems be linked or and even be misunderstood?  

How can these health problems be not much different to one another?
A fit and a panic attack are both to do with the nevus system, which people can very easily confuse one with the other. This can also be confusing for the person who is facing the fit, panic attack or even both. For example what I have faced.
·       Headaches
·       Dizziness
·       Choking or even a sense of choking, it’s a feeling as if someone has got their hands around my neck.

·       Electric shocks, pins, and needles through my spine arms and legs.  
      Shaking
 
·       Going hot and cold
·       Fully aware of what’s going on.
This is an example of how all these things can get confused with one another.


Anxiety.  A sense of panic, fear and or anger whether there’s a reason or not. Like all health problems, it can depend on how we manage the health problems. Those of us like me who have had these health problems manage them in a different way than what we did to start off with.
As it’s possible I may have had ADHD as a child it could be possible it could be a major form of Anxiety. Most children pull a screaming and kicking temper paddies in town for example at times but it can depend on how often. If this happens to your child a lot and I mean a lot then they may need to get checked and diagnosed. Something may be happening your child may not be able to explain also they may be in fear that you may not understand. Maybe they don’t know themselves, which can be very furstraighting this can also be fearful and scary whether there’s a reason to be or not. ADHD can be some form of Autism as well.
A mild form Anxiety can be the same as major fearing things are worse than what they are but can be in different ways.  For example different people you different thing on one thing a person may want to know so that person may get easily get confused.
Most people may get upset easily upset caused by negative situations such as a death of people they know or they may a relationship breakup which we all have to face but we all get affected in different ways. Some people come to terms with these things quicker than others but people with health problems and disabilities mostly tend to be more sensitive and tend to be slower to come to terms with these kinds of issues.

Some people can be also nervous of exams and even taking their driving test for example. This can depend on how often a person is nervous and maybe depending what situations they are nervous of. People can get nervous over negative and positive things which can be a sense a fear, excitement, whether something is going to be good or bad news like exams for eg;
Some people have fears of forgetting things mainly when it comes to important things. Even if you have got things ready beforehand you want to make. You fear just in case you forget something important. In fact, people who suffer from Anxiety are likely to forget less time than people who don’t have Anxiety cause we are always worrying about forgetting. In fact what we have to remember is always on our minds until whatever event is over. You are saying to yourself, have I remembered it when you get there where you are going and whatever you need whatever for.
Anger is part of Anxiety. Anger is a feeling you get whether there’s a reason or not. It can be a feeling of anger, worry, stress, and tension yet all of those things can just happen. This is because those things are linked to Anxiety. This is where we need exercises to loosen our muscles up but this may not work for all of us. It’s possible that all these words like anger, worry, stress, and tension get confused easily because there’s not much difference between the meanings of the words. When we face these feelings it tends to feel the same feeling. These feelings don’t need a reason to happen.


Thursday, 5 October 2017

Introduction to the teaching program 2017 - 2018 1st year students Walsall Campus.


What is a Learning Disability?

A learning disability can affect the body or and brain before, during or after birth. Find out more from references such as the internet, books or and etc. WWW.mencap.org.uk

How Does a disability happen?
When is a disability likely to happen?
What type of disabilities are there?

Some name of disabilities and health problems, what and how much do you know about them?
 Eplispy, Diabetes Anxiety, Depression, and ADHD. 


Find out how disabilities and health problems can affect lives compared to yours!

How can you make life easy for people with disabilities and health problems?

This could mean peoples' lives at home, school, college, workplace, socializing or and etc. 

Accessible information ( Easy Read.) What is easy read?

Communication
What is communication?
What forms of communication are there?  Examples; sign language, easy read symbols and speech and language. 

What is a learning disability?  
A learning disability can either affect the brain or and the body before, during and after birth.
Here are some types of disabilities Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, and Autism, what others are there?
Mental health problems Anxiety and Depression, what others are there?
Health problems Epilepsy, Diabetes, and ADHD, what others are there?
How do disabilities and health problems affect people in everyday life at home, school, college in the workplace and etc?
How can you make life easy for people who face disabilities and health problems?  Here are my examples what are yours.
Accessible information (Easy read).

Communication, how can someone with disabilities and health problems make themselves understood? Here are my examples what are yours?
Sign language, Easy read symbols, speech, and language.
PCP Person Centred Planning, learning how to balance support with independence. 
References you could use websites, books and etc. Here’s one www.mencap.org.uk