Tag Archives: disability

What is Wrong with ME? gives a candid mother’s eye view of teenage ME

May 9, 2013   Carers, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Scotland

Scottish Parliament to host ME awareness event

Published on 09/05/2013 14:46

The Scottish Parliament will be the venue for an awareness event for Myalgic Encephalomyeltis (ME) on Wednesday, May 15.

Merryn Fergusson, whose book What is Wrong with ME? gives a candid mother’s eye view of teenage ME, will be the keynote speaker.

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Counting the cost of controversial benefit reforms

May 4, 2013   Carers, disability, Social care

Council calculates cost of welfare reform

May 3 2013 by Doug Archibald, Dumfries & Galloway Standard

The council is counting the cost of controversial benefit reforms brought in by Westminster.

A seven-strong team is being put in place to cope with changes that have implications of £2 million for the authority.

A sub-committee was briefed on the situation this week.

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“It is a human right to be empowered to communicate”

May 3, 2013   Carers, disability, internet, learning difficulties

Thousands of people in the UK may be living without access to a powered communication aid that would enable them to have a voice, according to research.

News, 3rd May 2013.

The research, Shining a Light on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, by augmentative and alternative communication (ACC) charity Communication Matters, found that 316,000 people in the UK are benefiting or may benefit from AAC support. Of those, 31,600 could be using powered communication aids yet only around 9,000 are.

The findings, which found great variation in service provision across the UK, stem from research carried out by the University of Sheffield. It highlights there is little consistency in identifying, assessing and providing AAC devices and many local areas are failing to make effective provision.

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