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Making halloween horror accessible to all
Visit some of Britain’s spookiest attractions for a fun and frightful, family day out this Halloween with The Rough Guide to Accessible Britain. Whether you fancy walks in the woods, white knuckle rides or wild animals, the guide’s reviews of accessible Family Days Out will help you find something the whole family will enjoy! All…
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Reluctance to test for Group B Strep infection
Group B Strep infection (GBS) is the most common cause of life-threatening infection in newborn babies, causing death and disability. Case Study Charlotte Cheshire from Telford and parent of Adam “The consequence of group B Strep infection is devastating. When my son Adam was born in March 2011 he appeared a healthy little boy. However,…
Posted in News, Pregnancy Health Tagged Baby, Case study, Death, Disability, Group B strep, Group B Strep Support, infection, newborn, Newborn screening, News, News - Pregnancy, Pregnancy Leave a comment
Living with cytomegalovirus
An unidentified infection, cytomegalovirus (CMV), in Kim Crook’s pregnancy brought about her son Ryan’s disability. It started with a bad pregnancy I had a pretty rough pregnancy, feeling tired 24/7 and with sickness throughout. I just thought I was one of the unlucky people who have a bad pregnancy. I even left my job as an auxiliary nurse at…
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Cystic fibrosis – How it feels
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability – to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this … Welcome to Holland When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip…
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Raising a child with autism, asperger’s syndrome and ADHD
Elaine Carey talks about autism and bringing up two boys who lie on the Autistic Spectrum which include Asperger’s syndrome and ADHD. Diagnosing autism for my boys I have three children, two boys and one girl. The two boys lie on the autistic spectrum, which consists of autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, high functioning autism, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive…
Spastic quadraplegic cerebral palsy
Deborah Orbell, whose son Craig had spastic quadraplegic cerebral palsy, says keeping positive can make the world of difference to how you cope with a situation. It was touch and go for a while Craig had a very difficult delivery. He suffered oxygen starvation at birth and emptied his bowels, swallowing quite a lot of meconium before his delivery.…
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a physical condition which affects the ability to control movement. It is a very varied condition and no two people who have it are the same. Some people are only mildly affected and need little or no special help; others are severely disabled and need a lot of help. People with CP often have…
Posted in A-Z of Childhood illnesses, Special Needs Tagged Baby, Birth, brain damage, cerebral palsy, Disability, scope, special needs Leave a comment
Pregnant Women Advised To Avoid All Alcohol
Pregnant women should not drink any alcohol at all during pregnancy, according to new government advice. The advice, which is also aimed at women trying to conceive, replaces the current advice that says a couple of glasses of wine a week is okay. The change in policy came about after concerns that there is no…
Posted in News Tagged Alcohol, Conception Health, Congenital disorder, deafness, Disability, Fertility, Foetal alcohol syndrome, News, News - Pregnancy, Pregnancy Leave a comment
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
Foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a pattern of mental and physical defects which develops in some unborn babies when the mother drinks excessive alcohol during pregnancy. The taking of alcohol does not always result in FAS, but no amount of alcohol whatsoever is proven safe for consumption during pregnancy. The current recommendation of both the Surgeon General of the…
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