When a child has cerebral palsy, there are many ways friends and family can help
How can you help? When a child has cerebral palsy, there are many ways friends and family can help. Here are just a few of them: Caring for a child with cerebral palsy can be very tiring for parents. If you can, offer to give parents some time off by helping out in some way. If you are babysitting, make sure parents tell you the child’s usual bedtime routine and try to keep to it. Offer as much friendship and support as you can. Many parents of children with cerebral palsy feel “cut off” at a time when they may need friends and family...
read moreLET’S PUT THE PERSON FIRST, NOT THE DISABILITY!
Do the words used to describe you have an impact on your life? You bet! Contrary to the age-old “sticks and stones” lesson we learned as children, words do matter! For too long, people who happen to have conditions we call “disabilities” have been subjected to devaluation, marginalization, prejudice, and more. And the first way to devalue someone is through language, by using words or labels to identify a person/group as “less-than,” as “the others—not like us,” and so forth. Once a...
read moreInspiring stories
Introduction to the books Handicap International(Belgium) shared a series of inspiring stories of Maldivian children and adults with disAbilities. With each story we can see part of a new world, and meet a person with a different experience of life. Through the stories we are privileged to gain an insight into what each person values, and what they aspire to. We realize that each character has another aspect to his or her life as well – either a hearing, visual, intellectual, mental or physical impairment. But as we read, we understood...
read moreControlled medicines and Aasandha
Controlled medicines are very difficult to acquire all the time. And the new Universal Health Insurance Scheme(Aasandha) requires us to be a bit more careful in planning to get these drugs via Aasandha. Due to Yafaau‘s epilepsy, he has to take Clonazepam(Rivotril) 0.5mg 1/2 tab twice daily and has been prescribed from his first year on-wards. It has always been a challenge at times to get these medication because it is a Controlled Drug and will not be sold without a special prescription(Blue Prescription). Unlike normal Green ones...
read moreMainstreaming disAbility in the development
It’s been couple of years since Maldives have been marking the International Day for Persons with disAbilities. As we mark yet another year for PWD’s there are lots of commitments yet to be looked upon. Mainstreaming disAbility has been there since the UN first started the UN Enable movement and Maldives has never touched on implementing it. Under this year’s main theme of IDPD 2011, “Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disAbilites in development”, are some sub-themes which are: 1....
read moredisAbility Terminology
Terms used in disAbilities and their dhivehi version which I feel is appropriate in terms of usage. Please note that this is not the official terminologies but I have extensively discussed these with many friends in this field.
read moreRose Siggins Half Body, Whole Life
Lately I have seen photos and mentions of the woman with Half body(Rose Siggins) by some of my friends and thought of writing a post on such Inspirational People. Without further due, here’s an excellent description by the woman herself written italicized and some photos I compiled from the internet. Rosemarie (Rose) Siggins The Woman with Half a Body – by Rosemarie (Rose) Siggins Rosemarie Homan was born with a rare genetic disorder known as ‘Sacral Agenesis’, I had severely deformed legs with feet pointing in opposite...
read moreWorld Autism Day – Raajje Miadhu (01 Apr 2011)
I’d like to share the Interview at MNBCone, Raajje Miadhu by Ahmed Athif, Abdulla Mumeeth and Fathmath Shaneez on the occasion of World Autism Day 2011. In sharing this video, I hope to create awareness for autism and wish for a future that we all could be more organised, informed, and educated on various disabilities. Pt 1 Pt 2 Share | Tweet | | |...
read moreYafaau’s website and blog will Light up Blue for Autism this month
Yafaau’s website and blog is virtually participating in the ‘Light Up Blue’ campaign by changing its website themes to blue this month in an effort to help spread the awareness among its visitors. World Autism Awareness Day is on the 1st April and this means the ‘Light it up blue’ campaign. On the evenings of April 1 and 2, 2011, prominent buildings across North America and the world – including the Empire State Building in New York City and the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada – will turn their lights blue to...
read moreFund Raising event for Autism Day 2011
Fund Raising event for Autism Day 2011 by Maldives Autism Association. Watch two of your favourite movies ON THE BIG SCREEN AT OLYMPUS for just 30RF each Enjoy while you donate for the cause of Autism Tickets available at H.Alihuras (in front of Ameer Ahmed School) and also Ma. Eureka For enquiries call +960 7919033 Info taken from: Maldives Autism Association group on...
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