L is for Listening
Peter Limbrick
I have chosen listening for the letter L in this alphabet to suggest that it is an important activity for all of us in the field of childhood disability.
Interconnections Worldwide Working internationally to share information, help build knowledge and support teamwork around babies, children and young people who are disabled, marginalised or vulnerable The home of Team Around the Child (TAC) and the Multiagency Keyworker |
Peter Limbrick
I have chosen listening for the letter L in this alphabet to suggest that it is an important activity for all of us in the field of childhood disability.
'There is no reason to suppose that...the currrent structures of authority and domination are graven in stone.'
Chomsky on Anarchism
Selected and edited by Barry Pateman
AK Press, 2005
From the back cover -
'The record of anarchist ideas, and even more, of the inspiring struggles of people who have thought to liberate themselves from oppression and domination, must be treasured and preserved, not as a means of freezing thought and conception in some new mold but as a basis for understanding of the social reality and committed work to change it. There is no reason to suppose that history is at an end, that the current structures of authority and domination are graven in stone. It would also be a great error to underestimate the power of social forces that will fight to maintain power and privilege.'
Naom Chomsky
Penny Lacey
This essay focuses on pupils with profound learning disabilities in a study of how schools approach teaching literacy to children with severe learning difficulties.
An innovative service that aims to give terminally ill children essential equipment within 72 hours has been launched by the UK’s leading children’s disability charity, Newlife Foundation.
Currently, one in three disabled UK children are living without a piece of essential equipment at any given time, and terminally ill children are particularly at risk of dying before they get what they need. These children may have to access hospice care early, due to lack of home-use equipment.
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children has created the Just Can’t Wait! service to combat the delays that hamper children getting the equipment they need, when they need it most. The Just Can’t Wait! service is specifically designed for children in the end stage of their life, who need equipment such as specialist beds, wheelchairs and hoists.
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