We are learning from the pandemic that it is very dangerous to define ‘health’ narrowly
The world is slowly waking up to the fact that ‘health’ is a composite that includes:
Read more: Editorial: What does ‘health’ mean? How can a person be ‘healthy’?
This support for disability and development disorders is not a medical issue
Peter Limbrick writes: In my serialised essay (starting here) I have been looking critically at the support offered when babies and young children have disabilities and special needs that will impact on their development an
'This caring work might be only one of the low-paid jobs that the worker is compelled to take on to keep the home and family afloat'
In the UK, up to the 1980s, children and adults with special needs (mental, physical, mental and physical) could be incarcerated in ‘long-stay hospitals’ run by the NH
Families can be overloaded by too many proactitioners
Primary Interventionist in the Team Around the Child Approach
By Peter Limbrick. 2018
Extract:
“Long-term stress and strain in families can surely contribute to later mental ill-health for children, parents and other close family members. These m
Read more: How and when to offer families of children with disabilities just one main practitioner
I see three great dangers: viruses and bacteria (as always), chaotic and cruel lockdowns, outside-the-law vaccines
Editorial: Every medicine and surgical procedure comes with risks of disease or death. We have to take this as a fact of life whether we are taking anti-depressants or having an appende
Read more: Being very apprehensive of any rushed ‘outside-the-law’ vaccine
'There is a rush to find a vaccine but I doubt I would feel confident to accept a vaccine for me or my family that has been so quickly produced'
In my country, and perhaps in yours, we have had a valuable lesson about science not being an absolute. This cat is out of the bag now and should stay out.
Many vulnerable people live beyond the reach of public services and must cope on their own
Caring Activism: A 21st century concept of care
By Peter Limbrick. 2016
Back cover:
Think of rough sleepers in Europe’s capitals, of teenagers leaving care homes without aftercare, of elderly people str
Read more: How ordinary citizens can support vulnerable people when public services are ineffective
It is wrong to assume parents have to be exhausted and stressed
Early Childhood Intervention without Tears: Improved support for infants with disabilities and their families
By Peter Limbrick. 2017
In this book, Peter Limbrick suggests a significant reconfiguration or reframing of early
Read more: How to improve support for infants with disabilities and their families
Cartoon © Martina Jirankova-Limbrick 2011