"Joyland", Gt Yarmouth by Susie Mallett, May 1976As I don’t have a television and rarely read the papers, and as I have consciously been avoiding the gloom and doom of the media for weeks I thought it was time to catch up with The Times Online. I do this every now and again, usually late at night. This time I was prompted to do so as I had nearly missed the gushings of Kate and Co. at the Golden Globe awards. I thought that I should perhaps keep a bit more up to date so not to miss more such important news items as this!
One of the few interesting things that I found last night, while still avoiding the gloom and doom of the UK and foreign news pages and instead combing the women's pages, was an article by Tim Rushby-Smith. I thought that this was worth sharing.
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article5503516.ece
There are so many things to think about when working with children and adults with disability as I reported yesterday in my flat-hunting experience. The paragraph below, taken from Tim Rushby-Smith’s article, illustrates yet another situation that I can certainly learn from.
“But again we are learning together, with Rosalie's risk assessment based on what she knows I am capable of. There is often another parent in the playground happy to help, but I usually decline unless it is absolutely necessary as it is important that Rosalie learns to stay within my capabilities in case we are alone.”
I particularly liked the list of dos and don’ts at the end of the article.
Tim Rushby-Smith’s book will probably be added to my library of volumes by authors who themselves are disabled. As I have said before, it is from these that I learn more than from any text book.
Notes
One of the few interesting things that I found last night, while still avoiding the gloom and doom of the UK and foreign news pages and instead combing the women's pages, was an article by Tim Rushby-Smith. I thought that this was worth sharing.
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article5503516.ece
There are so many things to think about when working with children and adults with disability as I reported yesterday in my flat-hunting experience. The paragraph below, taken from Tim Rushby-Smith’s article, illustrates yet another situation that I can certainly learn from.
“But again we are learning together, with Rosalie's risk assessment based on what she knows I am capable of. There is often another parent in the playground happy to help, but I usually decline unless it is absolutely necessary as it is important that Rosalie learns to stay within my capabilities in case we are alone.”
I particularly liked the list of dos and don’ts at the end of the article.
Tim Rushby-Smith’s book will probably be added to my library of volumes by authors who themselves are disabled. As I have said before, it is from these that I learn more than from any text book.
Notes
Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co/
Tim Rushby-Smith
http://www.timrushby-smith.com/looking_up/
Looking Up: A Humorous and Unflinching Account of Learning to Live Again with Sudden Disability (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0753513862?ie=UTF8&tag=timrussmithco-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0753513862
Amazon’s customer reviews -http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/product/0753513862/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt/277-1666626-3032662?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
Tim Rushby-Smith
http://www.timrushby-smith.com/looking_up/
Looking Up: A Humorous and Unflinching Account of Learning to Live Again with Sudden Disability (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0753513862?ie=UTF8&tag=timrussmithco-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0753513862
Amazon’s customer reviews -http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/product/0753513862/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt/277-1666626-3032662?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
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