[tri-med] Re: Disability Awareness

Oh I just remembered something else on this subject. Maxine (Ian's partner) 
used to work in a home for disabled children. She became aware that SOME 
staff members were not treating the kids the way they should. She was 
authorised to do training sessions for new staff members, and this 
included, feeding issues. She would blindfold the person and then show them 
what it felt like to have food shoveled into his/her mouth before they had 
finished the last spoonful. She also caught a staff member cleaning several 
kids teeth WITH THE SAME TOOTHBRUSH, so sat him (yes it was a man) down and 
offered to cleaned his teeth with the same brush (YUK) that got the message 
home. Some staff members were mixing inappropriate foods together to save 
time eg porridge and baked beans. She asks them would they eat that? These 
things just illustrate how switched off some people are to the needs and 
feelings of disabled people.

At 12:02 PM 16/11/2004 +1100, you wrote:
>I. Does anyone have any other ideas?
>
>Specifically I would like some ideas on attention issues (I can find some 
>on line but would prefer practical ones) and sensory integration issues.

Jocelyn, wife to Frank, mother to Ian, Gillian & Susan.
Nanna to Carly 17, Mathew 15, Ashleigh 14, Alex 12, & Tess 7 years (T18)
Living in New South Wales, Australia


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