- FREE Wills and Trusts Information Events in June -- Lina at Mencap, Tue, May 21 2013, 17:49:43
Hi everyone,
I wanted to let you all know about the upcoming free wills and trusts events that Mencap are organising in June. They will be taking place in the East and London areas in the following locations:
Tuesday 4th June, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
First Site, Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH
Wednesday 5th June, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 1HR
Thursday 6th June, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, The Howe Room, Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1LF
Tuesday 25th June, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Harefield Manor Hotel, 33 Main Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3DL
Wednesday 26th June, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
The Vestry Hall, The Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond, TW9 1SA
Tuesday 2nd July, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Mencap National Centre, 123 Golden Lane, London, EC1Y 0RT
A specialist local legal professional will talk at the events about how best to leave money behind to someone with a learning disability. The events are free and are a great opportunity for families and carers to get straightforward, face-to-face advice.
To book your place at any of the events please use our online booking form: https://www.mencap.org.uk/webform/book-pffe
Mencap has planned other wills and trusts events across the country - take a look at the website www.mencap.org.uk/pffe to find one near you.
Please feel free to contact the team with any questions you might have, or to book a place on 020 7696 6925 or willsandtrusts@mencap.org.uk
Thanks,
Lina
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- FREE Wills and Trusts Information Events in May -- Lina at Mencap, Mon, Apr 29 2013, 17:23:20
Hi everyone,
I wanted to let you all know about the upcoming free wills and trusts events that Mencap are organising in May. They will be taking place in Wales and Northern Ireland in the following locations:
Thursday 2nd May, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Cardiff City Hall, The Ferrier Hall , Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3ND
Thursday 9th May, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Colwyn Bay Cricket Club, 77 Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, LL28 4LR.
Tuesday 14th May, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Grosvenor House, Main Room, 5 Glengall Street, Belfast, BT12 5AD
Wednesday 15th May, 10.30am – 12.30pm
Dungannon Library, 36 Market Square, Dungannon, BT70 1JD
A specialist local legal professional will talk at the events about how best to leave money behind to someone with a learning disability. The events are free and are a great opportunity for families and carers to get straightforward, face-to-face advice.
To book your place at any of the events please use our online booking form: https://www.mencap.org.uk/webform/book-pffe
Mencap has planned other wills and trusts events across the country - take a look at the website www.mencap.org.uk/pffe to find one near you.
Please feel free to contact the team with any questions you might have, or to book a place on 020 7696 6925 or willsandtrusts@mencap.org.uk
Thanks,
Lina
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- Eating behaviours, research. -- Carmel Bennett, Sun, Apr 14 2013, 22:06:00
Dear Parent,
As we all know there is a great deal of concern about our children’s diets and health. We are researchers from the University of Birmingham (UK) and we are trying to find out how children’s eating behaviours, their weight and their abilities to control themselves are connected.
In addition we are looking at differences in these links in families of children with and without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). We are therefore asking parents of children with and without ADHD to complete some online questionnaires.
We would really value your input. If you would like some more information about our research and/or if you would like to take part in this online questionnaire study please click on the link below. This will take you to a more detailed information leaflet and the questionnaires.
Thank you very much for your interest,
Dr Jackie Blissett and Carmel Bennett
Link to the online information sheet and questionnaires:
https://lesweb2.bham.ac.uk/surveys/index.php?sid=42492&lang=en
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- Difficulties with this forum :-( -- Andy, Fri, Apr 12 2013, 14:45:34
Unfortunately lost most of the forum today. There was a heavy load of spam that I was trying to clear up. During this process something technical went wrong and with confusion over back updates trying to restore this I lost most of the forum. So it's almost back to square one and losing many threads of really interesting messages.
So I'm feeling a little sad as this cannot be rectified now. It feels like letting many people down hopefully I will learn some lessons and this hopefully won't happen again. Maybe for the future I need to build my own forum rather than using VoyForums services.
Perhaps it is worth noting this is the first mistake on the forum for about 12 years or so.
Apologies to all those who have posted messages that have now been lost.
Perhaps we can start some new threads of messages with up to date issues.
Please continue to support this forum.
With warmest wishes, Andy
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Happy Birthday To Our Greatest Friend :-) -- Chris, Thu, Sep 19 2002, 11:12:36
Guess what!
It's the 20th birthday of one of our greatest friends!
Who is it?
It is...
The Smiley!!!!!
Yes today is the offical 20th birthday of the smiley!!!
:-)
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- New Book on Aspergers -- Dot, Tue, Aug 20 2002, 0:27:55
A new book has just come out and is written by a young teen with aspergers about having aspergers. Its called Freaks and Geeks by Luke Jackson and is available at Amazon. Look out for him on Newsround either Thursday or Friday. He was also in the Times supplement last week and also the education supplement last friday, besides the Big Issue...Dot
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- ADHD on TV -- Dot, Mon, Aug 05 2002, 23:52:41
There are a couple of programmes on this week some of you might be interested in:
wednesday 7th august BBC1 9pm Obsessions
Its all about OCD
and
thursday 8th august 8.30pm ch 4...children behaving badley(horrible title) is about ADHD, its supposed to be looking at what society offers sufferers, that'll be a short programme then!!!...Dot
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- the results are in! -- sara, Wed, Jul 17 2002, 16:10:16
Hi Andy
The results for my dissertation is 40% A bit dissapointing but not suprising. At least it is a pass. I guess I will have to be happy with that.
Sara
(bassbabeuk@yahoo.com)
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advice needed -- beth, Tue, Jun 04 2002, 22:18:00
Hi,
its been a while since i've posted any messages but a friend of mine is in need of some advice.
Basically, her son is on ritalin and is not putting weight on very much and she has been told by the doctor that if he does not put on a reasonable amount of weight before their next appointment, he is taking him off of ritalin. The childs ritalin has already been reduced from 45mg per day to 30mg per day and as a result of this, he is becoming irritable and depressed. My friend is really worried what the effects of taking him off the ritalin may be as he is already becoming a handfull on the reduced dose, and the worst part is that the child actually knows that the ritalin helps him when it is at its higher dose and all the things that have been achieved on ritalin are now being undone.
So if anyone has any ideas on either, how to help her son gain some weight or, how to convince the doctor not to take him off the ritalin, my friend and I would be very grateful.
Beth
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Sorry Andy -- Sara, Mon, May 27 2002, 14:28:14
Hi Andy
Sorry that I could not meet with you in Southampton when I said that I would. As I said in my e mail I had some family stuff to attend to in cornwall. I hope that we can stil be friends.
Sara
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- Just dropping by -- Anj, Tue, May 21 2002, 13:25:31
Hi
I have been busy working so haven't had much time on my puter recently :~(. So just thought I'd drop in and check you're ok.
If I may , I would also like to share our good news with everyone. My son Kyle (who has AS & ADHD) has just made it through school. He is actually off school for study leave and has to go back in to school for his exams but HE MADE IT. I am so proud of him :-)
Take care
Anj
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- WEDNESDAY!!!!!! -- LEA, Mon, May 13 2002, 11:59:14
its nearly wednesday!
love
Lea
xxxxxx
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- I have Finished on time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- Sara, Tue, May 07 2002, 11:04:05
Hi Andy
Yes it is true. The bloody thing is done and dusted. 10,001 words printed and ready to hand in. When I get some more time I will e mail it to you.
Sara
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- what would help you? -- sara, Thu, Apr 18 2002, 13:21:24
Ok we have discussed whether or not dyslexia affects you in applying for a job. I wandered what you think may help the whole process becone more usre friendly for dyslexics.
Sara
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Memory -- Chris, Sun, Apr 14 2002, 14:36:13
Hi Everyone
I would just like to say that Microsoft are in a very dangerous place because they have got on to my black list (for 291210921th time.)
The reason why is I've got an old DOS program that needs more that the DOS maximum of 640kb to run. Normaly this would not be a problem but in Windows ME it is because Windows ME has disabled the EMS expanded memory field on the DOS window proprieties box. After searching the web for many days I found a way to put this right. But the program still would not even though I set EMS to auto and also tryed it on many other settings but still no. Then I reilised that EMM386 was still not installed so EMS memory still wouldn't work anyway. If anyone out there could help me with this stupid Windows ME computer (without telling me to switch operating system, because this is a notebook PC and they work a little differently so the operating system is fine tuned in the factory or somthing like that to cope with the way they use the system resorses.) Anyway as I was saying if anyone could help me with my EMM386 with Windows ME please respond to this.
Bye from Chris.
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- A Big THANK-YOU Andy -- Rach, Sat, Apr 13 2002, 16:31:34
Well Andy thanks to your advice on going to The Private Clinic in Mansfield and seeing Dr Kumar (Psychiatrist) I am now officially diagnosed with ADD.
Who'd have thought that a woman my bloody age (33) would be thrilled with a dx like that!!! But now i feel alot of my frustration lifted as someone has confirmed my dx.
He is writing now to my local psych and G.P to let them know of his findings and to suggest they put me on stimulant medication (poss Dexadrine) as he thinks this would benefit me, so it's took me 2 yrs and abit of money to get this far so on to the next step now........Will my psych prescribe me or not ??????? If he won't it will mean me paying for the medication myself which will cost alot of money, but now i have the diagnosis this will give me more power to fight my case with the NHS Surely?.......So watch this space for the next episode, i'm seeing my psych on the 25th April so i'll let you know.
Thanks again to you Andy for your help and support, i'll be in touch soon. Best wishes to Dot and everyone else on here too xxxxxx
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- how does dyslexia affect you -- Sara Fillingham, Fri, Apr 05 2002, 15:42:21
I was asked the other day how my dislexia affects me. This has made me think how it affects other people, so I wandered how it affects you?
Sara
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- adhd question -- Lynn, Thu, Apr 04 2002, 0:03:44
I take my nephews for the occassional holiday, both have adhd, is it normal practice for children under 11 to be given breaks from their ritalin? They are both 'off the wall' without it but I am beginning to think their breaks only occur when me or their gran takes them for a while, do you give the ritalin a break out of the system?
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- Revelation for me -- Adelaide, Mon, Apr 01 2002, 6:53:55
On Easter Sunday which was yesterday, I was talking with my mother and step-grandmother about the spunks which seem to infilitrate Cambridge City Council and especially Youth Services.
The last one I really fell in love with: his name was Bill and he was such a kind man. He loved M and Ms and his heart and soul was in advertising.
The bombshell fell. He said he was interested in reading my books (this was August 1997 and I was in my second year at Cambridge University) and he said also that he would get his wife to do it.
My mother and step-father eventually found out that he couldn't read and write but for a few words. HE HAD IT ALL IN HIS HEAD, all these advertising details! And he got his wife to read EVERYTHING for him.
Bill is highly intelligent, and we might have employed him if there was something free. Very shortly after that my family's desktop publishing business collapsed.
But now my step-father is doing contract work for the Arts Newsletter, and that's how we got to meet 6 foot 2 inch tall Sebastian. I run into my mother's office and say to her later on, "Well, isn't he a spunk."
When I heard Bill couldn't read or write I sat absolutely still, even as my cousin Moriah was playing around. Now that was a hidden impairment of the first rank!
Adelaide
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- Nice one Andy -- Dot, Sun, Mar 31 2002, 15:31:49
That is much better, thanks.... Oh and Happy Easter everyone !!.Dot
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- New Forum -- Dot, Wed, Mar 27 2002, 23:04:07
Hi Andy, is it possible to put up a link directly to this forum instead of going round the houses?. People can use the other forum if they want to, but it looks like it's out of favour now anyway. ...Dot < as usual having a moan :)>
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Union rep. -- Ima Nut, Sun, Mar 17 2002, 12:42:57
Toasty, as you seem to manage things, very competently, I was wondering if you would be able to find the time to become the Union representative, for dragons. As there is a remarkable shortage of dragons, (let alone competant ones!), who would be able to efficiently carry out the tasks involved .....your name came immediately to mind.
As you have also travelled extensively (to Australia lately - I believe) there would possibly be an opening further down the track for an international rep.
I know that you have a lot of tasks to do, already, at Hi2u, but would like to ask you to consider this extra job.
As you have not replied to any of my previous correspondence, it would be perfectly acceptable to reply via this forum.
If you could see your way clear to taking on this position, we may in fact, be able to entice some other dragons out into the open, thus creating wider acceptance of dragons.
Yours faithfully
Ima Nut...Union Delegate
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- medical conditions that aren't noticeable -- Andy, Sat, Mar 16 2002, 14:46:42
hi everyone
While going through messages and articles on the hi2u site it makes me think about how people go to huge lengths trying to hide difficulties or medical conditions they have!
Sara has highlighted how dyslexia issues are swept under the carpet and people have difficulties expressing their dyslexia needs. Shirley has provided article "you don't look ill" (well I think that's the title) that is on the visitors input page of this site.
Both show how their are conditions perhaps we would rather hide rather than telling people. I'm just wondering whether it's always advisable to be more open to people about one's difficulties or whether in some cases it's better off hiding this!
I have a physical impairment too that causes much physical pain from time to time usually I hide this as much as possible. However sometimes and generally more often recently will explain to people that I unable to make contributions at a particular time because of severe physical pain. Is this wise? Should one the open about difficulties? Will it provide better understanding or more discrimination? Please let me know your views.
Look forward to seeing your views.
Andy
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- Fifteenth of March-what was on the site? -- Adelaide, Sat, Mar 16 2002, 7:11:56
Dear Andy,
I see the site seems to have been updated on the fifteenth.
But I only see material relating to the ninth and tenth.
Can you at least give me a sneaky peek at what was done? Or more properly, fix the site. (Did Toasty take a day off, then?)
Your friend:
Adelaide
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- dyslexia and work -- sara, Tue, Mar 12 2002, 17:21:56
I am currently starting research for my dissertation, which is on wether dyslexia is a problem when it comes to applying for a job. Having dyslexia myself, I was interested in how problematic it will be for me to gain a job after I finish my studies. If anyone out there has any thing that they would like to share with me about this I would be very greatfull.
sara
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Re: the results are in! -- Andy, Thu, Jul 18 2002, 20:46:16
