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How can help doctors/social workers get a better understanding of the social model?

]]> f7195c5bb1afe8902930e1e583ed3f8a MarkPen78's profile was updated https://spokzpeople.org.uk/activity/p/629/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 19:34:41 +0000 0 271c10d2f8b79632985a401fb5bebb5d SaraV changed their profile picture https://spokzpeople.org.uk/activity/p/626/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:41:37 +0000 0 2fd62700f74e8818c3c424c5f9188c69 SaraV replied to the topic Introduction in the forum General Disability Questions (Pros) https://spokzpeople.org.uk/forum/topic/introduction/#post-6356 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:31:10 +0000 Hi Paph,

I’m really sorry – although sadly not surprised – to hear about your experiences. I wanted to echo Mel’s suggestion that you join our peer group, where several people have recently talked about similar experiences. You would find lots of support, empathy and tips! We meet twice a month on Monday evenings and Tuesday afternoons and you’d…[Read more]

]]> 6d1ae76ddcfa39a51b94ef990feb8701 Mel started the topic Peer Consulation Group For Professionals in the forum General Disability Questions (Pros) https://spokzpeople.org.uk/forum/topic/peer-consulation-group-for-professionals/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:19:55 +0000 We set up a peer supervision/consultation group in 2023 and it is now running independently. They currently meet 2x a month, 1st Monday of the month 7-8pm and 3rd Tuesday of the month 12-1pm. You can attend one or both meetings. If interested in joining, Marie is admin for the group now and you can reach her on mariedarnell100@gmail.com. It is…[Read more]

]]> c9c56fcf04185c2cb22083f471be8563 PAPH replied to the topic Introduction in the forum General Disability Questions (Pros) https://spokzpeople.org.uk/forum/topic/introduction/#post-6341 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:58:24 +0000 Hi Mel,
I’m so glad you replied. Thank you.
I found your website via that guide after I approached the BACP for further advice.
I will look into members area. I am very fortunate that my current therapist is disabled as well, so she is a good line of support and understands how these things can have an effect on me.
Compassion and empathy are what…[Read more]

]]> 78d2f0e0cc194f0b86370c426a58ffe2 Mel replied to the topic Introduction in the forum General Disability Questions (Pros) https://spokzpeople.org.uk/forum/topic/introduction/#post-6340 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:11:46 +0000 Hi PAPH,

Yes the Forum is quite quiet, even though we have 40+ professionals signed up, I’m not sure everyone remembers it’s here or logs on enough to make use of it. Will send a reminder email round, see if that encourages members to respond to your post as well.

Unfortunately you are not alone in your experience. Over the years we’ve talked to…[Read more]

]]> 82cfa5381b65a06f852bf434651e892a Kim73 wrote a new post https://spokzpeople.org.uk/?p=6334 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:46:45 +0000 How Animals Can Be A Good First Start For Helping Autistic Individuals Make Friends Guest post by Kadin McElwain At home, I have two dogs and two cats – companions who have become some of my closest friends. Initially, I was […]

]]> 238903d48bde7cd1e745ae4f37a8c7d3 PAPH replied to the topic Introduction in the forum General Disability Questions (Pros) https://spokzpeople.org.uk/forum/topic/introduction/#post-6321 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:05:25 +0000 Hi Mel,
I see the forum is a little quiet so I hope you are still around. It’s a shame to see it so quiet as I have much to say and ask and I’m struggling to find an appropriate place to discuss my experiences.
I am a disabled trainee counsellor and I would like to discuss ‘Reasonable adjustments’ a term that is quoted at me regularly in my place…[Read more]

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]]> fd060d066538daf8cb9057ec4e78f718 Mel replied to the topic The Term "Sufferer" in the forum Community Chat http://spokzpeople.org.uk/forum/topic/the-term-sufferer/#post-6176 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:33:52 +0000 I agree this is horrible Julie and upsetting. Sometimes it can help to take the sting out of these situations to remind ourselves what is going on for them. Often it is the person’s fear of impairment and what they think our lives are like that makes them use this language. Sometimes they just don’t know and are copying what they’ve heard in the m…[Read more]

]]> 7a9fed41844bf12209c407e7d770313c Kim73 replied to the topic The Term "Sufferer" in the forum Community Chat https://spokzpeople.org.uk/forum/topic/the-term-sufferer/#post-6170 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:03:21 +0000 I think this is a terrible term to use! I would not like this at all – I do not think of myself as a sufferer or suffering and I don’t think it’s something anyone should decide for another person that that is how they feel about themselves or their life. I think it shows a very negative view of disability that the person using views our lives as…[Read more]

]]> b3e28bb88e905fe3025d02d5c590db0d Julie86 started the topic The Term "Sufferer" in the forum Community Chat https://spokzpeople.org.uk/forum/topic/the-term-sufferer/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:11:08 +0000 I sat in a meeting on Wednesday morning about adult social care. Usually the people in the room are referred to as people who draw on social care, people with lived experience, service users, customers, clients, unpaid carers, visually impaired etc.
For some reason on Wednesday a person in the group started calling us sufferers. Saying the…[Read more]

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