Tag: disabled
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Raising Teen Boys When You’re Running on Low Energy: Tips for Summer Survival
Summer with teenagers often brings a mix of freedom, frustration, and fatigue — especially when you’re parenting with a chronic illness. If you’re anything like me, the warmer months can feel like a double-edged sword: your kids are home more, but your energy is stretched thinner than ever. And while social media might be showing…
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So my work colleagues know about my blog…
This blog is 8 years old this month – how crazy is that?! I’ve also been at my current school for just over a year now and until just before Christmas, had kept its existence to myself! It’s not that I’m not immensely proud of the things I’ve achieved since starting The Spoonie Mummy –…
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AccessAble – 8 Great Places To Visit In The Midlands With Kids During Half Term
Check out my latest post for AccessAble – looking at places to visit in the Midlands for a day out with kids that have Detailed Access Guides. The half term holiday is here and it is always a pain trying to find new and exciting places to take the kids, that have all the accessible facilities you…
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AccessAble – Children’s Mental Health Week 2024
Check out my latest post for AccessAble for Children’s Mental Health Week 2024. In 2021/22 11% of children were living with a disability. I was only 15 months old when I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis – something many people associate with older people. Since then the diagnoses have kept coming. I now live with…
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AccessAble – 15 Tips for Planning an Accessible Day Out with Kids
Good morning! As you may know, I am an AccessAble Ambassador and last week i wrote a blog post with my top tips for planning an accessible day out with your kids! I’d love for you to go over and have a read – and hopefully you find it really useful. It can be both…
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AccessAble x Community Health Partnerships
I have been so lucky and honoured to have been involved with the project between AccessAble and Community Health Partnerships and wanted to share it with you on here, in case you are not following me on social media!
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AccessAble #stomafriendly Campaign – Living With A Stoma
You may have recently read my post about becoming an AccessAble Champion. I was super pleased to be invited onto the team, and even more pleased as it came right before they launched their #stomafriendly imitative. The Stoma Friendly imitative is in partnership with Colostomy UK. One in 450 people in the UK live with…
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Meet The New AccessAble Champion – Me!
I have been waiting so long to be able to share this news with you – another thing that Covid got it’s claws into! I was invited back at the start of the year to join the AccessAble Champions team and I was over the moon! Unfortunately, not long after, Covid hit and everything got…
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