Olabisi Adebawo
Hi, I am here to learn all that I can and to put them to practice. I am friendly and easy going.
Location Nigeria
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Win win for all. Thank you for the impactful knowledge
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Advocacy, communities and cities campaigns. Creating awareness. Information is the most important tools, you can give to people. This is not something any medical Peace worker can do alone. It is a collective effort and teamwork.
Letting people understand the effects climate change has on the society and the whole world st large, educating them on what...
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Renewable energy, how we can have adaptive measures in climate change, what we know now, how we can reduce the effects, preventive measures, reduce harmful chemicals in our environment and daily use.
Growing food organically. Watch what we eat and put inside our bodies.
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Go green, plant more trees, save energy, save water, reduce pollution, healthy lifestyles, etc.
Reuse, recycle, give back as much as we take or use. Plan for the future.
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Shortage of food provisions, water, lost of homes and livelihoods force people who have lost everything to turn to violent ways or means in order to get food to eat.
These individuals feel they already lost everything and therefore have nothing else to lose so it’s easier for them to turn to crimes.
They commmit these crimes anywhere they see the...
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People migrate for job opportunities, threat to life, war, poverty, natural disasters, etc.
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The poor people are always at the receiving end.
Yes I have, people who have lost their homes and livelihoods are usuually seen anywhere they can find food to eat, they sleep anywhere they lay their heads on. There’s no much ill and sufferings.
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In natural disasters, it is usually the poor people that are at the receiving end.
Natural disasters can impact the country negativity and economically.
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In some areas, yes it is.
The government down here is not proactive, they do not have a preparation plans to counter the effects of natural disasters.
Shortage of food provisions.
Electricity supply.
Disease and infections.
People will lose their homes and livelihoods.
Children will lose their schools.
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Serious catastrophe should the above happen globally.
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Down here it’s malaria.
Yes I have.
Malaria has been in Africa for decades. It is something we have been dealing with and is being dealt with.
Bed nets is not doing much to help. Getting people vaccinated will go a long way in keeping the situation under control.
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Heatwaves yes.
Yes I have heatwave.
No there are no adaptation plans in place.
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I absolutely agree
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In Nigeria, cities or people staying those to dams, riverline areas, are usually at the receiving end of floods.
It is usually the poor people that gets affected. Floods happens in almost every cities in Nigeria.
Building houses close to the dams, rivers, dirty blocking the flow of water, small drainages, etc
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Water is the most deadly force of nature, very destructive and the impact is something no country can prepare for adequately.
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Climate change is a health hazard, one countries all over the world must work together to curb
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Climate change
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We are all responsible, have a role to play both collectively and individually. It is a team effort.
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Advocacy, education, community campaign, international campaign, etc can go a long way in preventing things like this from happening.
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Healthcare professionals cannot afford to be passive especially with nuclear weapons around, yes it is the responsibility of health care professionals to ensure that the wounded/injured are take care of.
As healthcare professionals we see things first handed, have first hand experiences on the aftermath of violence, war and nuclear weapons. If by...
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It is frightening knowing that there are 16,000 nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction. I honestly don’t understand why something has not been done about it.
Knowing this now will make someone live in constant fear of the unknown
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Keeping other countries in check or line, intimidation, not wanting other countries have control over them, to protect themselves from attacks, last line of defense, etc.
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The role of any healthcare professionals is to safe and protect lives as much as I can or within my capacity.
Educate the masses about the negative effects of nuclear weapons, the health challenges, the devastations, the effects on health facilities and staffs, etc.
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I will still stand by what I have been saying, everyone should collectively work together to prevent things like this from happening. What covid19 has taught us collectively/all countries(developed countries and underdeveloped countries alike) is that we are not all prepared for a pandemic or catastrophes.
Hospitals will be short staffed, short of...
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So many casualties, negative effects of violence, war and neclear weapons.
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No country can handle the aftermath of neclear bomb or weapon. ill-preparation, cases of casualties was tremendous, the hospital was understaffed, the streets was jamb packed with people who were evacuating the area, everywhere the air was polluted, contamination, etc.
Whatever we all can collectively do to prevent violence, war and neclear weapons of...
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No matter how many scenarios you try it does not end well.
The way forward is to prevent such from ever happening. Prevention they say is better than cure.
No country will be able to handle the aftermath of neclear weapons all we can do is work together to ensure it nevers happens or gets set off.
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Horrifyingly terrible. Why will people create such things in the first place to begin with
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Ready
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It has been an impactful week 1
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No I haven’t been able to.
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Positive Peace is not destructive in nature. It is the opposite of destructiveness.
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Indirect forms of violence;
Poverty;
Information(wrong information);
Starvation
Lack of access to basic amenities
Government
War
Political instability
Religious
Tribalism
Racism
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For me it is a combination of the 3. The absence of conflict/violence, harmony and the capacity to deal with conflict in a positive manner.
The word Peace is multipurpose and multipacked, Peace has many definitions and meanings. For the healthcare professionals it means the combination of the above definitions.
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DNH AND THE 4 principles are extremely important in delivering healthcare services during war or conflicts.
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DNH AND THE 4 principles are extremely important in delivering healthcare services during war or conflicts.
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The connector here is the imam, people who understand the language and culture of the area or community.
The divider here is the military, the language and culture barrier and those afriad of what is going on.
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It is a well thought out framework and with the seven steps it will make things easier when dealing in a medical dilemma or a idle situation.
The DNH approach checkmates all the humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence.
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Both have valid points. The safety of the health care workers is important but the military is intimidating the people, not making the health care provider accessible to those who need their help/aid.
Nurse Aisha idea, about approaching the imam is a brilliant one and will work out.
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How about people rights to worship or religious beliefs.
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The 4 principles are about protecting the safety and wellbeing of people and maintaining compliance during conflicts.
Their differences is in how they are carried out, the roles/duties they performs or plays in the hospitals or health care centeres.
The humanitarian principles is most affected by the Lieutenant-Colonel’s request is;...
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My priority is my patients first and foremost. Their safety and wellbeing is my priority. Only after guaranteeing their safety will other priorities set in.
No my priority will not change. It is pretty much the same, I expect support from my colleagues. We all must work together as a team.
The likely problem will be trying to ressure the patients...
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I respect the patient and doctor confidentiality but with the recent bomb blast in the hospital and with everything else going, Doctor Samoe should share the information with the colonel providing it will be kept top secret and only assigned military personnel will have access to it.
The benefits;
The military will be able to guarantee what happens on...
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My first concern will be of the safety of the patients and my colleagues.
I will want to gather as much information as I can, so that I will know where I am needed the most, what to do, assist my colleagues in getting the injured people attendion, reassure those that are not affected about their safety, not to create any panic or confusion.
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I can only apply myself or imagine a scenario when i have all the necessary information or examples have been given.
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Game on
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Hello everyone and happy holidays, I am Adebawo Olabisi, a social worker from lagos, Nigeria.
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Their are so many unreported sexual crimes in Nigeria that goes unreported, the ones that have been brought to the attention of the police force, the lack of empathy from them is disheartening and heartbreaking, the law is slow in bringing them to book especially in the northern states where their religion encourages the rapist to marry their victims.
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Icc needs to work on fasttracking overdue cases. The response rate is extremely slow and not encouraging in the least.
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Thanks to the quiz I know I need to learn more.
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Icc have contributed to the cause of human rights in so many countries at the same time they have a lot to do.
They should be more proactive, no delays in enforcing international laws, etc.
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The icc should be unbiased.
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Who or what regulates ICC?
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During the endsars protect in Nigeria, a lot of citizens signed petition to international criminal court against the insepector general of police and the presidency relating to international crimes netted against Nigerians, till date nothing has come of it, what are the process or steps involved after ICC must have received the petitions?
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There are a lot of Africa countries that does not protect and support the constitutional rights of its citizens.
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Looking forward to learning all that I can
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Thank you everyone
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Looking forward to global health and disability.
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I am now an advocacy for children with developmental disabilities. This course has empowered me, improve my knowledge and understanding.
Every child with developmental disabilities should be allow to live their lives without any limitations, stigmatization or assault.
It is my responsibility as a social worker to help change the narractive thatnis...
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Thank you so much for the information, explanation, case study, materials and support.
I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Learnt so much. Grow.
Yes learning about all the challenges children with developmental disabilities face on a day to day basis, knowing there are programmes specially designed for them, learning about the assistive techonogy, social...
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Learning about the ways and rate at which children with developmental disabilities can be victims of sexual violence, physical assault and stigmatization.
Transition into adulthood.
Inclusion.
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Creating awareness, putting into practice what I have learnt.
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Parents supports and encourage their children with developmental disabilities to live an independent life(when they have come of age) beyond them, this will aid their integration into the society, help them be responsible and take decisions that involves or affects them.
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Health professionals needs parents to understand the challenges of bilingual education, be involved in decision making and ensuring their is free flow of interaction between healthcare providers and education.
They also need the financial aid of government and NGOs in getting assistive techonogy for children with developmental disabilities....
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healthcare professionals can contribute to CBID programmes by;
Ensuring and improving the overall care and protection of the children.
Awareness campaigns and events.
Keeping themselves updated on programmes.
Healthcare professional should engage with DPOs to make sure healthcare is an important aspect of CBID by;
Accessing or...
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It is a welcome initiative.
Yes it has greatly impacted the lives of parents and children with developmental disabilities, parents acquired trainings and skills needed in improving the care they gave their children, parents got better understanding of their children and to build a support network.
Sadly we don’t have similar programmes down here....
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Healthcare professional can help reduce stigma and violence against children with developmental disabilities by enlightening the parents how to best protect their children from harm, create an awareness campaign and event where people who have survived stigmatization and violence can shared their survival stories with both the parents and children.
Teach...
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Lack of information: when there’s no free flow of information regarding aids, funds, free assistive techonogy for their children, etc.
Majority of adults and children with developmental disabilities have not been to schools, it’s either the schools are far from them or their parents cannot afford to pay for their education.
Other factors are; family...
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Down here, few of the children with developmental disabilities are in mainstream schools, accessibility to the schools is challenging, they face discrimination, the teachers aren’t patient with them, their peers most times don’t want to associate with them.
Kids who aren’t in schools should be encourage to attend, there should be special arrangements for...
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Create awareness about the benefits of inclusion, what inclusion will do for a child’s development, be supportive of parents who want an all inclusive activities for their children, encourage teachers be include children with developmental disabilities in all school activities, encourage the government to enforce laws and policies that supports and encourages...
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Life, survival and development to full potential: I believe every child with developmental disabilities have a right to life, to thrive, survive and grow up utilizing their full potentials, in an enabling environment that supports them.
No child should encounter discrimination on the grounds of disability: no child with disabilities or not should be...
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Justin: needs to learn about socialization, how to integrate with his classmates, how to adjust properly to school life, how to overcome anxiety and fear of being in an unknown environment, he can learn the above with the help of a specialist/socialworker and his family. Justin already has hearing aid, access to healthcare facilities, etc.
Thandi: with...
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It is very important for healthcare professional, nurses and caregivers to have empathy, respect the parents rights to grief and express themselves, be there, give them time to come to terms with what happened, have Families and relatives present to help with emotional support, never ever be insensitive and victim or shame blame the parents.
Some...
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Caregiving is so involving, parents learn more about their children, their health, first aid, treatments, support groups, assistive techonogy, developmental stages, etc.
Support groups, listening ears, emotional and physical supports, schedules fixed to suit the parents time and needs, encouragement, little or no criticism, financial support, etc.
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There are so much expectations placed on parents, some are realitic while others aren’t realitic. Some individuals expect the parents to be Superman or supergirl. These parents are humans and like every humans they have their own shortcomings, limitations, strength and weakness.
Parents needs emotional, physical and financial support(where it is...
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The child is comfortable with his or her family being present during consultations.
It contributes to effective communication between the healthcare worker, the parents and the child.
The family is carried along, involved in decision making.
It is in some cases or institutions.
Raise awareness on the importance of having family centered...
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Am excited and appreciative of this course
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The importance of communication, knowing how to overcome all the barriers, assistive techonogy(how they can contribute towards the development of the child), etc.
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Justin: here the dentist needs to allow Justin’s parents in, have them translate for him what will be done, how it will be done and what is expected of Justin. Also the dentist should have a book pictures where he can show Justin animated pictures or videos to help him understand better.
Thandi: a specialist who is patient and effective with...
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The importance of effective communication cannot be overemphasized.
Communication barrister must be broken down if the child is to receive the appropriate care and treatment he or she needs.
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It is vital for parents, specialists/health professional and the child to work together, build a rapport or bond with each other, respect each other, understand that each other is an expert, listen to each other with open mind and understanding, allow the involvement of the child in decision making, carried each other along, honesty will go a long way,...
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We have a learning institution for children with developmental disabilities, there’s collaboration between the services providers/professionals, the children, their families and the government.
The institution is government owned.
The parents aren’t involved in decision making. Most times they are not carried along.
The staffs or professionals...
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Teamwork and effective communication works hand to hand.
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Health professionals should be patient with children with developmental disabilities and their parents, considerate, show them respect and dignity, not see them as a burden or liability, create schedules to suit them and their parents, always follow up with them, the facility should be disabilities friendly or welcoming, communication.
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Every recommendations, points raised and solutions proffered is very much valid, achievable and doable.
There’s a lot the issue of illiteracy, communication barrier(some may not be able to fully expressed themselves), etc.
Healthcare workers, the government, NGOs, nurses, physicians, social workers, physiotherapist, parents, etc must all work...
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We learn every day hopefully all these shortcomings will be addressed, people will be more considerate, have empathy, understanding, supportive, willing to help, etc.
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There are barristers down here, parents are one of them, their unwillingness to seek help or aid from NGOs and chairty organizations, most of them don’t even have access to relevant information or aware of services and aids.
Distance, where these facilities and services are located is far from those who needs them. People in rural areas have no access to...
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The intervention is a brilliant ideal, kudos to Jane Wilbur. Interventions like this will be welcomed in developing countries where sanitary pads is expensive for everyone.
In Nigeria, you will be shocked at the percentage of girls and women using rags, dirty clothes in place of sanitary pads.
Yes interventions like this will be welcomed in Nigeria.
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Preparation for adulthood/self independence lifestyles, personal hygiene, skills acquisitions and personal development.
No I haven’t yet.
Every caregiver should be honest with their charge, show them realitic expectation or goals, respect, love, care and treating them as equals.
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Justin: I love the fact that Justin’s parents want him to understand everything that’s happening to him. He does not have any challenges, his parents have healthcare insurance. He is just anxious, talking with his physician will help ease his anxiety.
Thandi: comes from a low income country, his mother is totally dependent on her siblings for survival....
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Justin already have access to hearing aid, speech & language therapist, his parents health care insurance made provision for that, plus he lives in a country where there is easy access to them.
Thandi, needs a wheelchair, crutch or walking frame, etc. she comes from a low income country, her parents cannot afford that easily. For her to get the assistive...
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Below are some of the Special Needs Schools in Nigeria;
Royal School of Therapy Education.
C.A..D.E.T Academy.
Centre for Children With Special Needs.
Modupe Cole Memo rial Child.
Open Door Special education centre.
Otana Hearing Centre.
Kids Start right, Ikeja.
Patrick Speech and Language Centre, Ikeja.
Centre for Autism...
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Thank you for sharing the early intervention programmes for low income countries, there’s so much to do.
I am glad these countries are taking drastic steps in addressing this.
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No I have never been involved in an early intervention programme for children with developmental disabilities.
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Sadly I have no experience to share.
Hospital is the first point of contact, it is therefore important that they show empathy to parents, be sensitive with them, share information with them, not guilt trip them into believing it is their fault, recommend support groups, respect the parents decision and always follow up with them.
It is always...
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@TamakloeElikem welcome onboard
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CAROLINE: Did not have access to relevant information, she felt like she was on her own, the hospital didn’t have immediate access to a genetic counsellor, there was no empathy from the staff/hospital, etc. I am glad eventually her sister came across UNIQUE.
BRENDA: She also did not get the relevant information from the hospital, they had no empathy...
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No I have never been involved in the process of diagnosis.
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Week 2, elated and ready to grow.
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Learning the that impairment is not the same thing as developmental disabilities.
Understanding the roles the environment, society and families play on the development of the children.
The convention, laws enacted to protect children with developmental disabilities.
Understanding that the society is the one that is disabled in their thinking...
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Useful and applicable
