Steph's Travel Adventures

 For this our main point here is; to include us, even in the most minimal way, because it could lift our moods dramatically. Another thing here is; to listen, take the time to listen. Now with a disabled person, this could be a prolonged amount of time but you might just get a very intelligent conversation out of us if you give us the time to express ourselves. So for example, with me a full conversation, depending on what you talk about, could take 2 and a half to 3 hours because I do like to be very descriptive and elaborative in my answers to people. Another big thing here is, if we are in the middle of a conversation or trying to tell you something, don't walk away because it leads to miscommunication between parties and then both sides of the party end up in a bad mood because your not getting along. Give us respect to elaborate on things, give us the chance to educate you, it doesn't have to be on one of our particular subjects but we could take the time to take a look at

 This can be another varying subject when it comes to dealing with children with disabilities, using myself as an example, I was always very good at eating most things when I was a kid, but to be entirely truthful, the one thing that I have struggled with has been fluid consumption. Am I happy with this? No, I'm not, believe me. Because it can cause more issues over a longer period of time than you think. For example now what I struggle with on a day to day basis is actually not being able to go to the toilet in public toilets, so that means I have to restrict things in public so I'm able to get home, so I can carry out these things. Once again it's about getting down to their level and making it a somewhat interactive process, so this would be allowing them to choose how much they eat of what they've got in their lunchboxes, is this easy? No. Because at the end of the day your parents check how much of what you've consumed, at least this was the way it was for me,

 Now this one might flow a little easier for me so it should have a good chunk of information for you to digest. Abled to disabled, well depending on what way you look at the saying, it could be the fact that there are more disadvantages to being disabled than there are advantages, but most of the time its how you choose to look at these disadvantages which could empower you or destroy you. For example, for me right now I'm struggling in a multitude of ways but you will very rarely hear me complain about it, and if I do, it's not because I want to, it's usually because I'm hitting my breaking point. The last 2 and a half 3 years have not been an easy time for me as I've gone through a different number of carers many times and had several different people come in and out of the house, it's been very unsettling for me and my family. Another disadvantage to being disabled is that you have to manage your team of support people which I will pay respect to this in ano

 Once again this is just a disclaimer because I'm not as intelligent in this area of disability. So please, if the information that I share with you is not exactly accurate, I ask you to keep this statement in mind and look forward to any feedback you might have. In my experience when I've had interactions with intellectually disabled people when they don't win they become very frustrated because they can't see the purpose behind not being able to win or not being perfect in something, they find it more difficult to come to terms with the fact that they haven't done something exactly right, or the fact that it's taken them longer to achieve something which puts a downer on their day. One way I found of combatting this potentially, is you try to get down to their level and teach them the right techniques, particularly when it comes to sport, and the key here is; to take time and be patient. And with those two things, you should eventually get to where you are try