i am so sad to hear your news Liz, i can't imagine how you must feel. i just wanted you to know that we are thinking of you. x

<t>thank you rob. you made me feel so much better.<br/> i went to a meeting yesterday and was told how badly i had handled a situation re my daughter and basically 2 people sat and told me how flawed i am.<br/> well thanks to your post i am now thinking of myself as a deliciously flawed human being....

<t>we had to move from a house to a bungalow as we could not get my daughter upstairs any longer. we had paid our mortgage off on that house. as suitable bungalows are more expensive in this area, and we had to stay in this area because of my 90 yrs. old mum, we had to take out a new £40,000 mortga...

<t>Reviws are absoloutely vital. in my opinion they should be at the very minimum every 3 mths. and if there is a particular problem, evan more frequent to discuss progress on that issue.<br/> <br/> if the social worker cannot fix a date, fix one for yourself and your daughter with the staff and tea...

Kids eh!!

oh sharon i could feel your excitment for Alex. I do wish him well, they will be very lucky to be able to employ him and i am sure he will be a credit to his employers.

good luck Alex.

we are english through and through. the last time we visited our grandaughter we all went roller skating. none of us could do it, falling over etc., but great fun was had by all.

just shows that you cannot really generalize over this sort of thing.

i like the 'thought' of holidays. the looking forward, evan the saving up, but when i get there, i begin counting the days until i come back. mad or what.......

<t>if i were you i would put everything you need down in writing. then explain that what they are suggesting will not meet the needs of your son and why. Then send copies to everyone you think will have an interest. Councillors, head of OT dept. social worker, etc. afterall, if they don't get it rig...

<t>thats the first time i have every heard anyone other than me say that they have almost lost the power of speech. being a carer of somebody who has no speech means you almost loose the art of conversation and this can be very difficult at times. of course you talk to your caree, but its a one way ...