Living with Disabilities

  First, welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy Website. It's run by none other than Katrina Smith, who's a person with a learning disability. Her mission behind Living With Disabilities is to bring awareness to all people with disabilities.   Today, Living With Disabilities wants to talk about the Importance of self-advocating.    When it comes to self-advocating only a few people will understand the meaning behind it. Nonetheless, its benefits specify it. What does it mean to be a self-advocate ? Self-advocating is the ability to communicate your needs. People who advocate for themselves are more likely to thrive in school etc... A person can learn to self-advocate at any age.   Being a good Self-advocate possesses benefits for children and adults who learn and think on various levels. Those who know how to advocate well do better in school, work and life. People frequently feel confident in what they are learning and doing.  Self-advocating al...

  First, welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy Website. It's run by none other than Katrina Smith, who's a person with a learning disability. Her mission behind Living With Disabilities is to bring awareness to all people with disabilities. Today, Living With Disabilities wants to talk about Redefining the R-word.  The Living With Disabilities article  Disability 101: Crash course  discussed that Retardations will be brought up in a different article. And here is that article. Living With Disabilities wants to let you know that this article will be written in the format of a letter. Before getting to this letter, let's talk about how this R-word began and go down history lane. By the 1940s, society started using the terms "mentally retarded" and "mentally handicapped" more often. According to  the Ontario Mistery of Children, community and social services.  People with mental challenges would be classified as "mentally retarded" as s...

  First, welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy Website. It's run by none other than Katrina Smith, who's a person with a learning disability. Her mission behind Living With Disabilities is to bring awareness to all people with disabilities. Today, Living With Disabilities wants to talk about what's Cerebral Palsy.  Cerebral Palsy is a congenital disorder of movement, muscle tone, or posture. Some people who have CP can walk, and others may use a wheelchair, walker, forearm crutches. Cerebral palsy is due to abnormal brain development, often before or after birth. Symptoms   Includes amplified reflexes, floppy or rigid limbs, and involuntary motions. That appears in early childhood. A medical mistake by the doctor is what causes Cerebral Palsy after birth) What a person may experiences   Muscular: difficulty walking, difficulty with body movements, muscle rigidity, permanent shortening of muscles, the problem with coordination, Stiff muscles, overactive ref...

  First, welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy Website. It's run by none other than Katrina Smith, who's a person with a learning disability. Her mission behind Living With Disabilities is to bring awareness to all people with disabilities. Today, Living With Disabilities wants to talk about disability and health. When it comes to dealing with a disability, some people deal with other issues that stem from their disability.   Living With Disabilities will be sharing Katrina's story.   At nine months old, Katrina Smith developed a disability because of an automobile accident. She had surgery to get a shunt placed because of a brain injury. and has a learning disability because of the brain-damaged accident that caused it. She was in a coma for six months and a semi-coma for three months. Not only does Katrina have a learning disability, But, she has hypothyroidism and osteoporosis because of the medication she takes for her thyroid issues, not to ...

  First, welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy Website. It's run by none other than Katrina Smith, who's a person with a learning disability. Her mission behind Living With Disabilities is to bring awareness to all people with disabilities. Today Living With Disabilities wants to talk about Communication with a person with a disability. Communication is a huge part of the disabled community. There are different forms of communication in the disabled community: verbal and non-verbal communication. And it's about time to understand non-verbal communication.  First, a person who has a non-verbal disability can be overlooked, misunderstood, and misdiagnosed learning disability.  What types of disabilities can non-verbal people have ? ADD, Autism, Cerebral palsy, ADHD, and Asperger's. Cause When it comes to non-verbal learning disorders, they come from the right cerebral hemisphere of the brain. And over time, a child may develop symptoms. including rote memories...

First, welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy Website. It's run by none other than Katrina Smith, who's a person with a learning disability. Her mission behind Living With Disabilities is to bring awareness to all people with disabilities. Today Living With Disabilities wants to talk about  false governmental scams . When it comes to living in the disabled community, some people in society will find a way to take advantage of people with disabilities. And that is why it's best to put on our thinking caps and strap them on tight cause it's about staying safe in your community .    Able-bodies will find ways to scam people with disabilities because they think we're not smart. So, it's best to stay on top of your game. Living With Disabilities will share with you what to pay attention to, so don't give out any information.     How to Avoid government impersonator   Scammers will pretend to call from the government office. Like, the Social security Ad...

First, welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy Website. It's run by none other than Katrina Smith, a person with a learning disability. Her mission behind Living With Disabilities is to bring awareness to all people with disabilities. Today, Living With Disabilities wants to talk about cultural barriers with a disability.     How is a disability perceived in different cultures ?    Different cultures have separate outlooks on the cause of a disability. Some openly combine their beliefs with traditional beliefs and biological models, for instance, disease degeneration and dysfunction.   In Mexico, Haiti, and Latin American Culture, a child born with a disability is seen as a curse as a result of the mother or family.   In Southeast Asia culture, they believe having a developmental disability is caused by mistakes or ancestors.   Indians believe that having a disability has multiple causes, ranging from medication or illness during pre...