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Disabled members look to the legacy of 2022
The first plenary sessions of UNISON’s annual disabled members conference took place this morning, with the cost of living and securing a legacy for the unions’ Year of the Disabled Worker dominating proceedings. But it also saw member Paddy Toner presented with his award as this year’s winner of the union’s Local Service Champions Awards by general secretary Christina McAnea (pictured above). Mr Toner is a rehabilitation worker for the visually impaired at Halton Borough Council. He himself is registered blind. He was nominated by Helen Illidge, his support worker, who accompanied him to the conference. Watch a v...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - October 30, 2022 Category: Food Science Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News 2022 National Disabled Members Conference Local Service Champions Awards Source Type: news

IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1415: Personality, Behavior Characteristics, and Life Quality Impact of Children with Dyslexia
Kusheng Wu Dyslexia is one of the most common neurobehavioral disorders. Children with dyslexia usually suffer from negative, behavior personality problems, and impacted life quality. We aimed to identify family environment factors for dyslexia, and to evaluate the personality, behavior characteristics and life quality of children with dyslexia. A total of 60 children diagnosed with dyslexia and 180 normal children that were aged 7&ndash;12 who speak Chinese were recruited from four primary schools in Shantou City, China. Self-designed questionnaire, children&rsquo;s edition of the Eysenck Personality ...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - February 21, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Yanhong Huang Meirong He Anna Li Yuhang Lin Xuanzhi Zhang Kusheng Wu Tags: Article Source Type: research

Diversity beyond gender – a new year pledge
You can read the original post Digital Science’s Medium blog. Happy New Year! As we regret our former cheese-based life choices and get back into the swing of things, January is also a time to look forward and make resolutions. 2019 could be a year of great change and uncertainty. One topic never far from our minds is diversity and inclusion, specifically ensuring that ALL people are represented and heard. During this time of change, one way that we can achieve greater representation within research is to each commit to doing one small thing to change the current culture. On Saturday 3rd November 2018 we held a sess...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - January 23, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Suze Kundu Tags: Uncategorized Diversity SpotOn SpotOn18 Source Type: blogs

Diversity beyond gender — a new year pledge
You can read the original post Digital Science’s Medium blog. Happy New Year! As we regret our former cheese-based life choices and get back into the swing of things, January is also a time to look forward and make resolutions. 2019 could be a year of great change and uncertainty. One topic never far from our minds is diversity and inclusion, specifically ensuring that ALL people are represented and heard. During this time of change, one way that we can achieve greater representation within research is to each commit to doing one small thing to change the current culture. On Saturday 3rd November 2018 we held a sess...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - January 23, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Suze Kundu Tags: Uncategorized Diversity SpotOn SpotOn18 Source Type: blogs

Unlocking our potential
Kathleen Kennedy’s busy life belies narrow-minded assumptions about disabled people When people meet Kathleen Kennedy for the first time they often think she has learning difficulties. In reality, she has a degree in business and is the author of two books. Having a disability throws up many problems in the workplace, largely around the assumptions that other people make. But UNISON disabled members are working together to tackle those assumptions. Kathleen is 43 and lives independently in Aberdeen. She is a support assistant for her local council, and is the vice-chair and equality officer at her UNISON branch, as w...
Source: UNISON Health care news - October 22, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Rosa Ellis Tags: Article Magazine disability discrimination disability-information-day-2018 disabled members Source Type: news

Learned helplessness in doctors with dyslexia: Time for a change in discourse?
Dyslexia may be defined as a “learning difficulty that specifically impairs a person's ability to read … despite having normal intelligence” (National institute of neurological disorders and stroke, 2011; Dyslexia International, n.d.). It is a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD), which has an estimated international preva lence of 10% (Dyslexia International, n.d.; Wray et al., 2012). Within the United Kingdom (UK), it is protected by the Equality Act of 2010 and, therefore, employers are required to make reasonable adjustments to enable individuals with dyslexia to reach their full potential within their jobs (Great Britain, 2010).
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - February 6, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Sebastian C.K. Shaw Tags: Guest Editorial Source Type: research

The Girl Who Taught Me to Spell the Word 'Love'
In my 49 years on this planet, I have had the chance to meet some amazing people and make a lot of good friends. Some have lasted beyond time and circumstance, while others have ended naturally after school, or a move or job change. A few ended painfully. But there is one friend whose effect on me was so profound that I think of her often. Carol and I were in the same afternoon kindergarten class. She was my ideal of what a girl should look and be like. Her long, brown hair hung down to her waist, and she possessed the all-American face I longed for myself. She had the ability to make friends easily and always managed t...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock: 'In space, race doesn't matter'
The space scientist who is about to replace Patrick Moore on how Spock, Sherlock Holmes and physics inspired herAs a child, space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock was allowed to stay up late and watch one programme, The Sky at Night. She mainly grew up in light-polluted London, unable to see much outside the window of her family's council flat in Camden, but still she had a fascination with space. Some long winter nights, walking home from school across Hampstead Heath, she would look up and think, "Patrick talked about that constellation, I can see it now."Patrick Moore presented the astronomy programme for more than 50 yea...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 19, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Emine Saner Tags: The Guardian Astronomy Educational TV Culture Television & radio Media Star Trek Features Patrick Moore The news on TV Interviews Factual TV Science Space amp; radio Source Type: news

Win a Copy of Turtle in The Thursday Throng Author Interview with Mik Everett
Today, I’d like to welcome Mik Everett to the Author interviewees’ chair with her novel ‘Turtle: the American Contrition of Franz Ferdinand’. In addition to this interview, Mik is also offering one lucky winner a free copy of the book; all you need to do is leave a comment below to be in with a chance of winning. According to Amazon “19-year-old Anne tells her mother, “Your father tried to rape me.” Her mother replies, “You’re going to have to deal with it.” Herself a young mother, Anne collects facts in an attempt to make sense of her mother’s story and rec...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - November 15, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Interviews author interview Source Type: news