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FLARE member Louise’s blog: Speaking with decision-makers
Council for Disabled Children’s FLARE members regularly write blogs on issues and experiences that matter to them. The latest blog from FLARE member Louise Chandler who has written about speaking with decision-makers. Louise shares what she wishes she had known as a young person before speaking to decision-makers and what she would like decision-makers to know about engaging with children and young people.
“My two-year-old’s hearing loss diagnosis shocked me; her doctor’s words saved me”
Helen Rosenthal was horrified at the idea of clunky hearing aids on her tiny girl, but the profound advice the audiologist gave her sustains her to this day.
Mum sets up child allergy support group for families
A mother has set up a support network for parents in Derbyshire who have children with allergies. Kirsty’s daughter, Mahlia, now aged three, was diagnosed with allergies to milk, eggs, and sesame at seven months old.
He worked with artificial limbs for decades. Then a lorry ripped off his right arm. What happened when the expert became the patient?
An experienced clinician in prosthetics, Jim Ashworth-Beaumont found himself the perfect guinea pig for a radical new option for amputees.
Cat gets job helping to train hearing dogs
A Siamese cat has been recruited to help train hearing dogs. Frank, who lives in High Wycombe with owner Julie Shute, spends time with dogs to see how they react to him, and assess if the trainee could live with a cat owner.
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