Hi @Phyl S I hope the meeting goes well today and that whatever the outcome you are at peace with it.
I totally agree that people should not be excluded because of disability, but I also think you need to be aware when that disability has an impact on what they are doing. For instance I'm severely deaf, and although I do various volunteer things I pick what I do carefully. I would never consider a parent and toddler group, as one I wouldn't be able to hear what the children were saying a lot of the time, and two I'd be totally unaware if a crisis was happening in another part of the room.
I think doing things in the community is so important. Are there other things the two of you could get involved in instead?
I totally agree that people should not be excluded because of disability, but I also think you need to be aware when that disability has an impact on what they are doing. For instance I'm severely deaf, and although I do various volunteer things I pick what I do carefully. I would never consider a parent and toddler group, as one I wouldn't be able to hear what the children were saying a lot of the time, and two I'd be totally unaware if a crisis was happening in another part of the room.
I think doing things in the community is so important. Are there other things the two of you could get involved in instead?