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| Titre : |
A life turned upside down at 10: my journey to being 18 |
| Type de document : |
Texte imprimé et/ou numérique |
| Auteurs : |
Hannah GREENSMITH, Auteur |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.36-43 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Résumé : |
The format of this paper differs from other GAP papers in that it takes the form of an autobiographical story. It is written by Hannah who is 18 years old and autistic. Although mostly confined to her bedroom, she maintains hopes of regaining enough health to pursue her dreams. She wrote this as part of a fundraising campaign to enable her to have an extended stay at Center Parcs, a place she loves and where she feels she could start to move forward again into her hoped for future. She writes vividly about what she was like and her passions before she became ill, following a fall in the garden aged 10. Her story illustrates how hospital admissions and interventions can sometimes exacerbate situations, leading to serious consequences for emotional and physical wellbeing.
Hannah describes her parents as her superheroes and as the people who have helped her the most. The lessons within her story are to really listen with an open mind to children and their parents; not to go on doing things that aren't working, even if they usually do work for other people, and that if a person has a strongly held belief as to what might help them, even if it is outside the usual provision offered, to give it genuine consideration. |
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in Good Autism Practice - GAP > 23-1 (Spring 2022) . - p.36-43
[article] A life turned upside down at 10: my journey to being 18 [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Hannah GREENSMITH, Auteur . - p.36-43. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Good Autism Practice - GAP > 23-1 (Spring 2022) . - p.36-43
| Résumé : |
The format of this paper differs from other GAP papers in that it takes the form of an autobiographical story. It is written by Hannah who is 18 years old and autistic. Although mostly confined to her bedroom, she maintains hopes of regaining enough health to pursue her dreams. She wrote this as part of a fundraising campaign to enable her to have an extended stay at Center Parcs, a place she loves and where she feels she could start to move forward again into her hoped for future. She writes vividly about what she was like and her passions before she became ill, following a fall in the garden aged 10. Her story illustrates how hospital admissions and interventions can sometimes exacerbate situations, leading to serious consequences for emotional and physical wellbeing.
Hannah describes her parents as her superheroes and as the people who have helped her the most. The lessons within her story are to really listen with an open mind to children and their parents; not to go on doing things that aren't working, even if they usually do work for other people, and that if a person has a strongly held belief as to what might help them, even if it is outside the usual provision offered, to give it genuine consideration. |
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