by Guest Writer | Sep 5, 2023 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
It was 2009, I had lived with severe clinical depression for 17 years yet still had built my dream business, had an amazing partner, and had recently bought a great home. What more could I want? Yet I was dying inside and finally I broke in the most spectacular...
by Guest Writer | Sep 4, 2023 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
I’m Andy and in 2017 I was rushed to hospital as an emergency and diagnosed with a large Meningioma brain tumour. This was immediately surgically removed via a craniotomy at Southampton NHS hospital, and I was given the all-clear. However, in 2022 I was diagnosed with...
by Guest Writer | Jul 28, 2023 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
My Father was an alcoholic. He died when I was 13 years old on Christmas Eve in Mexico. We came to America running away from him wanting a better life since he used to beat up my mom a lot. I grew up. Finished high school. Had a son in High school that I still haven’t...
by Erika Petrie | Mar 31, 2023 | Current Affairs, Feel Good, Podcasts
To listen to this podcast please click the play button below: Ryan Boydon interviews Erika Petrie about WDSD & awareness raising including Micaela and her resilience, the live blog and topics raised within it. Joanna Criscenti is patched in to talk about her...
by Erika Petrie | Mar 31, 2023 | Current Affairs, Events, Feel Good, Podcasts
Steve Twynham interviews Erika Petrie about World Down Syndrome Day and the awareness raising that takes place on 21st March, the latest developments with Shades of Different since it became a registered charity a year ago, Micaela, the inclusion anthem ‘Include...
by Guest Writer | Mar 23, 2023 | Articles, Feel Good
I have an 18 year old son called George who has Down’s syndrome and autism. I also have an older daughter Izzy who is 22. My talented girl is at university studying graphic design and has written and illustrated a book aimed at the siblings of brothers or sisters with...
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