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3girlstogether.bsky.social
Lone disabled adopter with 2 teen daughters and 16 pets. Love craft, books, music and nature. Interested in SEND, disability rights and most importantly the impact of trauma on care-experienced youngsters
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Latest free online #DisabilityLivingAllowance overview session THIS EVENING at 8pm. Please repost / share anywhere that might be useful, we have spaces :) #DLA #DevelopmentalTrauma #CareExperiencedChildren Book below calendly.com/training-the...

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Sometimes life is hard; being disabled is hard being a lone parent is hard being an adopter is hard being a parent of teens with SEND is hard being the parent of teens with MH struggles is hard being with profs who don’t understand the impact of trauma is hard #SEND #adoption #trauma #disability

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Starter pack for those wanting to link up with care-experienced families

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On SNJ Today: "A situation where we are upholding nearly 100% of complaints cannot be one that's working for children & their families," says the Ombudsman. She's also asking for powers to investigate complaints about schools. Matt Keer asks, will the government listen? www.specialneedsjung...

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Interesting!

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Pretty much every trauma survivor I've ever worked with has been a highly sensitive soul existing in a highly complicated physical situation-- including their body, their housing or living situation, their economic circumstances, & their medical status. For starters.

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

13 yrs ago today my girls came home to live with me. At times I’ve thought we wouldn’t make it to this day as a family. It is not the life I was expecting but I can’t regret it. I love my beautiful girls so much that it hurts sometimes 1/2 #adoption #trauma #careexperienced #family

submitted 105 days ago • 3 comments

I want to sing the praises of well trained care-workers. A new PA took me shopping this morning. I’ve been a hermit lately, avoiding going where there are people. I had fun getting bits & bobs for the girls. Amazing what a great PA can help me achieve, not achieve for me #carers #disability

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Feel free to join in our new care experienced starter pack and follow me. So much lived experienced of every ‘disadvantage’ possible round my house 🙄

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

I just tried to do this, but apparently I need a minimum of eight of accounts to set off a starter pack. So ... any more willing volunteers to be in the "first release" so I can get us up and running? #CareExperiencedFamilies #CareExperiencedAdults #Fostering #Kinship #SpecialGuardianship #Adoption

submitted 108 days ago • 3 comments

If you want to follow someone with lived experience please do follow me! AuDHD disabled lone transracial adopter to AuDHD teens with developmental trauma disorder. Living on a low income. Teens classed as Child in Need. One teen in EOTAS and one at an indie ASD school. We tick every box going!

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

Here is pet number 3 Benji. Benji is another Cyprus rescue, is 2 yrs old like Bonnie, and has permanent brain damage. It means he always looks a little startled, his head leans to the left and he is deliciously squidgy and soft. He is another ex street kitten and we adore him.

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

Living in my house is like reverse Downton Abbey. We live in relative poverty but I have 3 extra adults in the house right now. A PA for me & a shift change between tutor and LSA for Eldest 17 who is EOTAS. I’m bedridden today & use Alexa rather than a bell to summon support or speak to the “staff”

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment

No heating upstairs at home but I am being treated to a pet blanket this morning. Can’t complain. I’m lovely and warm in bed

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Pet number 2 out of 16 is Bonita or Bonnie. She is a rescue from Cyprus where she was living on the streets as a stray kitten. She eats anything vaguely edible including hair bobbles, cardboard and, if she can get to it, my dinner. But she’s a very affectionate girl so we forgive her #catsofbluesky

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Keeping myself busy whilst my girls have OT at the rather wonderful Family Futures in London. Worth travelling 2 hrs for the outstanding provision #adoption #familyfutures #trauma

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

@helenmew.bsky.social is there a ‘starter pack’ on here for adopters or families of care-experienced youngsters? It would make things much easier

submitted 112 days ago • 4 comments

I'll give away a set of all three of the brilliant Indiana Bones books to one person at random who retweets this and follows @trouteyes.bsky.social. Winner will be chosen on Sunday 17th November at about 6pm. Good luck! www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php?se...

submitted 113 days ago • 4 comments

I struggled with overwhelm today. I started on this lovely set which I’ve been holding on to for a few months. Bobby got confused about who owns the armchair. I ended up sitting in the dog bed

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

To celebrate 2,000 BlueSky followers, I'm going to do a little giveaway. Repost and follow and I'll pick one lucky person at random to win a 12-month Gift Subscription at Bert's Books worth OVER £100. You have until noon on Sunday 17th November

submitted 116 days ago • 56 comments

This is one of our 16 rescue pets. Bobby was locked away for about 7 years. We rescued him at 9 yrs old, a reactive terrified mess. 4.5 years later he is still with us being spoilt and loved

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment

Managed to get out on the water with Eldest 17 on Thursday for her ‘PE’ lesson. Been a long time and it healed my soul a tiny bit #adoption #SEND #EOTAS

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