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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara Dickinson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 10 October 2000 19:06
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: for J Barker, re: Help and advice
>
> Am thinking about your main question but in the meantime am wondering if
> there is a Leonard Cheshire Home in Glamorgan which may have a place for
> your young man. Good company though elderly people can be, an old
> people's
> home is far from the best environment for a 25 year old.
>
> Really, really don't want to add to your jobs but, again thinking of this
> young man's quality of life, might it be worth sending a "circular" to the
> many and various grant-making organisations? I am reliably informed, for
> example, that the Anglican Church often has little purses to open .....
> Just a thought.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Barbara Dickinson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barker J (LRC) <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 8:45 AM
> Subject: Help and advice
>
>
> > I am relatively new to this forum and thought that one of you may be
> able
> to
> > help with advice etc on the following problem.
> >
> > Anthony is a 25 year old young man who suffers from cerebral palsy, he
> is
> > confined to a wheelchair, and because of various financial/funding
> > constraints has to live in an old peoples home.
> >
> > He is mentally very alert but has communication difficulties due (I
> think)
> > in the main to spending many hours each day in isolation in his room at
> the
> > OAP home.
> >
> > Do any of you know of any education scheme that could help him? As he
> needs
> > nursing/care help most of the time he cannot attend a conventional
> college
> > or Uni. so some kind of distance learning coupled with local tutor help
> > would seem to be the thing.
> >
> > As he cannot work or be in education he does not seem to qualify for any
> > help with his IT needs. Friends and family have collected money to
> provide
> > him with a computer and software to help him use it (his sight is fairly
> bad
> > and he needs magnification and speech help) this however is expensive to
> > maintain and he will not be able to upgrade as and when necessary.
> >
> > He has a very good brain and I don't like to see it being wasted, but it
> > seems that he "falls in the crack" and cannot benefit from all the new
> > technology has to offer.
> >
> > Any help or advice you can give will be much appreciated and I shall
> forward
> > it to his parents for action.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> > John Barker
> > Systems Support Officer (Specific Needs)
> > Learning Resource Centre
> > University of Glamorgan
> > Tel: 01443 483742
> >
> >
> >
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