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In our continuing series My Life, My Way Lynn Murdoch talks candidly to Michael McEwan of Able Radio about life with cerebral palsy. Lynn attended mainstream schools and tried office work for a while. Now living in own home and working as an activities coordinator in a care home, she offers advice and encouragement to others with a disability. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Michael McEwan of Able Radio talks to George Gordon, a part-time receptionist with with SCLD who has previously worked with Common Knowledge as an interviewer on the Special Olympics and as a support worker. He has also worked on the SCLD Citizen Leadership programme. He talks about the challenge of attending college while working as a School Traffic Patroller and has advice on how to deal with bullying and verbal abuse. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Hate Crime Awareness Week takes place 10-17 October 2015. In this episode Michael McEwan of Able Radio finds out why we need an awareness week and what is happening in Glasgow from Brian Scott (Development Manager - Glasgow Disability Alliance), Pauline Kelly (Hate Crime Policy Officer - Community Safety Glasgow) and Graham Stirling (Police Officer from Safer Communities Department of Greater Glasgow Police Division). As well as explaining what we mean by hate crime, the panel explain how third party reporting can help people who have been subjected to such abuse. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Adoptive or foster parents often believe they have failed and blame themselves for their child's violent or aggressive behaviour. It's important that professionals are 'trauma aware' and do not reinforce these feelings. Edwina Grant talks to Christine Gordon and Karen Wallace of Adapt Scotland about caring for those who care for children who exhibit violent or aggressive behaviour. They explore the reasons for these behaviours, the impact on family life and coping strategies. This discussion is based on a paper Violent and aggressive children by Christine Gordon and Karen Wallace published in Research Unbound. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Bobath Scotland is the only charity in Scotland dedicated to helping people with cerebral palsy, the most common cause of physical disability. With Cerebral Palsy Month coming up in October and World Cerebral Palsy Day on 7 October, Bobath Scotland Chief Executive Stephanie Fraser talks to Michael McEwan about how Bobath Therapy, the economics of running a charity, fund raising and training programmes for families, classroom assistants and young people. She's looking forward to their conference which will bring together professionals, families and other charities to share knowledge and evidence. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Sense Scotland supports children and adults with disabilities. In this episode Michael McEwan talks to Communication Officer Graeme Thomson about the kinds of support offered and Support Worker Grant Hendry about arts and outdoor activities. Sense Scotland Phone 0300 330 9292 Sense Scotland - Facebook Twitter @sensescotland Graeme Thomson Communication Officer, gthomson@sensescotland.org.uk Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Values into Action Scotland promotes rights and equality for people with learning difficulties and individuals on the autistic spectrum. In this episode Michael McEwan of Able Radio first talks to David Ross about how his work as a Quality Checker helps people bring more choice and control into their lives. Then Catherine Hurrell talks about a project to develop modern apprenticeships for young people on the autistic spectrum. Values into Action Scotland Video: An employer's guide to autism Video: VIAS Quality Checkers Promotional Video Reach For Autism Disability Confident Campaign Autism Card: personal information for people on the autistic spectrum Liam's story: using video to see beyond autism Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

In 2007, Iriss undertook a digital preservation project to share - and safeguard - the migration story of the 10,000 children, referred to as 'orphans, waifs and strays' who emigrated to Canada between 1869 and 1939. It was first created as an exhibition at the Heatherbank Museum of Social Work in Glasgow called The Golden Bridge, and the website became an interactive tool for learning and sharing this migration story. The website has recently been redesigned. This redesign has given us a good excuse to take the lid off the work and share a behind-the-scenes look at the work that went into digitising the exhibition. We spoke to Ellen Daly and Ian Phillip from Iriss who were involved in the digitisation of the exhibition. They give us an insight into how it all came together. The Golden Bridge Preserving the history of social work blog post Heatherbank Museum of Social Work Preserving and re-presenting social work history with new media: Digitising the Golden Bridge Exhibition Retelling the past using new tech

On 18 June, the LGBT Age Capacity Building Project held an event to celebrate and reflect on the achievements of the project and discuss the future of inclusive LGBT services in Scotland. The event involved creative activities including powerful and moving poetry performances from volunteers involved. The project aimed to support professionals working in older people's services to be more inclusive of LGBT issues. LGBT Health and Wellbeing - Age resources LGBT Age Capacity Building Project - impact report How to get your LGBT Charter Mark At this event there was also a 35 minute group LGBT Age Capacity Building Project discussion where participants offered further reflections on some of the issues and suggestions for how to move forward. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Claire Stuart, project manager with Learning Disability Statistics Scotland, talks to Michael McEwan about the statistics they collect from Scottish Local Authorities and how they use data visualisation to make them understandable. Learning Disability Statistics Scotland t: +44 141 559 5720 Claire's email address is claire.s@scld.co.uk Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Equality is the theme of this year's Learning Disability Week (15 - 21 June 2015). In this episode Michael McEwan picks out some highlights, including older people with learning disability, using technology and staying safe online, women and learning disability, LGBT and Date 'n' Mates. Keys to Life: events Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability (tel 0141 559 5720) PAMIS MENCAP Learning Disability Week - what's happening throughout the UK. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

The Evidence Exchange programme, an Alliance for Useful Evidence initiative, seeks to encourage the sharing and use of social policy evidence across the UK. One of the programme's themes is the role of evidence in developing policy and interventions that reduce people's risk of alcohol related harm, such as ABIs - Alcohol Brief Interventions. ABIs are structured conversations or other interventions (e.g. online) designed to support people to reduce their alcohol intake. Dr Niamh Fitzgerald is an experienced ABI researcher and trainer across the UK. She works at the University of Stirling, developing alcohol teaching and public involvement for the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies. In this episode, Niamh discusses what is known about ABIs, how and where they work; her recent research on delivery of ABIs outside of primary healthcare, and pointers for practitioners. There will be more learning and discussion on this topic in a webinar on 26 May 2015, including learning from practice in Wales and England

Reversing the Trend is a resource developed by Partnership Drugs Initiative (PDI) and Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) with practitioners to help gather and disseminate evidence on the impact of preventative approaches for young people at risk of developing alcohol issues. In this episode we hear from Elaine Wilson, Programme Manager for Partnership Drugs Initiative (PDI), a funding programme within Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland. Elaine tells us more about the projects funded and the approaches taken. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Recovery Across Mental Health (formerly Renfrewshire Association for Mental Health) is an independent voluntary sector organisation that aims to enable people to recover from mental ill health and to promote wellbeing. This year RAMH is celebrating 25 years of providing support and is running a £25,000 appeal for 2015. Michael McEwan speaks to Karen Milne who tells us more about the organisation and launch of the celebrations. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

How do we deal with trauma? Most of us have a reference point for what is 'safe' which allows us to make sense of traumatic events (for example a car crash) and provides a framework to deal with it. Looked after or adoptive children often have no such reference point which makes it difficult for them and their parents to deal with trauma. Christine Gordon and Karen Wallace - co-founders of Adapt Scotland - talk to Fiona Lettice about their first hand experience of fostering, adoption and trauma. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

We Chose to Climb was a three-day event or 'climb' that was held over 16-18th March 2015 at the Arches in Glasgow. It was an event that brought together those interested in discussing and exploring the principles of self-directed support. Iriss.fm spoke to Charlie Barker of Social Care Ideas Factory who told us more about it. Over the course of the three days, people were asked to consider the question, 'What do you need to make your way in the world?'. We captured some of the responses to this question, and other reflections on the event. Jamie Andrew - amputee, mountaineer, speaker Jamie Bolling - Independent Living Institute Simon Duffy - Centre for Welfare Reform Euan's guide. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Supporting families of adults with autism. There are over 7000 families supporting adults with an autistic spectrum condition in Edinburgh and the Lothians. PASDA is a charity that offers support to parents, partners and siblings of adults with ASC. Executive manager Donna Nelson and Cath Purdie, a carer, joined Michael McEwan in a Glasgow cafe to explain how PASDA works in partnership with a whole range of organisations to help improve the health and wellbeing of families affected by ASC. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

This is the fourth in a series of recordings on the topic of co-production and improvement methodology. Shaun Maher, Improvement Advisor at Healthcare Improvement Scotland, gives his views on co-production and improvement methodology and details the work he has been involved in which combines the two approaches. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

How do we best secure stable futures for people who have experienced homelessness? What assistance and interventions can homelessness services put in place to support people to thrive? In this episode, partners in the Homelessness: pathways and prevention project discuss their experiences of keeping people out of homelessness. They also discuss innovative services and what work still needs to be done to improve support in Scotland. Homelessness: pathways and prevention project Glasgow Homelessness Network Turning Point Scotland Community Resources Network Scotland Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Dating and friendship for people with learning disabilities. Dates n Mates is a friendship and dating agency for people with learning disabilities. Michael McEwan of Able Radio talked to PR and Marketing Manager Liz Irvine just before Valentine's day 2015. Dates-n-Mates Dates-n-Mates Facebook page Twitter: @datesnmates c-change The Arches Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free