Employment History
Self-employment - June 2005 until present
I had developed my own business for a number of years prior to started. I set it because I felt there was a gap in disability awareness. I have focused it on helping non-disabled people to provide assistance for people with physical disabilities to enhance their quality of life and individuality.
I based my services on key aspects of life such as, communication, living independently, and personal relationships. The idea behind my business is help people think about what is going on in others' heads as a result of their disabilities. It is very important that non-disabled people can emphasise how someone with a disability feels. At the moment, I am introducing and developing more services so I can be more 'hands on' and really understand what the issues are.
West Kent College - July
2003
I did a day's work at my college. I was asked to give a talk to the staff about
my life with a disability and the difficulties which I have to deal with. I
also ran a workshop on communicating, explaining how to talk to someone who
has not got speech. In the workshop I split the staff into groups, giving each
a communication board so they could try and communicate with each other without
speaking
Christies Care Ltd - June
to August 2002
I undertook some work experience for Christies Care for three months. I created
a training programme about equality for people with disabilities and then ran
four training weekends. Christies Care sent one carer at a time. I specifically
set up each session as discussion-based so that carers had a chance to ask questions
and feedback. At the end of each weekend I was required to write a detailed
report on how the carers did on each section.