Kendall, Other people (family members, other friends). Would it be appropriate to e-mail the people that are doing it? KJ >From: Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Cerebral Palsy List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Babysitter Issue >Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:48:09 -0600 > >KJ, > >Are your attendants referring to themselves as your "babysitters," or are >other people ("Friends," family members, etc.) referring to them that way? >In either case, it's inappropriate, but if it's friends and/or family >members, it sounds like it's time to sit down with them and say "Look, I'm >in my 30's. Thirty year olds, even with disabilities, may need help with >some tasks, but that doesn't make us children!" > >My first job out of college was working for an agency that helped people >with disabilities live independently. We had some employees who were in >their 50's and early 60's, who referred to the people we worked with as >kids, and I hated it! After I'd been working there about 6 months, I got >the job of training coordinator, and one of the first things I did was >start training on the use of People First language, and treating EVERYONE >in an age appropriate manner. > >One of the toughest groups to work with was family members of the people we >provided support to. But I told them that if I heard staff referring to >their family member inappropriately, I'd have a "talk" with that staff >member, and it'd make things a lot easier for the staff if family members >and friends used People First and age appropriate language. > >It didn't completely solve the problem, but it helped a lot! > >Kendall Corbett >Coordinator of Consumer Activities >Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities - WIND >College of Health Sciences >University of Wyoming >1000 E. University Avenue, Dept. 4298 >Laramie, WY 82070 >(307) 766-2853 >[log in to unmask] > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kathy Pink [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 3:04 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Babysitter Issue > >For those of you that need assistance in dialy life, here's a question for >you. . . Do other people in your kife,,, call them your baby-sitter? > >_________________________________________________________________ >On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to >get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > >----------------------- > >To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: > >http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > >----------------------- > >To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: > >http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy