New EBU brochure ‘Making elections accessible for voters with visual impairments’ plus video

The European Blind Union (EBU) has published a brochure with clear recommendations for policy makers and elections officials to provide visually impaired citizens with an independent and secret vote.

The brochure is coupled with a video, which shows barriers that visually impaired voters currently f

Council for Disabled Children (England, UK) news digest

Here is the CDC Spring Digest including:

Successful conferences on a wide range of topics, from sex and relationships education to young people's participation

Webinars and case studies added to the resource hub

Three new case law updates from Steve Broach

CDC's take on the latest&n

Zen in care and support for babies and young children who have disabilities

Being updated

ICF: A Hands-on Approach for Clinicians and Families

This is a practical manual of the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

The book explains the many ways health care professionals and families can apply ICF elements with real-life scenarios. It helps families and service provide

'Supporting disabled children, young people and their families: guidance' - from the Scottish Government (UK)

Guidance to help improve the experiences of disabled children, young people, and their families

From their website:

Introduction

In 2016, the Scottish Government funded a survey of families with disabled children and young people across Scotland to gather evidence about their information needs. Fami

What is executive function? And how does it relate to child development?

New Infographic from Center on the Developing Child

From press release: “Executive function and self-regulation skills help us manage information, make decisions, and plan ahead. We need these skills at every stage of life, and, while no one is born with them, nearly all of us are born with the pote

New book: Bringing up babies and young children who have very special needs

Bringing up babies and young children who have very special needs

A 21^st century guide for parents, students and new practitioners

By Peter Limbrick

Published by Interconnections, April 2019. 102 pages.

£14.75. (Discount available for unwaged parents of children who have special needs.)

Contents

Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships. Working Paper No. 1

'...ways to strengthen policies that affect those relationships in the early childhood years'

From Center on the Developing Child website:

An “environment of relationships” is crucial for the development of a child’s brain architecture, which lays the foundation for later outcomes such as aca