Personal Stories
- Kids
My Way! kids share their stories: Alysia
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
First News has been running a campaign for a year called My Way! It’s about getting people to understand that everybody learns in their own way. For some people school is easy but, for others, it might be harder. The important thing we want everybody to understand is that the way you learn has nothing to do with how smart you are. Around six children in each class have learning challenges but that doesn’t mean that they won’t be fantastically successful in whatever they choose to do. As My Way! champion, Hank Zipzer author Henry Winkler says: “Every child has brilliance inside them. Their job is to dig it out and give it to the world.”
I have Acute Tendinopathy...
Friday, 20 May 2011
I have Acute Tendinopathy which isn’t anything to do with the brain it is something to do with my foot.
Living with migrane
Saturday, 30 April 2011
One child in every ten is affected by migraine headaches. Living with migraine can be hard especially if you have pain with your migraine. There is no cure for migraine. But there are lots of things you can do to help manage your migraine and a range of treatments that you can try. Amelia, eight, suffers from migraines. Here she describes how they affect her. This is Amelia’s story.
Me and my autism
Friday, 29 April 2011
This year, 2011, is the National Year of Communication. The Hello campaign is aiming to help people understand how important it is for children and young people to develop good communication skills. Penn School in Buckinghamshire is a secondary school for students with communication difficulties. As part of the Hello campaign we have asked students from Penn school to write about what it is like to have a communication disability. Each month a different student will tell their story.
Life is really hard with dyslexia
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Josie, 10, has dyslexia and she is finding it really tough at school. But she will find her own way through. This is Josie’s story. And, as My Way! ambassador Henry Winkler would tell her: “Every child has brilliance inside them. Their job is to dig it out and give it to the world.”