Qatari homes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7981478.stm
just listening to radio 4 'from our own correspondant' made me realise yet again how families with special needs bypass and ignore political and cultural differences for the sole goal of helping their child in the best way they can.
The link is to a programme by Katya Adler, a journalist, who went to Doha with the aim of getting to understand the culture etc. She tells how she was frustrated by her failure to get to know any Qatari families, or to step inside one of their homes.
Well, I did.
In fact I was welcomed into two Qatar homes, one of which was a member of the ruling Al Thani family.
As a Portage enthusiast, I see parents in the role as their child's first educator. When I suggested that I should visit children in their own home the Principal of Sunbeams Kindergarten, Joanna, was surprised and at first sceptical. However , she agreed to take me, and what wonderful welcome I received. Listening to Katya Adler, reminded me again what a privelage my work in Qatar had been, and how special needs brings together parents in a way that maybe nothing else can.
just listening to radio 4 'from our own correspondant' made me realise yet again how families with special needs bypass and ignore political and cultural differences for the sole goal of helping their child in the best way they can.
The link is to a programme by Katya Adler, a journalist, who went to Doha with the aim of getting to understand the culture etc. She tells how she was frustrated by her failure to get to know any Qatari families, or to step inside one of their homes.
Well, I did.
In fact I was welcomed into two Qatar homes, one of which was a member of the ruling Al Thani family.
As a Portage enthusiast, I see parents in the role as their child's first educator. When I suggested that I should visit children in their own home the Principal of Sunbeams Kindergarten, Joanna, was surprised and at first sceptical. However , she agreed to take me, and what wonderful welcome I received. Listening to Katya Adler, reminded me again what a privelage my work in Qatar had been, and how special needs brings together parents in a way that maybe nothing else can.
