Options Day 2017 | Ambassadors Mums

A word from our Options Day 2017 Ambassador Mums about loving and nurturing a child living with disability…

 

Hayden Medcalf’s Mum:

Have faith that you are doing your best. Listen to your child and what their true needs are even if they aren’t sure what that is yet, their time will come and they WILL find their very own pathway.

 

Monique Van Kooten’s Mum:

For me I found focusing on the positive kept me sane and trying to turn the negatives into positives worked for me. I wanted my daughter to feel proud of her uniqueness, and that she should not have to apologise for all the things that made her uniquely her. I chose to surround myself with people who really care and who wanted the best for my family and parked the negative people who focused on what Monique couldn’t do in the “no Friend zone”. I think everyone should strive for their full potential, whatever that may look like.

 

In this picture L/R: Monique Van Kooten and Mum Katrina, Rebecca Markwell (2016 Options Day Ambassador and Mum Georgina) and Hayden Medcalf with Mum Tammy.

 

#OptionsDay17

When: Thursday 7 September | 9.30am-1.30pm

Where: Bundaberg Multiplex Centre | 1 Civic Avenue, Bundaberg West

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