Poster girl for handling developmental disabilities
When psychiatric experts, mental health workers and advocates meet in Vancouver today for a conference on developmental disabilities, they will receive a conference brochure with a painting by Riia Talve on the cover.
The painting is a colourless portrait of a sad young woman looking down on herself as if in need of a hug.
While Talve today is happy and healthy, the problems she has faced in her 25 years are representative of a major theme of the conference — that people with developmental disabilities have a higher risk of mental disorders.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.