A group of 50 orphaned Ukrainian children are waiting for paperwork to be sorted so they can fly to safety in Scotland.
03.03.2022 - 15:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A 19-year-old college student from West Lothian has been appointed as a board trustee at Values into Action Scotland - a charity that supports people with autism and/or learning difficulties.
Aaron Hume (19) had already accomplished so much prior to his board appointment, including co-authoring a paper on the effects of Covid-19 on people with disabilities alongside get2gether members and Napier University professors, becoming an ambassador for the ‘Stay up Late’ charity, and served as ambassador for Inclusion in West Lothian while in High School.
Aaron has multiple disabilities - cerebral palsy, autism, and a moderate learning difficulty along with cerebral visual and speech difficulties - he uses signs, gestures, and a device called a talker to communicate.
Aaron is on the ground-floor in various projects across West Lothian, including the ‘Human Rights Town’ app which is a project aiming to help people with disabilities recognise if their human rights are being denied in their everyday lives.
Aaron said: “I, like many others over the last two years, hit graduation and turned 18 slap-bang in the middle of our first lockdown. Depression, confusion, anxiety and unrest was an understatement.
“You may be aware already, but there is not a lot of social opportunity services out there for people like me.
“After months of searching, I came across two groups local to me – Get2gether and GigBuddies West Lothian – I joined up to both immediately.
“Get2gether did everything from live daily seated exercises to member led events like discos, quiz nights, comedy nights, murder mystery nights and so much more, all from the comfort of my desk chair!
“We link with other groups and charities to raise the voices of people with disabilities to
A group of 50 orphaned Ukrainian children are waiting for paperwork to be sorted so they can fly to safety in Scotland.
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