by Guest Writer | Apr 24, 2022 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
I felt I needed time to reflect on what I have been through over the last few years. Puttingthings in a box was not the best idea and having a beautiful little daughter also had not givenme much time to think or rest myself, as I perhaps should have done. I am so...
by Erika Petrie | Apr 19, 2022 | Current Affairs, Feel Good, Podcasts
Martyn The Hat interviews Erika Petrie and Simon Frankland about Shades of Different and their newly granted charity status. Erika explains their plans for Shades of Different moving forward and how they aim to help Micaela and other differently able children. Simon...
by Guest Writer | Apr 17, 2022 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
At my 12 week scan, which I had to attend alone because of Covid restrictions, I was taken into a small side room and told that our baby had fluid around his neck and more tests were needed at another hospital. There and then I was asked if I wished to continue with...
by Erika Petrie | Apr 17, 2022 | Current Affairs, Feel Good, Podcasts
Ryan & Dan either side of Erika Ryan Boydon at Hope FM interviews Erika Petrie at the end of World Down Syndrome Awareness Week. Erika talks about Shades of Different being an unincorporated organisation that has almost gained charity status. Ryan asks Erika about...
by Guest Writer | Apr 12, 2022 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
My parents, that’s what I have always called them, never called them adoptive parents, and they describe me as their son. They knew of her, my birth mother, went to the same church, she was too young, and didn’t have a great life herself. It’s a...
by Erika Petrie | Apr 10, 2022 | Current Affairs, Feel Good, Podcasts
Richard Oliff at Forest FM interviews Erika Petrie & Simon Frankland on World Down Syndrome Awareness Day. Erika talks about the new articles on the live blog and Simon talks about overcoming the stigma associated with Down Syndrome. Richard also asks Erika about...
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