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Editors Welcome Hello all and welcome to the next edition of the We Have A Voice magazine. Here we have all been busy pulling our next edition together to make sure that we have something good to entertain you all with, so I hope that you all enjoy this issue! Sadly, the summer has now seemed to have ended, (typical British weather!!) but the end of summer also means that the academic year has begun. Good luck to those of you who are starting fresh on a new course, and good luck to those of you who are also returning. Following success in my A level exams, I am now leaving College to read History at UEA, however, despite the fact that I will be away in Norwich, I shall continue my role as editor of the magazine!! A warm welcome to all our new members, I hope you enjoy being a part of our project!! Anyone who would like to have their work published in the next issue is welcome to get in contact with us via our website, and remember to ‘like’ our pages on Facebook for all the latest news!! Jo Whats in Store ??? Front Page 1 - Intro 2 - Read all about it 3 - Food & Diet 4 - Think Sound 5 - Think Sound 2 6 - Art Work By Sam Clements 7 - Team V 8 - Tom & Team V 9 - Lewis Says 10 - The Photo Box 11 - Moive Camp 12 - Inventor Scarlett 13 - Inventor Scarlett 14 - Inventor Scarlett Back Page
Read All About It Parent Support Groups Our Parent Company, Autism & ADHD are running free parent support sessions on the first tuesday of each month. These are held at Castle Hill Community Centre in Ipswich. If you know parents whose child who is aged between 4 & 11 (Diagnosed or not) and think they would benefit from talking to both professionals and other parents about any situation that they may be in with that child and discuss different management techniques, what works and what doesn't then please invite them to come along. The drop in sessions begin at 09:30am and lasts until 11:00am. If you would like handouts to be able to inform parents of these sessions email and we'll pop some in the post to you!
After School Club We Have A Voice is excited to announce a new partnership with Suffolk New Academy. Working with the Academy we're delivering a structured after school club to improve young peoples communication & social skills. If you'd like to talk to us about setting up an after school club, get in touch!
Light it up blue! We're excited to be a part of the 'Light It Up Blue' campaign for 2014. We're currently in the process of informing businesses about what it is, if you'd like to learn more about how you or your employer can get involved, get in touch.
We all know how hard it is to keep eating healthy food all the time and also how to keep your appetite when you are on medication. Over the next few issues we are going to give you some food ideas to help you out – we would love your ideas to pass on to everyone else DIP IT! Dipping and dunking food, especially if you are too impatient to sit at the table, can be a great way on eating on the run. Peanut butter provides the base for a high-calorie dip rich in protein, B vitamins, and vitamin E. The dip can also double as a sauce. Recipe: Stir together 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter and 1/2 cup boiling water until smooth. Add 3 tablespoons lemon juice or cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and 2 teaspoons sugar. Adjust seasonings to taste. Serve warm or at room temperature. Combinations • Use as a dip for steamed and raw vegetables. • Serve with chicken or meat kabobs. • Toss with hot cooked linguine; serve warm or chilled. Quicker yet: If you like spicy food, pick up a jar of Thai peanut sauce in the specialty food section of your supermarket. BLEND IT! A fruit smoothie is rich in protein, vitamins, minerals, and calcium. You can increase the taste appeal and calories by adding some ice cream. Recipe: Start with a base of yogurt, milk, or milk substitutes, such as soy, rice, or almond "milks." To increase calories and sweetness, add a fruit spread, flavoured syrup, or canned fruit packed in heavy syrup. Combinations • Chocolate ice cream + banana + peanut butter • Vanilla ice cream + canned peaches + seedless raspberry jam • Strawberry ice cream + banana + lemon yogurt • Vanilla ice cream + pineapple + coconut milk Quicker yet: Store a variety of ready-made yogurt smoothies in the fridge. Before serving, melt a scoop of ice cream in the microwave and mix it into the prepared drink.
THINK
SOUND
What is sound? To start with sound is vibrations, or an energy process. This is carried by any continuous medium such as, air or liquid. It is most commonly emitted by transferable energy through every living being and inanimate object. It is a phenomenon caused by pulsating waves of all sorts energetic forces from one or more sources to another. Effectively it is the tail end or the result of collision of atomic and subatomic particles. Everything emits some sort of auditory effect, but only where there is a medium for the audio waves to do so. This dense phonic effect is the most amazing thing we as a sentient species can envisage. Although those who are unfortunate enough to not be able to interoperate sound in the way that is considered a normality, (deaf individuals) do actually hear some sort of frequency. just not in the same way as those who aren’t deaf, it is called white noise. White noise is said to be a distortion of the audio receptors in the brain and eardrum that enable one to hear and process sound. I think it’s just a different level of the perceptive process entirely. What can sound do? Sound is an extremely powerful energy force not to be taken lightly, by any means. It has material properties at levels so dense it’s incomprehensible. Although, there is such a massive scale of sound level, we can control it to manageable frequencies. We can do this with devices or processes such as volume control. Sound/audio is most regularly measured in decibels and Herts that are often abbreviated to Db, Hz. There are other measurements but those two are the most used in day to day life. There have been numerous scientific studies and practical experiments to show that different levels of frequency can have astonishing outcomes on the environment in which the sound is produced. The best example of this is something called the “Hutchinson Effect”. This incredible scientific operation has the ability to move opaque, solid and inanimate objects of variable types, sizes and mass. Think of the possible ways in which this could be used, however productive or unproductive it may be. I would strongly recommend researching the “Hutchinson Effect” as deeply as you can. Do not be swayed by the press coverage Professor John Hutchinson was given when he failed to reproduce the experiments in a “government lab”. I believe his scientific practices were suppressed and ridiculed because he made a discovery that has unprecedented potential. It’s also not the first time this kind of experiment has been suppressed by so called government officials. Let’s not delve too much into that because I could go on forever and the rant would be endless.
THINK How and why do we hear sound?
SOUND
Human beings and other animals ordinarily have two ears (that are internal or external in relation to the positioning on the skull) for perceiving audible oscillation (the ability to pick up sound waves within an environment). Naturally the brain channels the resonance (the pitch and volume level) to electronic signals that pass though the ear, and into the brain. The brain then reacts to the sound, and sends waves of smaller electronic signals to a part of the brain that recognises a particular auditory phenomenon. If however the sound is unrecognised the way in which the sound would be perceived would be different. In which case the sound may, or may not be processed. Although it can also cause the brain to be slightly more alert before the sound was heard, and may cause a slight confusion or disorientation. For humans, hearing is normally limited to frequencies between about 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz. Although for some individuals this is heightened and the range of frequency is much greater, for reasons that are to with various uses of the human brain (this usually occurs in most cases for those on the applicable end of Autistic Spectrum but not always). Certain people hear certain frequencies of sound, so intense it is actually painful or disorientating to be in the vicinity of the phonic source. Thus this can also be a positive and useful thing to experience, as you can imagine you would be able to hear things to greater detail than others. I myself have hypersensitive hearing. To my knowledge and experience there are some frequencies and certain sounds that are unbearable and some that are really strange but amazing to be able to hear them. Of course there is an opposite of this, in which the frequency is much lower and hearing becomes impaired or less efficiently perceived. This is often to do with possible defects and inefficacies within the audio receptors within the brain. What do you think about sound? Presuming you have read all of the above and had some sort of thought chains about sound, think about what sound means to you. Think how important it is to be able to hear things and be a receptive being capable of great things. Or possibly if there was no sound what would life be like. However arduous it could be, for whatever reason. The best form of sound is harmonic sound also known to humanity as music. When you next pick up a guitar or sit at a piano, or any instrument one plays these days… Think to yourself or out loud whichever one, “what is it like not to be able to hear and appreciate the experience that sound creates”. We are lucky to have hearing and have the conscious mind to do so. The best thing in life in my opinion is sound. It may be distressing or overwhelming at times but when it comes down to it, if I wasn’t mindful of it, life would be very odd indeed. By, Jamie Watts
ART WORK BY SAM CLEMENTS
TEAM V
Team v is a voluntary leadership programme for 16-25 year olds who want to encourage positive change in their communities. So, why did I want to get involved? Personally, I’ve always dabbled in volunteering since I was in primary school. However my passion and dedication for volunteering, fundraising and campaigning kick started in my second year of university. Unfortunately around this time, I was diagnosed with depression, as I had been through a stressful time in regards to university and my personal life, however instead of moping around letting it get the better of me, I used this time to focus on the future and used volunteering as a tool in my recovery. My volunteering journey ignited when I joined the Animal Protection Society at university and began campaigning and fundraising for the rights of animals, I’m not publicity officer for the society. From this, I began fundraising and campaigning for the protection and welfare of children, I began by joining the Barnardo’s society at university, but then continued fundraising independently by running up all 38 flights of stairs in London’s iconic landmark the Gherkin, completing what is known as the Gherkin Challenge 2013, in aid of the NSPCC. Due to volunteering in regards to children, I’ve now decided that as a career I would like to teach children and then maybe study to become a children’s nurse. Volunteering isn’t just a great opportunity to inspire your local community and make positive change, but it’s also a great way to gain an insight into your likes and dislikes whilst gaining experience to use on your CV. Due to having found my interests through volunteering, I then decided to apply for Team v, not only does it provide me with necessary youth experience that I can later apply to my career, but it also helps build so many other skills like, confidence, leadership, budgeting, marketing and many more! The best thing of all though is I gain all these useful and recognised skills whilst having fun with my team and inspiring positive change within our local community, which is so rewarding. Being part of and the leader for #SimoneTeamvColchester is so rewarding and inspiring, volunteering brings you so much and it’s so accessible. Even just volunteering a couple of hours a week develops drastic change, so sign up to your local volunteering programme today and inspire others!
Lewis Sa ys My Name is Lewis Old and I study here at Suffolk new college doing level 2 media studies. I have autism but that doesn’t stop me from learning all the stuff I need to know! Anyway I’m going to talk about something that has got my attention in the news in the last week.
Now you may have heard of the man from Ipswich who was branded the world’s fattest man weighing in at an enormous 70 Stone. Well in the news recently he had lost an incredible 48 Stone taking him down to 22 Stone and he has found love as well. Well recently he has found love in a surprisingly unexpected place that place being in the USA. His story touched his former girlfriend – Rebecca Mountain who is from Massachusetts, which is 3,322 miles from Ipswich that she started supporting him and started talking over Facebook and Skype etc. He hopes to see her soon and go on the much-anticipated first date. The reason I chose this story is because I think it that it proves that “love can come in all shapes and sizes”. I also think that he has achieved his goal of losing weight and as a bonus he has found true love.
And whilst on the subject – “Goals”, Goals are important to set because they help keep on track in life and they help you to achieve. I have set goals in my life and I am always checking my goals to make sure I achieve. If you set yourself goal and stick to it, you are sure to achieve and do well in life. See You Next Time!
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Movie Camp
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Movie camp is a camp that is organised by unlimited activities the people who work for unlimited activities are Chris and Lynda. Unlimited activities is a group for people with disabilities and conditions and run all types of activities over the year for people of different ages and they do activities in other places as well for example Thetford forest in Diss. At movie camp the two people who run it is called Dave and Mike. Before movie camp they have meetings with the people who attend and the meeting is to do with script writing so what script was made for the movie camp is what movie we make at movie camp when we all meet up. At the end of the camp the movie is then downloaded onto a disc and we get a free DVD of what we did at camp. The best thing about movie camp is you get to act and do scenes for the film you are making and you get to make a lot of new friends as well as meeting up with old friends. I have been to two movie camps and have had so much fun. I would recommend this place to people with any condition or disability.
Inventor Scarlett Hi my name is Mitch and I am an inventor, I design and make gadgets and other products. I have my own workroom that I work in. I started doing this at the age of about 4 and have taught myself since then.
Mitch Scarlett When I solder there is always smoke that is not good for you to breath in so I decided to design something to remove the smoke when I solder. I made two different designs of how it could look and work. I chose the best one and thought of some other things that I could build in it to make it even better and easier to solder. I added a magnifying glass and LED’s to make it easier to see little things that you are soldering, a holder for the soldering iron and a holder for a cleaning sponge, clips to hold what you are soldering, a tester to tell you when it is soldered and that it makes connection and connectors for a multimeter. It took me about 24 hours over 4 days to make it and the total approximate cost was £100. While I was building it I had to test some things to find the best and safest way for it to work. I also designed it to be portable and easy to carry around.
If you have any questions please email me at scarlettmitch97@gmail.com
Inventor Scarlet nergy E e v a S o Ways T
9 Energy Saving Light Bulbs uses the same amount of energy that 1 Light Bulb
By using energy saving light bulbs, instead of normal light bulbs you can save up to 30% of your energy costs. By turning your TV off, instead of leaving it on stand by you can save from 5 to 20% of your energy costs. By only boiling the amount of water that you need, instead of more water than u need and wasting it (By boiling 1 litter of water from 15 to 90째C it will use 85% of your energy (approximate)By turning unused items off, instead of leaving them on. By only putting the thermostat on when needed and at the temperature that is needed, instead of putting the thermostat on when not needed and at a temperature that is not needed.
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I designed this Air Conditioning Unit cheap to run and portable, as all other ways of heating your house is expensive. I designed it so it can have a max temperature of 35˚C and a min temperature of 5˚C, it doesn’t need any gases, so it is safe to use. It has a remote and can bring in fresh air from outside or air from inside to heat up and has a built in air freshener that can be changed for different smells. It also has a sensor that you can put around the room so it will not turn off until the temperature has reached that part of the room.
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