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Learning Difficulties
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Learning Difficulties

Nirmala Sequeira discusses her experiences with her disability, support workers, and health.

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My name is Nirmala Sequeira. My disability is Learning Difficulty and Special Needs. When I was young, I was diagnosed with epilepsy. It's the only thing I don't get on with my support worker much. I'm trying to get on with her because my dad said I must learn to get on with her Because I recently lost my recent sub-worker, Linda Pacheco, who died of cancer in the stomach in 2014. And that got very upset and Linda Pacheco did everything for me, like take me to Aldi, take me in all the shoppings, like roaming around anywhere. And she reads my magazine book, like all the SOAPs program, EastEnders, Emmerdale. And I still miss her. It's already three years she died, and I still miss her. Doctors is okay, because sometimes the nurse takes me last, because I'm the last patient. And doctors is okay, because my name comes on top. for hospital is a problem when my dad took me for scan because I haven't had it since for that you know 15 years and I took for the scan and everything was okay my liver was okay my cholesterol was slightly high 4.51 my b12 is good but I'm eating a lot of vegetable like here I was eating on a naughty things but I'm not allowed, but it's only Christmas. I had this cough since last Wednesday, on last Wednesday after and it's still going on still.

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