Your Options Understood

30/03/2026

***IT'S THAT TIME OF THE WEEK AGAIN AND TIME FOR ANOTHER ONE OF Y.O.U'S MERCHANSISE MONDAYS!!!***

This week we have the help of little Miss Maisie modelling our infant T-shirts looking cute and cool in equal measures! If you head over to our shop now or before the end of Easter Sunday you will get a 10% discount. Use the code Launch2026 at checkout. Click on the link below to do this

https://youroptionsunderst.wixsite.com/y-o-u/shop

You never know if you make a purchase you might almost look as cute as this little one!! 😊❤️

27/03/2026

***Y.O.Us March 2026 Newsletter***

Click the link below to read Y.O.Us March 2026 Newsletter with all our exciting news including the fact that our Managing Director Dr Danielle Farrel has been newly appointed to the National Care Service Advisory Board.

Read our newsletter to find out how Danielle feels about this exciting new opportunity to be part of shaping the future of Scotland's social care and to find out more about Y.O.Us work for the first quarter of 2026.

If you would like to be kept up to date with all of Y.O.Us news please send an email to youroptionsunderstood@gmail.com and we will add you to our mailing list.

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We are delighted to announce that Y.O.Us Managing Director has been newly appointed to the National Care Service Advisory Board. This is an exciting opportunity for Danielle to share her invaluable e

23/03/2026

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Another one of Y.O.Us MERCHANDISE MONDAYS!!!

Dont miss out on Y.O.Us 10% discount code, active now until easter Monday.

Head over to our website and purchase the item/s that suit you best. By doing so you are not only buying into our brand but also to our belief that disabled people should have the same rights as everyone else.

Click the link below to make a purchase and help Y.O.U amplify our voices 🔊 📢

https://youroptionsunderst.wixsite.com/so/65PqQbLC5?languageTag=en

all items in store.

19/03/2026

The National Voice Conference 2026

Yesterdays event reminded us what SDS should.be all about,..

A key quote from the day was that 'disabled people bring expertise not stories'.

it says it all don't you think???

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Check out Being Danielle’s post.

15/03/2026

So it's taking me to until now to feel able to write a post about what I witnessed on Friday... North Ayrshire Council's health and social care partnership changing their eligibility criteria to critical only. I watched the live stream of the IJB meeting and all but one board member voted for the motion to be passed. This was after arotest had taken place outside Cunninghame House which was part of alongside Mitchell, Pauline Lunn and many others

Critical care only??? What does even mean??? Being kept clean safe and dry probably. How is it going to be assessed??? What's critical for and to me is totally different to what is critical to someone else and so it should be, we are all individual. is this just going to be down to what someone else deems critical, not what is critical to/for the person.

I know money can be tight for local authorities but I also know there is plenty of money to go around. It's more to do with priorities. When are we going to start prioritizing disabled people? I struggle to see what the next steps are right now but surely this can't be the end of the story?

09/03/2026

!!MERCHANDISE MONDAY!!

So today Y.O.U is launching their new shop with new merchandise. From now until the 9th of April there is a 10% discount on all products, so help us amplify the voices of disabled people by supporting our belief that disabled people should have the same rights as everyone else.

Launch Discount alert — 10% off with code lauch2026! One item per customer. Don’t miss this limited-time deal. Link in Bio

06/03/2026

*FEEDBACK FRIDAY!*

It has been a while since Y.O.U has had one of our feedback Fridays...

But today we have feedback from participants who attended Y.O.U's recent dream, plan, live workshop. This is an annual commitment we have with University of Strathclyde to upskill their Providing Effective Educational Support (P.E.E.S) students in person-centred planning.

Click the link below to read the feedback from the students with one describing it as ""Very engaging and informative. I found Danielle to be very approachable and captivating in her talking sharing"

https://youroptionsunderst.wixsite.com/y-o-u/p-e-e-s-2026

If you are interested in accessing this or any of Y.O.U's training programmes, please get in touch by emailing youroptionsunderstood@gmail.com or by calling 07938998091. You can also visit our website and submit a contact us form.

We look forward to hearing from you!

01/03/2026

1st March 2026 - It's National Wheelchair Day and the start of Cerebral Palsy Awareness Months

23/02/2026

Scotland's Disability Summit 2026 - A great day for Y.O.U and I to be part of on Saturday and for us to equip our MSPs to amplify the voices of disabled people and unpaid carers...

WIth a new government due to be elected in May let's see what happens next...

Check out Being Danielle’s video.

16/02/2026

This morning Y.O.U and I will be delivering myAccess to Work training in partnership with Apt Scotland as part of their Apt Glasgow Project.

Despite the continuing challenges Y.O.U and I continue to face as a result of the Welfare Reform and the cuts to the scheme we remain committed to promoting how, we'll the scheme can work if implemented correctly to help disabled people find and retain employment. putting them on a equal par with their non disabled peers.

If you are interested in engaging with this or any of Y.O.Us training programmes being delivered with your organisation to upskill your staff and to help make your organisation disability confident get in touch now, by emailing youroptionsunderstood@gmail.com or by calling 07938998091

We look forward to hearing from you 😊

02/02/2026

PLEASE LIKE SHARE AND COMMENT AND HELP Y.O.U CONNECT WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THESE COMPANIES SO THAT DISABILITY INCLUSION BECOMES EMBEDDED WITHIN THEIR TOYS AND PRODUCTS!!!

So lately, Y.O.U and I have been seeing a lot of posts from various different toy makers about how they are representing disability and inclusion in their toys and in turn making disability normal in children's play. Y.O.U are keen to be part of this inclusive narrative for children and AI have helped us create the dolls below.

We are keen to connect with companies such as Mattel, Inc. the LEGO Group Build-A-Bear Workshop and any other company who are keen to make their toys and products more disability inclusive. So help us spread the word and connect with the right people in these companies to make this happen.

Don't make inclusion a tokenistic gesture or something that is only represented medically within your toys and products. Let Y.O.U help make your representation real and not something that is only seen occasionally.

02/02/2026

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Hi everyone

At the end of last year Y.O.Us website went through a bit of an overhaul and now we are ready to share how it looks with you. Don't worry there has been no massive changes and it still has the pink, grey and white branding that you all recognise with Y.O.Us avatar logo. It just looks a bit tidier and easier to read.

We want to concentrate on telling you what we do for now so lets start with our training and education page. On this page you will find all the training programmes that Y.O.U offers with our training catalogue that you can download. The catalogue also details our bespoke option where we will work to our brief and meet the specific training needs of an organisation.

So if our training and education programmes are something that would meet your organisations training needs, head over to Y.O.Us website by clicking the link below and getting in touch to find out more about the training and education programmes that Y.O.U offers and how these can help train and upskill your staff enabling your organisation to learn from our first hand experience of disability and as a result become more inclusive.

https://youroptionsunderst.wixsite.com/y-o-u/staff-training

More details about our Staff Training Services