Your Options Understood

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

29/01/2026

This morning Y.O.U and I will be delivering Access to Work training in partnership with The SUSE 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 😊

19/01/2026

This morning Y.O.U and I will be delivering Access to Work training in partnership with the 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 😊

16/01/2026

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This week Mattel launched their first autistic barbie in partnership with The Autistic Self Advocacy Network. The doll was created with guidance from the autistic community to represent common ways autistic people may experience, process and communicate in the world around them.

It is an aspiration of mine for Y.O.U that we can work with companies like Mattel to develop what they are already building around the representation of disability and help them create barbies that mainstream disability. Ideally I would envisage Y.O.U being a voice for disabled people, pushing the boundaries of disability and emphasising that everyone should be encouraged to embrace their own identity and that disability should never only be represented medically in the toys that children play with. Instead it should be normalised...because guess what, disabled people are normal!

AI helped me generate two potential dolls, one based on Y.O.U's avatar and one based on me, Dr Danielle Farrel. We tend to come as a package as you know if you follow Y.O.U's work but both dolls represent what Y.O.U stands for and how we would like to see disability represented in children's toys.

So Mattel if you are reading this come and have a chat with Y.O.U and we will help you not only further mainstream disability in your barbies but we will also help you make inclusion trendy and part of every day life instead of being represented medically and as something to fix.

15/01/2026

Photos from Saturdays workshop with the University of Strathclyde . After yet another challenging day sometimes you need a reminder of why I do what I do even if systems continue to have low expectations of us disabled people

12/01/2026

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Y.O,U Dream Plan Live programme still has places available to support disabled people and families with Person-Centred Planning.

This programme is fully funded by The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland aiming to support disabled people and their families to dream big, plan for the future and remove the barriers that they often face. Click the link below to find out more about the programme and to hear from other about how beneficial the support provided is and how impactful it can be in improving peoples lives.

https://youroptionsunderst.wixsite.com/y-o-u/dream-plan-live-programme

If you feel that you, your loved one or someone you work for would benefit from the Dream Plan Live programme please get in touch and help us ensure that people in need are supported to dream, plan but most of all LIVE the life they have the RIGHT to lead.

Email - youroptionsunderstood@gmail.com

Tel - 07938998091

Or make a referral on the website