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Oh no, I've got the holiday blues. Why is it, no matter how much you like your life, it always seems so boring when you come back from holiday?

I had such a great time in Spain. It was amazing. I met loads of people and made new friends, but the problem is, I just want to be back there with them. I miss them already.

Maybe, when I finish college I'll take off and go and live somewhere sunny. My cousins went to Australia this year and they loved it. Maybe I can go and live in Spain? Oh well, it's worth dreaming.

Bring on the dark nights and cold days of winter. Booo.

Sunny Spain, here I come!

By Jayne Burnett on Sep 24, 09 12:01 PM in

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Oh, I am so excited, I cannot wait. We are going on holiday to Spain this Sunday- for two whole weeks.

It will be brilliant. It's just me, my mum and dad and my wee brother and none of us can wait- we've not been on holiday for years and I've been working really hard at college so I really feel ready for it.

We went to Spain years ago and we loved it. I think it will be really different this time though, because I'm kind of a grown up now so I'll be able to go out to the pubs and stuff. I'm excited about thatm, but also just lying about in the sun. A bit of a mix really.

Most of all I'm just looking forward to being on holiday. Bring it on."

The last days of summer

By Jayne Burnett on Sep 3, 09 02:09 PM in

Well, that's me back to college and I'm pretty excited.

It's good being back and seeing all my friends again. Holidays are great, but you do miss people. And then you're back with them every day- you forget how annoying they can be. I'm living with it though!

This is my second year of three, and I'll hopefully be leaving to get a job when I'm finished, so I'm going to enjoy being a student in the meantime.

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Ok- I hope you all enjoy reading my blog and hearing about what I'm up to. Now, I'd like to ask you to help me with something.

The charity that supports me, ENABLE Scotland, is up for a vote to be the chosen charity for the Glasgow Twestival - that's a festival organised through Twitter. If they get the most votes, they get the money simple as that.

I can't think of any other charity in the world that deserves it more. The changed my life. I look at myself before I got involved with ENABLE and I see a different person. I never thought I could be what I am now, but they saw me for what I am, not just my disability.

They taught me that I should believe in myself, that I can achieve anything, and I shouldn't let my learning disability stop me. And they do the same for hundreds of other people who have learning disabilities.

That's why I'd like to ask you, if you have a spare five seconds, to take the time to do one click- and vote for ENABLE Scotland.

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It was my birthday this weekend. Eighteen years old- that's me a a grown up now. It was an amazing weekend. I had a party and loads of people were there, just for me. My whole family and my friends were there. It was brilliant and my Uncle Gary gave a speech.

I has got me thinking though, about being an adult and what it means for me. Sure, it's brilliant that I can go the pub and have a drink. A lot of my friends are older than me, so now I'll not be left out.

I suppose, in a way, I'm just thinking about what it will be like being an adult with a learning disability. I try to forget about things like that, but sometimes I worry that I'll be treated differently from other people. But then I think- maybe life can be harder for people like me. Maybe people don't expect us to have ordinary lives like everyone else. But tough, I own my own life, and nobody can stop me from doing what I want.

I never expected to have the life I have now. When I was being bullied at high school, I thought that would be my life forever, and I'd never be happy, but look at my life now. I've got friends, college, confidence. And I've got my whole life ahead of me. Now I'm an adult, I can be myself- and that feels good.

Oh my god- Take That was so awesome. It was the best concert I have ever been to. I wish I could just to do that every single weekend. I was so excited and they did not let me down.

It's a good time of year. The sun's shining, I went to Take That and it's nearly the summer holidays. And this week I'm going down to Edinburgh to volunteer on the ENABLE Scotland stand at the Royal Highland Show.

I think it will be really good, but I'm not sure. I've never been before. Apparently it is just like a really big highland games. There's about 150,000 people go to the show, so there's certainly a lot of people to talk to.
I'm just going to be telling people about what learning disability is and how they can get involved, so I'm used to that.

If you're at the Royal Highland Show, come over and say hello. I'll be there all day on Thursday

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Well, I have to say I am not in a very good mood after reading this story on the ENABLE Scotland blog. A woman has been told that, because of her disability, she is not pretty enough to work in the Abercrombie and Fitch. She has to work in the stockroom instead, because they think that her prosthetic arm means she is too ugly and doesn 't fit with their look policy.

Well- I'll tell you what I think about that. It is just terrible. Disability has nothing to do with how pretty you are. I saw a picture of Riam and she is absolutely gorgeous. I know lots of people who have disabilities who are beautiful, and I know some who are not. Just like anyone else.

But even the people I know who have a disability and are not pretty, I would never say that to them. It wouldn't be nice, and I want to be a nice person, unlike those horrible Abercrombie and Fitch people. I'm glad to see so many people on twitter agree with me.

I have a disability, but I've never let that hold me back. I know that I am a beautiful young woman with my whole life ahead of me. I won't let anyone else tell me how I should look.

Riam is suing them for doing this to her. Well done Riam. You're speaking up for all of us people with disabilities who aren't going to let anyone tell us we're ugly

Susan's feeling better

By Jayne Burnett on Jun 10, 09 04:13 PM in

I'm really glad to see that Susan Boyle is out of hospital and feeling better. I really love the way she sings and it is great to see a person with a learning disability doing well for herself. It must have been quite hard getting famous so quickly.

The Chief Executive of the ENABLE Scotland, the charity that supports me to speak up for myself, wrote a story about her. You can read the story here.

Well done Norman.

Well, that's Britain's Got Talent all finished. It is a shame that Susan Boyle didn't win. I was cheering for her, but the others were really good too.

I heard that she's gone into hospital now. She must be so tired after such a big few weeks. I really hope she feels better soon.

As usual, I've been thinking about music a lot. At the moment I am really excited about going to see Take That. I cannot wait. There's a whole group fo us going- me, my mum, my brother, my dad and my friend sally and her mum. I am so so so excited. Gary Barlow is my favourite and I can't believe I'm going to see him. Only three weeks to go

Susan Boyle is amazing

By Jayne Burnett on Apr 22, 09 04:31 PM in

What a week it's been for people with learning disabilities. As you know, I absolutely love talent shows. X Factor is my favourite, but Britain's Got Talent is great too.

I couldn't believe when I saw Susan Boyle come out on stage. When I saw her, I just though "Oh no, please don't sing, please don't! " I thought she was going to embarrass herself and it made me cringe. But she could sing all right. She was amazing.

When I watched it, I didn't even know that she had a learning disability, but then I found out that she did and she's been bullied because of it. It just shows that a learning disability doesn't mean that you can't be good at things. She is an amazing singer, and I love dancing and I know lots of people who have talents. Just because they have a learning disability, it makes no difference.

It's really unfair how people judge other people because of the way they look, or how they talk, or because they have a disability. I think she proves that people should think twice before they judge. They might be surprised by what they find.

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