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Plus Value Awareness means
Move forward better
An introductory on the best way forward for independent adults with hidden differences.
Enabling them to move forward and seeing more the human aspects. 
Introduction background

The Plus Value Awareness initiative is a family of awareness projects and services with an aim towards a better sense of Value towards people with hidden differences. This can be associated with associated conditions can be misinterpted with certain elements of Mental Health or Learning Disability at mild and moderate levels. 

Conventional Attitudes
The conventional approach to awareness, understanding and finding steps to moving forward such as support, treatment tends to focus more on the medical aspects and general perceptions along with interventions. These examples mentioned can be inappropriate and not always relevant to maintain a person with differences sense of value or to challenge society's attitudes and judgements. Especially when we are living in a more demanding, judgemental and in some cases a very intolerant society. 

So, the conventional approach this can leads to certain destructive reactions along with closed minds judgements such as "making excuses", "hiding behind their labels" or "not trying enough". 

This is usually referred from distorted myths, stereotypes and misrepresented profiling (without any direct contact to have a relationship and different people with differences), this can lead to a person with invisible to be discredited and be wrongly undervalued at default due to being unfairly misrepresented. 

Changing Attitudes
We need to break the myths and stereotypes and realise every person with differences should not face any broad brushed treatments & assumptions. 

Just like everyone else they are humans with feelings with their insights and perspective as well as being independent, articulate, with intellect, dialect and passionate with many strengths and quality which are beneficial in society and the wider world. 

They have their own experiences and insight, however, many people use their conditions to easily have their experiences ignored or not taken seriously. 

The human aspects are more important rather than medical aspects of the condition to make sure their sense of value life in society is stable.
Plus Value Awareness Pledge
To see a person beyond their differences and provide the human aspects of information, understanding and insight. This is developed within the five principal points, Dignity, Participation, Inclusion & Integrated, Well represented, Responsibility & Adjustments towards a positive sense of value.

Valuing a person with differences and issues & topics against stigma and negative situations which affect a person with differences.

To enable a person with differences to maintaining their self worth by taking control of issues affecting their lives.

To promote positive achievers who live with differences.

To celebrate individuals, teams & groups who have to try to make a positive difference towards a person with differences.

To provide a special angle of understanding beyond the conventional approach

Main points

The Important factors for an independent person with invisible difficulties can forward better with the examples below

1 Dignity
The right to choose, to have their expressions, insights, perspectives and their feelings to be heard and taken seriously at face value.

2 Integration & inclusion
People with invisible difficulties should be inclusive members of society and be integrated alongside other members of society. No one should use their differences to draw attention to how different they are or to be excluded, sidelined or segregated

3 Well Represented
It is important is to move away from misperception and for people with differences to be well represented not be defined with misunderstood perceptions. In addition, their experiences and insight must be taken seriously make delusional or make inadequate accusations.

4 Participation
To make sure the positive sense of value to realise that people with differences need to be participants in all walk of society. 

5 Responsibility and adjustment
The good intentions of a person with differences to be adjustable must be respected and not be frowned on. As well as exercising their rights they have to be respected for their good intentions meet their obligation roles and to take responsibilities and not make patronising assumptions to maintain their respect in society and the wider world.

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The description “Hidden Differences” are used for this initiative which covers independent, intelligent and articulate adults and young people who live with specific difficulties which as hidden and would not be visually obviously at first impression. The examples including memory, on the spot thinking ability, communication, reading, writing & calculation. These example above mainly relates certain people with Autism (at moderate and high-functioning level), ADHD, Social Anxiety, Dyspraxia and Dyslexia. Click here for more details.
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