Kenny Smith Couldn't Lose Weight - So They Made His Clothes Bigger!

Email: Homeland’s “Kid” Problem & How Steve Laws’ Pen Fetish was Defeated with Rubber Dinghies! (8.6.2025)

PS: Steve Laws has been diagnosed with Autism and we had to let him go. He kept lining-up all the pens in the office so they orientated “North(tip)-South(lid)”! It was a bloody nightmare in the end – he wouldn’t let use write anything! That’s how bad it got. I sent him to Dover to look at some deflated dinghies and that quietened him down for a bit. I think he filmed it. We had to purchase a few from B&Q, inflated the buggers, and then stuck knives in them before dumping them in a bloody car-park in god knows where – just to placate the knob. Laws thought he had located the “migrant stash” and forgot all about the pens! You can see what we were up against – the kid had to go. 

Children make paper ornaments with their teachers at Harbin Children's Home in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Shen Yijin)

North-East China: Relay of love – Welfare Home Safeguards Precious Childhoods! (7.6.2025)

This year, Zhang is embracing motherhood while teaching. “I’ve learned that equal respect and patient companionship matter as much as boundless love,” she said. For the upcoming party, her students will attend as audience members. “They may not follow the program,” Zhang said. “But their smiles when hearing music or reaching for balloons mean a lot.”

Zhang’s legacy resonates with youths like Lin Qiuyue, 12 years her junior. “She’s been our warm guardian since I can remember, and she truly understands us,” Lin said. When Zhang returned as a teacher, their bond deepened. Inspired by Zhang, Lin now envisions her own future at the institution.

“I want to pay forward that empathy, just like her,” Lin said.

A volunteer dots cinnabar on a child's forehead on the Dragon Boat Festival at Huiai Farm in Yangliuqing Town, Xiqing District, north China's Tianjin

China: Disabled Children Participate in Farm Work in Tianjin! (2.6.2025)

Huiai Farm covers an area of approximately 80 mu (about 5.33 hectares) and was jointly initiated and built by 8 families, whose children were diagnosed with autism or intellectual disabilities. Huiai Farm considers farm work as a means for children to get closer to nature and encourages families to bring their children here to participate in farm work together with children with autism or intellectual disabilities, enhancing the social interaction skills of them in a real community environment.

Sylvia Siddique told ITV News she worries about her son's future

UK: ‘It’s a Life-or-Death Situation’ – New Allegations of Disability Neglect at Lifeways Care Company! (9.4.2025)

“In August 2022, our then newly appointed CEO Andrea Kinkade launched a Transformation Plan. Backed up by over £10 million worth of investment, since then, the satisfaction of those we care for, and our staff, has improved.”Rebecca Bauers, Care Quality Commission Director for People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People, said: “The issues reported to ITV are clearly very distressing – no one should be put at risk due to poor care and where we need to, we will and have taken immediate action to protect people.

“We are monitoring Lifeways Community Care Limited closely, including carrying out inspections and are in regular contact with the Department for Health and Social Care regarding our findings.

“We are working hard to improve our regulatory oversight, including increasing the number of inspections we do to give the public confidence in quality of care.”

Disabled Children Treated with Compassion!

Across China: Rehabilitation Assistance Brightens Future of Disabled Children! (21.1.2024)

Many Chinese families have benefited from the National Assistance System for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Children since its establishment in 2018. In Gansu, designated Rehabilitation Institutions for Disabled Children have increased from 30 to 205 over the past years.

The Provincial Government also invests over 43 million Yuan annually to support the Rehabilitation Institutions, and that figure is expected to increase to 63 million Yuan in 2024. Some cities and counties further adopt diverse development models, including Public-Private Partnerships, to include more Disabled Children aged between 6 and 17 in the Rehabilitation Assistance System.

With the efforts of Hongmeng Disabled Persons’ Service Centre, over 20 children have returned to Primary School, more than 30 have integrated into regular schools, and over 10 gained employment in restaurants after turning 18.

Ruckersville [2009]: Chris Chan Is Working On It! (4.9.2023)

Interestingly, Robert Chandler (a US Army Veteran who fought in Korea) – was a very successful engineer in his civilian life – whose many different patents also contributed to the development of the 3-D Printer! Apparently, the family made a comfortable living from these patents whilst Robert was alive and it is something of a mystery as to ‘why’ this income never continued to help Chris and Barbara after his death in 2011. Furthermore, although Chris suffers from Autism – he made an attempt to keep his bedroom relatively free of the clutter that dominated the rest of the living space. Robert Chandler is well aware of the reality (and ‘danger’) of ‘hoarding’ – and explains this to Chris whilst not realising the camera is still running and whilst assuming that the internet is situated in a specific location somewhere in the outer world! He is referred to as the ‘Lumberjack’ – as he once implied he could ‘cut-down’ the internet!

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