1. This area shows the username of the MakingContact.org member. This is the person you will contact and clicking their username will show you more details about them. When using this site you will find that all people you encounter will have their real names hidden. This is for security reasons. It also shows the type of family - one or two parent - if given. See the symbol key below for more details. The envelope icon can be clicked if you want to contact this member.
2. This area shows information about the disabled person including the month and year of their birth and their gender.
3. This area contains a description of the relationship between the member and the disabled person (child), how many brothers/sisters they have and how many of those are disabled.
4. This will contain a brief summary of the person's story, if one was given.

Apart from the username, all of the above information is optional so in some cases you may see this symbol to indicate that the information has not been supplied. To save on space and to make the site as accessible as possible to all languages we use symbols in some of the above places.

Key to symbols

To assist people whose first language is not English and to show as much as possible without taking up too much room, we use the following symbols throughout this site.

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The disabled person is part of a single parent family

 

The disabled person is part of a two parent family

 

This is used to show where someone has chosen not to give the relevant information

 

Relevant member or disabled person is male

 

Relevant member or disabled person is female