Category: Health
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Aquarium Project
For those who don’t know. Due to a decline in my health, I am now a permanent resident in a nursing home. The wonderful home…
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Marionette Puppet
As a child, I had several marionette puppets. I put on brief shows on a homemade stage. Now, if you’ve ever watched Thunderbirds, you’ll know…
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All Fall Down
How are you with heavy weights? Are you a super athlete or an average person who prefers a walk to the shops rather than a…
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Moving the Goalposts
My card games have come up with a new wrinkle. You’ll tell me it’s not new and I’m just unobservant. I get extra points for…
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Waves of Change
I often hear people ask questions about how to cope once they are stuck at home due to illness, accident or disability. First, briefly you…
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Double Edged Sword
Double edged sword has always struck me as an odd expression. I am not a knight; King Charles take note. If I were, I guess…
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Visual diagnostics
I don’t know why we need doctors. The amazing visual diagnostic ability of the average person in the street is astounding. People can take one…
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One Step Removed
Some time ago I wrote a blog ‘Fly by Wire.’ It occurred to me that most people would not get that concept. But almost everyone…
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Fame at last
The Mail on Sunday picked up on my article, ‘Enabled by your environment.’ I was interviewed about it and this article is the result. They…
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I would love to see this on all suitable beaches in the UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-62218607
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In A Galaxy Far, Far, Away…
Star Wars must be the most disabled conscious movie franchise ever. Unrealistic and silly, of course. But, it has so many disabled people in it.…
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One size doesn’t fit all
I am totally behind more accessible housing and support any move that will increase accessible housing stock in this country. But one size does not…
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Never Mind The Quality Feel The Length
A repeat of a post I did a while back: Is quality a thing of the past? That seems a stupid question, after all everywhere…
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Life Is But A Dream
There are mornings that I wake up from a lovely dream. One in which I am walking, running, pain free. As I wake and turn…
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Disability Top Trumps
Did you ever play that game as a child, ‘Top Trumps?’ It came in loads of forms, cars, boats etc. You would deal out cards…
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Enabled by your Environment
What a positive world we live in. Apparently I am not disabled, I am differently abled. I guess being negative is seen as… well… negative.…
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Smiling Under Pressure
A Tribute to The Women & Men of the NHS In January I was taken by ambulance to A&E at North Tees. This is my…
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Going Up In The World
“It needs to be 120cm from the mattress,” a pause, “oh, it’s not.” Listening to the OT saying this under to the bed technicians, while…
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