Category: Thoughts

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  Next Stop Hollywood

  I’m not sure if I am getting carried away. It would be most unlike me. We have already appeared in a national professional magazine (Inside…

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  Technology Fail

  Early this morning someone banged on the front door. Mary had not yet woken up. No problem, we have a Ring doorbell. I picked up…

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  Ten tips and hints

  These are a list of ten things I have found make life easier when you are mobility limited: 1/ Litter picker/grab sticks. I can’t over…

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  A Bit of Support

  I have a confession to make. I have had a bit of support. No, it’s not a girdle, nor a truss. Obviously I don’t need…

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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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  My Article Published

  Inside Housing have published my article/blog Enabled by your environment. It has triggered interest from a national newspaper. They wrote the headline. https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/comment/comment/i-had-to-move-to-the-north-east-to-get-an-accessible-home-we-need-to-provide-more-housing-for-people-with-disabilities-76113 You can…

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  Wheelchair Etiquette

  Well, anyone who knows me, will realise that I am 100% serious. I never have my tongue in my cheek, nor write farcical blogs. Now…

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  Above and Beyond

  There are times when people do things that are above and beyond. They go out of their way to help you. Yesterday, Kelly from Persimmon…

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  No Fingered Typing

  I have a confession to make. Don’t get too excited. It’s not that. Or that. I never learnt to type. It’s not that either. When…

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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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  Star Wars

  I have just watched Star Wars IV again. Something hit me that should be obvious to everyone. Luke says it to his aunt and uncle.…

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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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  False advertising

  I was in a passenger in a car recently, after a long time stuck in bed. I noticed things I had missed before. Road signs…

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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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  M&M

  Mary & I, M&M as it said on or wedding cake, were eating a pack of M&M sweets; snap. Yes, I know, I don’t eat…

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  All Encompassing Fact

  You are probably expecting an amazing fact. Not an unreasonable assumption. After all, I have brought you blogs on why we don’t live forever. How…

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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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  If You Could Live Forever

  I’m not a doctor. A fact which will very quickly become apparent. Have you ever wondered why we don’t live forever? Evolutionary biologists, will be…