The musings of an Aussie viewing the World waist high .... from a wheelchair
It has being very much a limbo time for me. December was a hard month. January is looking brighter; but I am waiting for some dots to connect. I’m waiting for a space with a new specialist. Looks like I’ll be waiting till May, which kind of means that I can’t really start the rebuilding [...]
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Dear All, I’m sending this out on a personal note. In simple terms this email is a thank you. It is international Day of People with Disability. I refuse to deal with Christmas till after today every year! Regardless of how stage managed events around it need to become to raise the profile, IDPwD is [...]
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“The Home Truths report focuses on the experiences of three groups of women in the housing market: single mothers, women over 50 and elderly carers of disabled offspring” I’m convinced the report is right and makes a valid case for “housing first” but calling any group of people, offspring? Please SMH, you know how to [...]
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I’ve been catching up on my podcast listening while laying low and I came across this from the folks at the the TWIT Network — a partial review of some of the apps that are used to enable usage and assist people with disabilities on the iPad. They covered (but didn’t really demonstrate) the in [...]
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So I was sitting at an inner city bus stop waiting for a bus. I was dressed well enough. In other words this time I was wearing shoes not uggboots — yes been guilty of that too. I was in slacks, jumper and trench. I’d even applied makeup. On my lap was my Oroton with [...]
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From Dave Hinsburger – good advice on the trap of self labeling, often more toxic than other people’s labeling: Coming out to oneself as a disabled person is a huge step towards self acceptance and a giant step in confronting societies attitudes and prejudices. Adopting a ‘yeah, I’m a crip, deal with it or get [...]
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No not me. Sydney. Lady Gaga came to town. She came, kids screamed. Otherwise serious “news magazine” tv hosts swooned. And GaGa (whose name is apparently Stefani Joanne) sat in a wheelchair during one of her performances. The fact that it was in Sydney’s Town Hall is an irony that doesn’t escape me (for those [...]
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Happens daily to me.. note the eye-roll. Possibly Related Posts: Doing the limbo The email I wrote for international day last year Language matters: offspring steps to a community Accessibility Apps — iPad
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Ok so a few days ago I promised that I’d give you my top five things I want to be different for people with disability in 5 years time. There are of course more than 5, but here’s my five. I want the assumption that I (or anyone) needs a carer with them to stop. [...]
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