media

Language matters: offspring

September 5, 2011

“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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Morning brew

December 6, 2010

I like good coffee. I kind of like to claim I’m a coffee snob. I’m not really hooked but I think its something of a claim to be hooked, so it was a bad morning on Wednesday and I started to imagine a traumatic headache that was vastly over-stated in reality. Those of you that [...]

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growing my leaves

August 2, 2010

It’s been a difficult week again. A few things that will I know only seem significant to me. At the beginning of the week I had lots of writing ideas. Now I don’t. But I cane say the Willows leaves are growing again. By Friday I had “crashed”out and was shattered so after coffee with [...]

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A vision or not

July 8, 2010

I did some googling and searching on YouTube for videos from Australia by people with disabilities. I came up sadly very short. Nothing really from a sense of community of disability here in Australia. I don’t think we have made the leap between sector and community; between political and social.  Both are necessary, but I [...]

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Singer a different tune

June 16, 2010

In response to this segment from Q and A from Monday night(full video here) To Peter Garrett MP Re- Q and A As a woaen with what Singer would probably at some point term a severe disability I want to say thank you for respecting my right to life without turning it into a “sacred” [...]

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learning new tricks

May 5, 2010

This might be an old series of videos, but they look like they are a good idea. I never really had rehabilitation as such, because my primary disability has been a part of my life forever. I certainly wasn’t neglected by the medical and paramedical professions but my starting base was certainly different and I [...]

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values added

November 4, 2009

Interesting take on “assisted suicide” as a care prevention option. This couple were apparently in good health but precisely because they were in good health now was the time of their choosing; “Mr and Mrs Milner’s daughter Chrissy said her parents had been in good health but did not want to get to a stage [...]

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now published

November 1, 2009

It was a strange day earlier this week when one evening PB teased me with the dreaded “surprise”. Buried in the caboose was a copy of the October issue of Link magazine. Published five times a year Link is “Australia’s leading national cross-disability magazine.” Lo and behold an edited version of the organic fruit blog [...]

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The Michael Jackson thing

August 4, 2009

Despite the fact that I am of the right generation, Michael Jackson’s music never really grabbed me. I knew and liked one or two of the more popular songs, though, at the risk of sounding like an old woman as a teenager most of his music was too fast for me. Although, once reviewed, his [...]

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media behaving badly

July 27, 2009

When Sol Trujillo accused Australians of being racist; we told him “Adios’ and proceeded to have a debate amongst ourselves nationally about whether we are in fact racist. When The Chaser aired the  skit attempting to humourise the plight of kids with cancer and the charities supporting them; healthy debate (whatever the result) flared up [...]

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