A day in the life – Like Any Other Mum My day starts like any other Mum, I get up at the alarm and set about getting the kids ready for school. But I’m not any other Mum and first my Little Man has to pull my stiff legs out of the bed. Like any…
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The Bus Debate – Wheelchair Versus Pushchair.
This week we heard of the results of a four year hearing on a policy for disabled wheelchair users on buses. It has been ruled that bus drivers will have to do more to accommodate wheelchair users over pushchair users. This does not mean that drivers have the right to throw anyone off the bus,…
Accessible Days Out.
As a fairly new wheelchair user I am becoming increasingly aware of places I can and cannot visit easily. Accessibility is something you don’t really think about until you are in that situation. I guess the closet I’ve come to thinking about it in the past is when I’ve had my children in their pushchairs….
Disabled – But Still Me
I am disabled! There, I’ve said it. I still don’t really believe it though, it’s a hard label to accept. I have two disabled children and it was hard to accept that, but how can I accept that it applies to me? When I was paralysed by a spinal inflammation, Transverse Myelitis, at the beginning…