My Own Wetsuit/Transportation Device

After speaking about Pierre in my last Blog, let’s broaden the subject a little I was musing about wetsuits, not being the most boyant of beings myself (in my first school, I was awarded a Great Endeavour Badge for trying and failing to swim but not giving up – otherwise known as sinking a lot!)

Pierre’s wetsuit helps him cope with life and as a modern disabled person with Cerebral Palsy, I also need things to help me to deal with a world which doesn’t quite fit me. I have a stick which helps me walk without falling over, but like Pierre, this medical help doesn’t complete the job. Pills and potions didn’t seem to help him, and my limited mobility is only safeguarded not improved in the modern world.

The world is more and more motorised, towns seem to be planned for motorists. Getting from place to place is difficult on public transport and parts of my town are inaccessible to most pedestrians, let alone those with a disability. So, I needed a figurative wetsuit. As Star Trek type transporters weren’t available, my wetsuit is a wonderful Emotion Red Nissan Micra Mobility Car, and I will take my Driving Test in a couple of weeks.

You could say that I’m beginning to float at last…

Je M’appelle Dizzy

 

Hi, this is the first entry in my own Blog, and I’m really happy to be talking to you.

As a disabled person, I am given an interesting perspective on myself, news, events and other happenings and through this you are able to see it too…

I was interested to hear about Pierre the Penguin this week

“What can be cuter than a penguin? A penguin in a suit! Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin and probably the world’s most chic delegate in the animal kingdom, after he received his very own wetsuit.
The biologists at the California Academy of Sciences came up with the idea as a solution to Pierre’s problem: after going bald, the venerable penguin refused to enter the water with the other penguins, which was a clear sign that something needed to be done.

Although perfectly adapted to an aquatic life, penguins rely on their plumage, which helps them withstand the low temperatures in the cold waters naturally found in their environment.
Pierre is actually a Jackass penguin (the name comes from the sounds they make, similar to those of donkeys) who desperately needed a solution to keep warm.” (efluxmedia.com)

He lacked the ability to do something that the others could, so he had a disability. But luckily, the fact that humans aren’t penguins helped him out here. Humans need to keep warm in the cold water because they, like Pierre, are bald. Humans use wetsuits, therefore Pierre needed a wetsuit. A reasonable adjustment to his life that worked. Go Pierre Go…