Category Archives: Comments on the News
Driven Up the Wall (not quite but almost I suppose!)
Today was my last attempt at driving. I failed my driving test for the 3rd time. My lack of spatial awareness was the reason I had 3 Serious Driving Errors and a recommendation from the Driving Examiner, through my Driving … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, Disability Road Kill, Driving, Driving Test
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M for ?
In the news today on BBC Radio Five Live Breakfast there was a story about a woman called ‘M’ whose case is due in court today. Her sister, partner and medical authorities are petitioning to withdraw the apparatus feeding her. … Continue reading
Learning to Learn About Learning Disability
Communicating with the Police is harder for an individual with Learning Difficulties than for the rest of us. Is this obvious or what??? In a survey by MENCAP quoted in the Guardian today: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/20/police-failing-learning-disabilities-study Police were seen as failing to … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, hate crime, Learning Disability
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Not Mobile After All…
It’s really sad that we haven’t been able to test drive all the cars that we wanted to on the Motability Scheme. It all depends on the situation at car dealerships. The economics are such that personnel are made redundant … Continue reading
Well Let’s Tell Everyone What My Brain is Doing…
OK then folks, I’ve survived the Driving Lesson that might, due to the pessimistic mood I was in yesterday, have been my last. I have CP and quite severe brain damage. My brain doesn’t always tell my limbs to go … Continue reading
Oh My Poor Brain
You know I seem to always get to this stage when in driving lessons. I know what I have got to do, my brain passed the Theory Test along with the rest of me! Then why doesn’t my body do … Continue reading
To Tell or Not to Tell… That is the Question
Read on Twitter today of a fellow individual individual who just happens to have a disability and is undergoing the should I/shouldn’t I tell a prospective date that I am disabled conundrum. I’ve had difficulties in this area myself, including … Continue reading
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Naughty But Nice
It was great to see a central storyline in BBC’s popular Saturday night hospital drama Casualty involving a person with Cerebral Palsy. Well done to Cara Readle for showing a person with Cerebral Palsy with dilemmas. Not only that, but … Continue reading
All You Need is a Cuddle
I heard an amazing article on BBC Radio Five Live’s Up All Night Programme tonight about Cuddle Volunteers in Chicago USA. These are specially trained hospital volunteers who undertake to give one to one physical contact to premature babies in … Continue reading
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Tagged cerebral palsy, disability, neonatal care, premature birth
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Killing Me Softly
Now I quite like potatoes, and I have sat on my share of sofas. I see my body in it’s battles with, and against, my various conditions, with bemused incredulity. My life is spent sitting and lying down in the majority. Walking is, to put it mildly – interesting – and my food has lost it’s Sat Nav and is going nowhere but the Stomach and Hip Car Park! Continue reading →