Disabled toileting facilities did not have a hoist over the toilet. (rant)
**competition story, please vote on facebook link above*** I went to Dunham Massey Park with my friend whose daughter is wheelchair bound. We had been to the café and had a lovely afternoon until my friends daughter needed to go to the toilet. The disabled toileting facilities did not have a hoist over the toilet. […]
A person with a disability Reaching for the stars,
**competition story please vote by shares and re-tweets** As a person with a disability, there are certain things I never thought I’d do. After diagnosis and a swift degeneration which meant life as a wheelchair user, I grieved for the life I thought I’d have, and came to terms with the life I now thought […]
Destiny say\’s D is for Determination not Disability
**A brilliant competition story with a message at the end** My Great-granddaughter Destiny was born with Meningocele Spina Bifida she also had ventriculomegaly, Arnold chiari type 2 Neurogenic bladder and bowel, bilateral calcaneovalgus talipes and bilateral dislocated hips, her problems were discovered at the 20 week scan and a termination was recommend as it was […]
Disabled people only go out on weekdays and in daylight…
***competition story, you can judge this story by sharing on Facebook and twitter on the links above.*** I am very lucky to live in an area with a few different community disability transport schemes which pick you up from your house and take you to your destination. These have a lift and space for an […]
A warning for all other contact lens users! and a thanks to UK Hospital
***competition story, share on Facebook and twitter on the links above.*** This happened to me and is a warning for all other contact lens users! Over the years I had worn contact lenses and I had been quite blaze about putting them in and taking them out. I always carefully washed my hands but I […]
Stranded due to problem with the wheel on her mobility scooter
***competition story, you can judge this story by sharing on Facebook and twitter on the links above.*** Lots of things can make people feel marginalised. Different skin colour, different lifestyle, disability. We all make assumptions based on limited information and little experience. This is a story of how these assumptions were turned on their head. Abergavenny […]
I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis age 2,
***competition story, you can judge this story by sharing on Facebook and twitter on the links above.*** My mam was my unpaid main carer all my life, as I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis age 2. The last 3 years of her life I became hers, after my fit healthy 65 year old mother couldn\’t […]
We have a winner on our wheelchair / disabled competition
Our first competition is over and we have a winner; if you are unaware of the competition it was for a disabled or wheelchair related story and the winner got an apple mini i-pad, There wasn\’t a massive amount of entry\’s, but what we did get was of good quality for our readers. The winner […]
New online competition win another apple ipad,
Send your entry for the new online competition to win another Apple i-pad, The other competition went well and it will be judged in 9 days, so far we have a runaway leader; https://wheelchairaccessiblevehicles.co/mental-illness-is-the-silent-killer-awareness-needed/ we also have one cheat who tried to buy re-tweets on twitter, our web master can spot things like this and we […]