Living with a Spinal Cord Injury is a daily challenge.
Joni Eareckson Tada – the accident At the age of 18, Joni Eareckson Tada dove into Chesapeake Bay in the USA. She fractured the fourth and fifth cervical levels of her spine. Joni acquired an SCI (Spinal Cord Injury) and was paralysed from the shoulders down. The damage to my spine occurred at chest level, and I have … Read more
Visiting Courts and having a wee During October 2018 I attended a court appeared in the Sir Samuel Way building. My goal on the day was to provide support to a family. It didn’t take long to notice court accessibility issues in the building. After attempting to locate an accessible restroom on the third floor, … Read more
Shutterstock is a site that sells royalty-free stock photographs, and I have used their services in the past. They have disability stock photographs, and most of them are great. Here are a few samples. And then I found the following disability stock photographs disturbing, inappropriate, unrealistic and disappointing. Some were stupid. And some … Read more
History of the Adelaide Festival Centre The focus of this blog is Adelaide Festival Centre accessibility, however, a short history of the centre is a good start. Three months before the Sydney Opera House, Australia’s first multi-purpose arts centre, the Adelaide Festival Theatre opened in 1973. Over time the theatre was joined by the Playhouse and … Read more
Introduction. A tree fell on me at Cedar College Northgate on September 11, 2009. Seven blogs contain details of the accident (this is the seventh blog) Cedar College Northgate – sports day and tree Spinal Cord Injury and no visits from the school They said what? and withdrawing help Safework SA and victim impact statements … Read more
Introduction. A tree fell on me at Cedar College Northgate on September 11, 2009. Seven blogs contain details of the accident (this is the sixth blog) Cedar College Northgate – sports day and tree Spinal Cord Injury and no visits from the school They said what? and withdrawing help Safework SA and victim impact statements … Read more
Introduction. A tree fell on me at Cedar College Northgate on September 11, 2009. Seven blogs contain details of the accident (this is the fifth blog) Cedar College Northgate – sports day and tree Spinal Cord Injury and no visits from the school They said what? and withdrawing help Safework SA and victim impact statements … Read more
Introduction. A tree fell on me at Cedar College Northgate on September 11, 2009. Seven blogs contain details of the accident (this is the fourth blog) Cedar College Northgate – sports day and tree Spinal Cord Injury and no visits from the school They said what? and withdrawing help Safework SA and victim impact statements … Read more
Introduction. A tree fell on me at Cedar College Northgate on September 11, 2009. Seven blogs contain details of the accident (this is the third blog) Cedar College Northgate – sports day and tree Spinal Cord Injury and no visits from the school They said what? and withdrawing help Safework SA and victim impact statements … Read more
Introduction. A tree fell on me at Cedar College Northgate on September 11, 2009. Seven blogs contain details of the accident (this is the second blog) Cedar College Northgate – sports day and tree Spinal Cord Injury and no visits from the school They said what? and withdrawing help Safework SA and victim impact statements … Read more
