Living with a Spinal Cord Injury is a daily challenge.
Cedar College tree accident It is not what happens to you. It is how you respond, and how others respond. On 11 September 2009, I supported my children, Jasmine and Ben, at their sports day in Northgate. A Cedar College tree fell on me, and I recall little of the next few weeks. My spinal … Read more
Ticketek Accessible Needs Hotline introduction When I last checked the year, it was 2017, and the internet is mature and widely used. Fans use the internet to book seats for concerts and other big events. The exception is people with accessible needs, such as those in wheelchairs. My disability doesn’t prevent this from happening, the internet … Read more
History of disability – something that interested me Australia is celebrating the Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week during September 4 – 10 2017. Recently I read that people experiencing a SCI (Spinal Cord Injury) before World War II were likely to have died. The medical knowledge of SCI was lacking, and then scores of soldiers experienced … Read more
Disability Book Project introduction To help with my own memoir, I read over 25 books. With the except of a few, they didn’t share what it is like living with a disability. I commenced a disability book project entitled “MY disABILITIES” with the vision “To encourage people with a disability, and to improve the knowledge … Read more
