Last night, I went out for a brief late-evening walk. I'm currently using two crutches following surgery (I injured my knees in February) and moving very slowly and awkwardly; as I reached the pavement a lady was sitting on our garden wall. Having a rest in her dogwalking, I think. She was using one crutch, and as I passed she smiled and said "I ( Read more... )

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http://www.rightwheelchair.org.uk/

UK based folk, do you know about this? I'm still reading through it. I found out about it on twitter when I was tweeting about the IPC swimming world championships in Glasgow.

Thanks to our own howlin_wolf_66 for linking to this karaoke performance by a singer who doesn't normally use a wheelchair, but who shows how normal we are.

Last week was the first time I had used my wheelchair at work. I am finding getting in and out of the building a bit of a challenge but with practice that should get better. I just hope the lift doesn't break down again ( Read more... )

Conversation with a friend who is using a wheelchair increasingly often (and who might read this) has reminded me of my own wheelchair learning. More learning than I'd expected! There's plenty on info online, some of which might appeal and some of which might annoy. My favourite set of wheelchair tutorials is by Kevin Barratt. He doesn't say that ( Read more... )

Hello People ( Read more... )

A rather nicer story - an American gent who lost both legs to a landmine in Vietnam was shopping in Lowe's (a hardware store) when his wheelchair fell to bits - he'd been waiting for a new one for ages ( Read more... )

Roy Taylor finished his coast-to-coast trek by wheelchair across Northern England. He raised £21,000. 'The money is to be used for access at the nature reserves where [Mr Taylor] works,' and he's giving advice to the board of the Trans Pennine Trail and to the National Trust.

Roy Taylor is a nature reserve manager in the North of England. He uses a wheelchair since, last year, he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease. Now he's embarked on a walk, in his wheelchair, from coast to coast. Here's his blog about Roy's Coast to Coast Wheelchair ChallengeI'm following Roy's blog (there's a button to let you do that by email ( Read more... )