Scenario: An office that you regularly visit for work is inaccessible in some way, although advertised as accessible ( Read more... )

My department was showing a film today about London and China and how they are working together to combat pollution and climate change. I was looking forward to it. ( Rant )

My appt began at 9.15, included a 50-minute hearing test, and resulted in my leaving at 11.45. There were two audiologists with me for most of that, so that's 5 hours of their time, and lots of running from room to room in the last hour as we scrounged space, given I was only booked in for 90 minutes ( Read more... )

I like to think that the world can be changed by pieces of paper and electrons being shuffled about. So when I get involved in activism I'll be writing pointed but polite letters, which often are quite effective. Finally sent an email to Access to Work asking them to explain why they refuse to send out blank forms, insist they have no fax or email ( Read more... )

Met useful bloke from RNID. He was great - explained in patient detail the differences between various products, levels of likely interference, when they are likely to be useful, why I've had problems with current toys and what might help, and joined me in a good bitch about crap services, AtW, and the general public. He said 60% of public ( Read more... )

For asrana and spikeyladyHave booked 3 tickets for the Tempest, row F of the stalls, £12 each and no booking fee ( Read more... )

Just spent an entertaining half hour on the phone to Access to Work - well it was entertaining to the lass next to me, at least ( Read more... )

Thank you lovely people for cheering me up last night. I feel a lot happier driving the car now, too ( Read more... )

Just went down to the audiology clinic at Charing Cross, to get my hearing aids prodded. As ever, it pays to have 'interesting' ears, as instead of tweaking them I was offered an upgrade. So 15 minutes later I have shiny new aids and new tubing. They are in NHS naff beige - apparently none of them come in black despite what I was told 2 years ago. ( Read more... )

I got a response emailed to me today from the Palace Theatre:
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