Blog on being a disabled person, different cultures, diversity, equality, disability, travel, being diaspora Chinese and disabled travel.
Do I feel I have the same choice and control as a non disabled person? We examined this question at the Equality 2025 Walsall public meeting today. On the face of it, it seems like a silly question. So much of my life is tied up with what I cannot do...
Lire la suiteSelamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to friends back home in Malaysia. I am not sure what they wish here - I think it is Happy Eid. Over here I was working - I went to a public meeting in Walsall.
Lire la suiteI found myself on a train to Plymouth on the way to a meeting at the Eden Project, St Austell Without going into the boring details, I ended up staying in a Plymouth hotel to take a taxi to St Austell the next morning. I found that a bit ridiculous so...
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I was in Norway to attend a seminar and visited ULOBA - the only co operative for personal assistance in Norway if not the world. They look like a great success which is sustainable, they own their building and it had great facilities with a well equipped...
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Yesterday I was at the Liberty Festival 2008 in Trafalgar Square. It was a lovely day, very warm and sunny. I saw a bit of wheelchair dancing, Liz Carr and Laurence Clark with his comedy act but most of the time i was helping out at a stand. I did manage...
Lire la suiteFollowing my complaint to Hastings bus company about my being unable to get on their low access buses, I recieved this e-mail from the manager: Dear Ms.... I have checked all the vehicles and everyone works. All are manual ramps. I have seen the driver...
Lire la suiteI recieved this in my e-mail from Wheelchair Steve, Steve Wilkinson. I thought this sounded like a great idea! Let's see if it gets taken up. Actually there is a local Chinese restaurant near me which closes its premises downstairs and serves only upstairs...
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Well not quite because I do go to other cultural events during the year but it felt like that. I went on my own. My tastes can be eccletic. Not wishing to compromise on my choice of shows for someone elses taste in music/dance/shows nor limiting events...
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When I was working in Massachusetts, I had the fortune of contacting and talking to Tom Olin who was kind enough to give me permission for one of my favourite photos from the disability movement - I cannot find a bigger version of this picture. © Tom...
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At last this is finished. This is my own access auditing video of the interview with David Bancroft of the Herbert -
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