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Today I spent most of the day - as it seems on most days - on the computer. I had an online conference with Christina and Sean on the proposal we are planning for the STC special edition on Accessibility and Technical Communication. Christina has been...
From the DS HUM list serv, I was directed to the article below in the Heraldsun.com.au, with the heading Beijing Olympics guide on Paralympians - DISABLED people can be unsocial, stubborn, controlling, and defensive according to an official Beijing Olympics...
The Annual General Assembly of the European Disability Forum gathered more than 150 delegates from 29 countries in Ljubljana Ljubljana, 24 May 2008 – Three European disability movement leaders, among them the EDF Vice President, were denied to fly to...
MALAYSIA'S been at it again, arguing about what proportion of the economy each of its two main races ? the Malays and the Chinese ? owns. It's an argument that's been running for 40 years. That wealth and race are not synonymous is important for national...
I do not seem to to be able keep up with myself. This bank holiday weekend is nearly at its end and I have not written and I had said I would - a task I had given myself. Naomi arrived on Friday and she basically crashed out after her exams. We went to...
The OT, Naheed Khan, came back to see me and told me she wanted to see me get in and out of the bath. I told her that I didn't think I feel very safe but for her, that is not the question. For her, even when I took some pain to tell her that going in...
It has been more than a month since I wrote. I thought I would write a few notes here rather than wait till I have more time. At the beginning of June I went to London. In July, I went to Holland twice in less than two weeks taking the train both times....
i've been neglecting this blog because I have so many others to write and administer - I am beginning to feel I haven't got a life! But I think this blog is reserved from the other part of my working life - this is where I meander and just write about...
Philipe and Maria Louisa were brave enough to drive the 1,000 odd miles to come and visit me in Coventry. They seemed unfazed by the long drive and genuinely pleased by Coventry. I managed to guide them to Stratford upon Avon and Warwick Castle. For some...
My Invacare front wheel developed a puncture and instead of getting a call out which would cost me £55 I decided to take a taxi to Midlands Mobility and take the train back from Tile Hill. In the end, my taxi ride was £8.50 and the inner tube plus labour...
Today I tracked to Birmingham to view a flat. There are loads built at the moment in Birmingham. I made the arrangement for a viewing with Knight Frank the estate agency. The flat in question was in a block - Millenium, Newhall Street, Birmingham, B3...
Last week seemed to have gone in a haze. I was at the computer looking up all sorts of things or doing French conjugaison and comprehension for my FLE. My homework seems to demand of me a certain knowledge of phonetics which I don't have. I am not able...
I am so tired today. I sat up to watch the live broadcast on the BBC of the election coverage. And I wished I wass back in the US to celebrate it with my American freinds. He mentioned disabled people - I did not believe my ears-for the first time, not...
UIGarden.net has been hacked and its been suspended. We had some people hack us with malicious scripts and we have no idea why we have been attacked. Our provider don't seem to be able to keep us secure from hacking nor tell us what how we can protect...
Some people have mistaken ideas about independent living - they think it means being on your own, not being dependent or asking for help. My soon to be ex complained bitterly at one point - asking me that he thought I had wanted to be independent, so...
This is rather late for a review but I did not have time to write about it before. I went to see Mr Puntila and His Man Matti with Anne Marie at the Belgrade last month. I was given some complimentary ticketrs so I thought I'd go check out the theartre...
For those who were wondering about my silence - I finally downloaded these from my laptop - I wrote them on the train!) Cathy Kudlick started the café philo sessions in Nov and this is the second. I am not sure if I could continue going. But there I was...
I just left one disability forum - I think it was the proverbial straw - when somebody remarked on the Obama victory such: I'm not American, I don't live in America and America isn't what it used to be. And disabled was pretty far down Obama's list (right...
Yes, I know I am a bit slow. But I am only now just reading Peter's paper on IL in Malaysia.He wrote: The support extended by JICA and the Human Care Association since 2005 in organising trainings for disabled leaders coupled with the current advocacy...
Sunday again. This week was a quiet week. I had a haircut which made me howl afterwards- it was awful, the woman cut too much off. I wanted a trim and she did a layered cut for me and way too much. I went for a long walk with Berta, my Mexican neighbour....
The whole world is awashed with the disaster news. I think most people are agog watching the news. After tracking everybody and making sure they are safe -including Naomi who was amazed that I should be worried about her in Japan for that since the Japanese...
I had asked the GiHP people to come and get me to go to my ANPE meeting set up with AFPA(Adult Professional training.) They had set up a distance learning French course for me. We were in a class and a lady came in and gave us a form to filled. She also...
My friend , Matt, in Nantes is in great fear over the next presidential elections in France. He fears that Sarkozy will win. My son, John, on the other hand, thinks that it would be good for France to get a shot in the arm if Sarkozy gets be president....
My young friend, Kavvie, has found a job in Kuala Lumpur as an editor in a publishing firm. Congratulations Kavvie! But she also told me about Jobstreet.com. And what I really like is, that for jobs in Malaysia - they have a special link to jobs for the...
I do not seem to be able to keep up with myself. Again, Its been sometime since I wrote in my blog. Since my last entry, the lift got fixed after about numerous phone calls. It got me thinking about going for a ground floor flat for next time but theres...
