Chronic Pain Management On September 11, 2009, I broke my spine, leg, ankle and collarbone, bruised my heart, as well as fracturing my sternum and ribs, and my head split open. Although I…
Disabled Jokes – Is it ok to tell jokes about people with disabilities?
Disabled Jokes I love hearing jokes, including those from stand-up comedians. I briefly considered becoming a stand-up comedian, but I cannot stand up. So I contemplated being a stand-up sitting down comedian….
Esther Simbi – disability doesn’t equate to inability – speech video and text
Esther Simbi and her speech Madie and I attended the “Wild Night in Australia” at Prospect Town Hall on the 30th of September 2017. It was a multicultural music and art night organised by…
Cedar College tree accident – reflections on the 8th anniversary
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…
Ticketek Accessible Needs Hotline – 200 phone calls and still no tickets
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…
History of disability – How people with a disability were treated by society?
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…
Disability Book Project – ‘MY disABILITIES’ – an exciting new book project
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….
