There seems to be a current trend for comedians to push the boundaries of taste and decency further and further. Nothing they say is out of bounds, everything is up for grabs in the hilarity stakes and it’s always good publicity to be ‘controversial’ isn’t it? I’m not sure how funny these people really are; [...]
They do say that a change is as good as a rest, and that’s just what I needed. This year hasn’t been the easiest, so as the summer rolled round again, I decided to look for an adventure. First things first: I spent some weeks perusing websites and doing ‘costings,’ because I’m the kind [...]
Q: Dear Mrs H, We are doing a consultation event next week ad would love you to attend. We can pay you in tea and biscuits and of course wont be able to pay for your time, expertise and knowledge, your childcare or your travel costs even though we expect you to come to the [...]
… reflects on the age of disablism…. Scrounger, cheat, fraud, thief. Just some of the words used to describe those of us claiming benefits. Another phrase I like is ‘lifestyle choice’. Sadly we seem to live in a society that feeds on fear, greed and envy. Read the newspapers or watch the TV and they [...]
I needed adventure and excitement and, as they say, a change is as good as a rest – so I have just returned from my first ever solo wheelchair trip to London! Actually it’s my first trip anywhere alone with my chair, but I wanted to meet up with an old friend and didn’t really [...]
Lorraine has some great news. Life’s a funny old thing, isn’t it? It doesn’t seem to matter how much we think we’re in control, life throws in various unknowns along the way – just to keep things interesting. Sometimes I think it might be quite nice to lead a steady, reliable sort of ordinary kind [...]
Keeping your dignity’s not always an option when the world takes you by surprise Despite life’s surprises over the last few years, I’ve always tried to maintain a certain level of dignity – or could that really be vanity and pride in disguise? Being honest, I give off a certain level of smugness when talking [...]
I like to think that being a disabled parent of little boys is no more challenging for me than it would be for anyone else. Most of the time this thought works well. I do the things that all parents do and don’t think twice about it. Of course I am constantly dealing with certain [...]
– and why it doesn’t get any easier! Quite possibly, by the time you read this, I will have had our fourth child and finally put to an end the conundrum of where to have him. After the slight mishap with the last baby – who decided to stop breathing 20 minutes after having arrived [...]
A lack of information can really disable you. “Let’s meet in Durham,” a family member suggested recently. However, once I researched the geography of the city I wasn’t so sure. According to the cathedral website it wasn’t great for access, being set on a hill. As we have three young children, plus a wheelchair, to [...]
