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Disabled Parenting – Getting Fucking Creative!
This morning, I’m listening to an Ouch! BBC podcast, and they’ve just come to the part about the pressure put on disabled parents (at about 35:00). Some disabled parents get their abilities questioned by professionals or laypeople, making presumptions. [From … Continue reading
Paralympics Accessibility Fiasco
Apparently at the Paralympic Games, people in wheelchairs can only be accompanied by one other person. So that means that a disabled parent couldn’t sit with their kids and their spouse. Ridiculous. I mean, it’s the PARALYMPICS. Logic fail. Words … Continue reading
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Tagged disabilities, interview, London Olympics, London Paralypmic Games, russia
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Caffe Nero – Coffee and Chocolate FTW; Accessibility Fail
Today, after doing an errand, my DH and I were in Manchester City Centre to meet my/our best girlfriend for caffeine and sugar at Caffe Nero at 67 Deansgate. All three of us are physically/mobility disabled. For privacy reasons, I … Continue reading
Kelvin High School – Accessibility Fail
When I was attending Kelvin High School for Grade 12*, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the school did not have an accessible entrance, although they had an elevator with a door at ground level, which opened directly to the outside environment – … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, building codes, Canada, disabilities, kelvin high school, manitoba, winnipeg
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Startle Reaction
My adopted sister, Claire, is getting married (steampunk-themed!) on 26 May and I’m busily accessorizing my steampunk outfit and choosing a hairstyle. It’s really fun window-shopping! I had a semi-freakout about something this evening: my startle reaction. It is similar … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, disabilities, geeky, neurology, social phobia, startle reaction
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The “Inspiration Derived from Disabled People” Checklist
While writing my previous blog post, “On ‘Transcending Pain’”, I came across this article in The Globe and Mail. It contains a recurring theme in the media when writing about disabled people, and especially, disabled children. Ian Brown, fhe … Continue reading
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Tagged bioethics, blogs, disabilities, feminism, geeky, history, human rights, reading
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On “Transcending Pain”
I’m a chronic pain patient on morphine. It amuses me when healthy people ascribe romantic ideas or evaluations of the experience of pain, especially chronic or severe pain the likes of which most of them have not experienced. More than … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic pain, disabilities, fibromyalgia, headaches, morphine, pain, social psychology
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“Holocaust Memorial Day – Black Triangle” by BendyGirl
http://benefitscroungingscum.blogspot.com/2012/01/world-holocaust-memorial-day-black.html Today, Holocaust Memorial Day, this article by BendyGirl highlights something very important for me: that disabled people were the first to be targeted by the Nazis. Her eloquence is superior to mine today, but I will try and give … Continue reading
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Tagged disabilities, fibromyalgia, headaches, history, holocaust, hydrocephalus, pain
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A Proper Pain Scale – Update!
I’m seeing the doctor again tomorrow for another adjustment to my pain medications. The current ones (Topiramate, Imigran) are NOT working, and I’m on a waiting list – apparently a very long one, for intracranial pressure monitoring. Pain levels (intractable … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic pain, disabilities, headaches, hydrocephalus, migraine, pain, pain scale
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Gravol is making me stutter (NSFW)
I take Gravol, an anti-emetic, for pain relief. I have hydrocephalus, and the headaches I get are caused (probably partially) by low intracranial pressure (ICP) and slit ventricles. When my pain is very high (above a 7 on the pain … Continue reading
