There are a great many cultural divides between the UK and South Africa, and unsurprisingly this extends to disability. With two radically different systems of health care…… Read more “Worlds Apart: A Collaboration Between The Disability Diaries and Diary of a Disabled Person.”
Tag: Wheelchair
Stephen Hawking: A Brief Moment in Time.
In 1963 doctors gave Stephen Hawking two years to live. Little did they know that he would defy all odds, surviving for fifty-five years instead. Most people…… Read more “Stephen Hawking: A Brief Moment in Time.”
Things Just Got Complicated.
Relationships are complicated. Relationships while one or both partners are chronically ill or disabled results in an explosion of chaos that equals filling a volcano with Coca-Cola…… Read more “Things Just Got Complicated.”
Can’t Be Treated.
Trigger Warning: self-harm, suicide. You may have heard the saying “there’s more than one way to skin a rabbit” and I used to believe that this was…… Read more “Can’t Be Treated.”
GETting Nowhere.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is one of those strange conditions that has no real treatment protocols assigned to the disease, mainly because so little is known about…… Read more “GETting Nowhere.”
The Battle of the Wheels.
A collaboration between Diary of a Disabled Person and Seeing ME in Reality. It surprises many people that self-propelling a wheelchair takes a lot of effort and…… Read more “The Battle of the Wheels.”
The Leibster Award.
The Leibster award was created in 2011 in Germany, and is given to bloggers by other bloggers online. This award focuses on small blogs, recognising their potential…… Read more “The Leibster Award.”
Wheels by Night: A Short Story.
The setting sun cast a blood red glow around the room, awakening Rusev. Slowly he pushed away his coffin lid and sat upright, watching the last of…… Read more “Wheels by Night: A Short Story.”
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT’S CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSS!!!!!!!!!!!
Being the over-grown child in an over-sized pram that I am, it should come as no surprise that I particularly enjoy Christmas. I always have done so…… Read more “IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT’S CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSS!!!!!!!!!!!”
Agent 48: A Short Story.
The woman looked completely out of place as she entered the pub. She had tried her best to dress inconspicuously but her crease-less blouse and plain jeans…… Read more “Agent 48: A Short Story.”
Diary of a Disabled Person. 