Public Services we take for granted
This blog was inspired both by a blog written by a fellow disability activist, Crimson Crip (http://crimsoncrip.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/i-demand-the-right-to-a-fked-up-lif/) and by recent personal experiences. It’s a bit of a national pastime to complain about public services, but there are some that we just simply take for granted, aren’t there? For an issue completely unrelated to my disability, [...]
Personal violation, Robbery, Theft and Larceny
I know I am not the first, and I am definitely not the last but earlier this week I was the victim of a robbery. The house I was staying in was burgled. An ingenious entry – gemming off a sliding patio door and forcing open the window. This happened whilst the house was empty [...]
Car Accident Advice for Women Drivers
In my experience (over thirty years), women seem to have less accidents than men and certainly cause fewer, because they frequently drive slower and take less risks. The drawback is that women may have less experience as to what to do when an accident happens. Image by Spec_J via Flickr THERE’S ALWAYS HELP AVAILABLE Mobile [...]
Surreal motoring stories?
Here in the UK we are used to the fact that when you are involved in a motor accident you stop, swap insurance details with the other party and that the Police may be involved to enforce the law especially if a person was injured in the process. Image via Wikipedia But this is not [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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