Being Disabled in Hospital: What would I change
Some suggestions on how the NHS could improve the experience of disabled people admitted to hospitals.
Category: Articles
Being Disabled in Hospital: Challenging
My experience of how difficult it is to have your needs met when disabled and in hospital.
Adaptive Product Reviews: Bed Edition (pregnancy pillow, slide sheets, grabber, cable ties)
……….How do you maximise your independence in bed, when you need help to turn, be positioned, and reach for things? A conversation with a friend with similar impairments In Carrie Aimes’s excellent blog on living with Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy...
Adaptive Product Reviews: Dog Edition (Julius K9 harness with panniers, jogging lead, dog poo grabber)
…………How do other wheelchair users with limited upper body strength manage to walk your dogs independently? A discussion between a group of disabled people with pets My greyhound is the centre of my life. Getting him was a spontaneous decision...
Verbal Scripts for Unwanted Offers of Help
I can’t leave the house without encountering disableism. People always presume I’m needy, childlike, tragic, dependent. They speak past me, speak over me, and ignore me. Rarely does anyone engage with me as an independent adult, unless to ask questions...
The PA Series: background
Over the past seven years of employing PAs, I’ve had some excellent employees, some dreadful ones, and the rest have been somewhere in the middle – with great strengths, but also weaknesses. I’ve also learned that the same is true...
Adaptive Product Reviews: Wheelchair Edition (Salsa M2)
……….Wheelchair Services have offered my son a Salsa M electric wheelchair. How do you find this wheelchair, and what postural set-up do you use? The parent of a boy with muscular dystrophy asking on a forum for young disabled people...
Disabled at Uni: 5. Starting to study
Starting to study can be quite an intimidating experience. Here’s some advice on joining clubs and societies, making friends, and resolving issues – from access problems to finding emotional support.
Adaptive Product Reviews: Office Edition (Accuratus keyboard, Evoluent mouse, Ergorest arm supports)
……….I’m thinking about applying to University, but I struggle to sit at a computer or type. What equipment is out there to make this easier? A question I was asked at a conference Sometimes on this blog I review equipment...
