On Friday 15th November I went away for the weekend, with a group of friends who are members of Oxford Phab. Oxford Phab is a club made up of people with a range of abilities. The idea behind Phab is to bring able-bodied and disabled people together. The weekend was based in Chichester, and isContinue reading “Phab south east fun weekend”
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Indoor curling
Me looking very serious playing indoor curling
My story Public transport the bus
On the whole I use a lot of public transport several times a week my main ones are trains and buses. I’ve also been on airplane as well which a different experience. I do find that overall trains and buses are very good. However I find it frustrating that there is only one wheelchair spaceContinue reading “My story Public transport the bus”
The experience of being mugged
Wednesday July 7th 2010 at around 10:30 a.m. I was going into Banbury town in my wheelchair just to get a sandwich for lunch, as I wanted to be back to watch what was then the daily politics show on BBC 2. So I had a tight schedule, I was taking a short cut throughContinue reading “The experience of being mugged”
Using trains as a wheelchair user
My experiences on the trains have been a bit more interesting and adventurous. Now as a disabled train passenger, if I wasn’t bothered about what time train I wanted to catch, I could just turn up at the station and buy a ticket for the next train to my destination. Overall this is what IContinue reading “Using trains as a wheelchair user”
Introduction
Welcome everyone to my Blog posts, last week somebody suggested to me that I write a blog documenting my experiences as a so called disabled person in Britain today. When a blog was mentioned to me my face froze in horror as I thought what the hells that, and given the fact that I’m notContinue reading “Introduction”
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
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