I written about this before. It really worries me. We’d just got off a plane and were heading towards the luggage area. A man was coming towards us, about our age, he was walking quickly to get to the gate for the departing flight. I said to Joe, after I spotted the accessible washroom, “Hey […]
Before we went down to the gates where the smaller planes are docked, we were pushing over towards the elevator going down. To get there we had to stop and negotiate the chair and our carry on luggage around a group of three men, taking up a fair bit of space, talking and laughing with […]
So, here’s what happened. I rolled into the office and as I pulled into the elevator I both heard and felt whatever holds my front right wheel nearly disintegrate. Rolling to my office felt a bit like hobbling like I did in my youth when I severely sprained my ankle. I was panic-struck. I have […]
My wheelchair is broken. The front right tire needs fixing. I am frozen. With worry. My focus. My life. Is on hold. Can it be fixed. And when. There is never a good time. To lose mobility. My disability rises. Slaps me in the face. And reminds me. That freedom is a wheel. And wheels […]
I had decided to write this after Thanksgiving and not make it the post for that day.Here’s why: I noticed being noticed because I’m noticed all the time. But I was followed in a store by a mother and a boy of about 8. They were watching me grocery shop on Thanksgiving. Joe puts things […]
Yesterday we went to play badminton. I played in my youth, in my days on two feet, and I wanted to try playing while sitting in my chair. We paid a few bucks and got our wristbands and then rolled over to the gym. It was full! I’d never seen it full before, but never […]
Please. Don’t. Don’t tell me, in the tone you use towards a pouting child, that I need to understand that those were different times. That people didn’t think about accessibility when designing houses, buildings or public spaces. Yes. They did. And said ‘fuck it.’ You don’t seem to understand that the idea of accessibility isn’t […]
We always get to the airport early. We like mornings, even sometimes very early mornings, so while it’s not fun, it’s not terrible either. Check in went smoothly and then we were off to security and then we’d pick up something for breakfast and eat it at the gate. We found a place to get […]
We called her “the AV.” Aunt Vesta passed away last night. I found out this morning. It was my first night home, I had gone to bed early, and I didn’t find out until just moments ago when I checked my phone and noticed a call that I had slept through. The news was […]
When in Campbell River working, I met a nice young guy who showed me a safety sticker he had designed for a family who had a child with autism. It was a cool sticker that presented emergency information to emergency personnel how to best support the child in an emergency. It was done with care […]
