We were seated on the patio. The only place that could fit the 6 of us comfortably was the tall table just outside the door to the patio. We ensured that I was pulled into the table such that the door could open easily and that people could get passed me without difficult we did […]
I was asked to follow the hostess to a table in a restaurant. There were 6 in my party, including me, and I was at the head of the line up. The hostess walked too quickly for me to be right behind her, I had had to back my chair up and turn it round […]
It’s been a few days of figuring out, of planning, of phone calling, of double checking. What I mean to say, I guess, is that it’s been a few days of being disabled and living in a world where accessibility of space and in attitude is neither promised or guaranteed. It’s all the result of […]
I had my 10 o’clock pear at 8 this morning. I live a lot of my life like that. The cool thing is, I get to make that call. I get to feel the regret for eating the pear now, when 10:00 hits. But right now the pleasure of the just ripe, just right, pear […]
Apologies are interesting things. I am familiar with giving them, I’m human and I make mistakes. I’m always careful with my words, I know that apologies matter and I know that for any kind of reconciliation they have to be sincerely meant. Years ago I read a witticism, “This job requires sincerity, once you can […]
I was rolling to the gym. I had rolled from the parked car over rough pavement, up the curb and uphill to the entrance and was now easily pushing over to the gym. I was thinking about my workout, deciding if I wanted to try for a personal best on the armergometer or if I […]
I went to a movie the other day, one that I had looked forward to seeing. I was enjoying myself and then something happened. One of the characters in the movie, played by an actor I really like and one that I respected as a person, used the R-word. By the time this happened, I […]
I just crossed the 3.5 million page views mark for ‘Chewing the Fat’ … ‘Rolling Around in my Head’ … ‘A Battered Aspect’! Thank all of you good and faithful readers over the 7 years that this blog has been around. Posted by Dave Hingsburger at 3:54 pm
When I moved here, one of my first calls was to the transit system to set up wheelchair services to get from work to home. I discovered that the system here is different than the one in Toronto in one significant way. In Toronto I get on a specialized bus and they take me to […]
I love my new home. There are a number of reasons I’m happy there but chief amongst them is the fact that, for the first time since becoming disabled, I am in an accessible apartment. The amount of freedom and independence that I’ve gained is immeasurable. I feel for the first time in 12 years […]
