Disability made easier
22 Tips on how to do it
After years of experience I can still never say that I have arrived and know everything about disability or how to cope with or combat it. One thing I have learnt is that disabilities vary vastly from person to person, even if diagnosed with the same [...]
To walk or not to walk
that is the question
I was diagnosed with Inclusion Body Myositis in 2000.
I have been getting progressively weaker and have adapted my lifestyle to suit these changes. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that my strong healthy body would suddenly start deteriorating at such a rapid rate. [...]
DISABLED : What’s that
Main Entry: disabled Part of Speech: adjective Definition: incapacitated
Synonyms:
broken-down, confined, decrepit, disarmed, hamstrung, handicapped, helpless, hurt, incapable, infirm, laid-up, lame, maimed, out-of-action, out-of-commission, paralysed, powerless, run-down, sidelined, stalled, weakened, worn-out, wounded, wrecked
Usage Note: Disabled is the clear preference in contemporary American English in referring to people having either physical or [...]
UNSUNG HEROES
It was twenty five years when my wife and I made our vows to each other, one of them being to love honour and cherish in sickness and in health till death us do part.
Little did we know what these vows would mean so far down the line? I thank [...]
Electric wheelchair was invented after WW2 by George Johann Klein,a Canadian inventor, for the injured war veterans. Electric wheelchair is considered to be one of Canada’s greatest inventions that have benefited mankind. George came up with the electric wheelchair while he was with the National Research Council of Canada in 1950s.Many war veterans have suffered [...]