Welcome to my blog. It varies how regular I write posts here. I sustained a 'Traumatic Acquired Brain Injury', and a six month coma from a 'road traffic accident' whilst cycling, in October 2006. I spent the following 4 years (22-26yrs old), in a combination of hospitals and rehabilitation homes. Now, I have been living independently in Surbiton, England since October 2010. This blog begun life in December 2010, as i realised that there are many people worldwide that i want to share experiences with. I know that, as a wheelchair user, I am obviously not as mobile as i wish, so, use the internet to connect to you. I enjoy letting my thoughts represent through type. I type honestly. As numerous readers, as well as email recipients, will understand, I find typing to be very therapeutic. Thank you :)
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Wednesday, 30 November 2011

pakt like sardines...

....into a crushd tin box....
My experience today. The tube, at 4.30pm, don't go.
I'm alive, grateful, and very lucky, blaa blaa blaah. I am sooooo glad however, i do not have to experience that everyday. I know that I am in a wheelchair, and therefor experience everything slightly differently to everybody else. I became so grateful of my wheelchair on a packed tube train, a physical perimeter to everyone of MY personal space. I did it today because I wanted to experience the underground in a wheelchair (masochistic perhaps). Now, I hold London Transport, very highly, thinking very positively of the whole organisation. However, the so-called 'accessible tube', does not exist. My first 'wheelchair bound' London Underground trip was planned. As I thought I needed accompaniment by an able-bodied 'sardine' , I was. There are numerous points where the aid of an able-bodied human, are 100% necessary. The experience disappointed me. However, I went to Canary Wharf, for the first time (below).


 
I sound child-like when i start to describe the experience of standing at the base of all  of  the offices, but it was impressive, and definitely an 'experience' that should be felt by all 'Londoners'. If you haven't been, go. Sorry, i don't mean to offend anyone, but the 'experience' does include experiencing all the 'business-people'. Maybe good, maybe bad. I shut up, before i dig a hole.

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