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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Friday, 20 February 2015

Waking up

I laugh off such a comical, small mistake. However, I do realise that I used to feel a need to react.
On exiting a local restaurant via the ramp access, not the steps, a surprised, oncoming woman greeted me...
'Oh, you're coming this way! Eeek  I didn't realise I am on the ramp!’
I felt the need to discuss this in my blog, because such a comment surprised me. Five or Ten years ago, this would have been such a regular comment, everywhere! My own level of surprise helped me realise how far forward things have come. Obviously, sensed largely at the centre of the issue, it seems that the general public perceptions of 'wheelchair issues' has improved greatly in the last decade.

Hmmmm. More than half of the population...

I really do not know how to feel about these superstars who have been living a lie. A lie, I have always known the truth and so remain fairly unaffected. The truth may hurt, but the truth will out.
How do i feel about ’Lance’?
You cannot hide the truth forever. The good will out.



Explosions in the sky (click here)

waking up...



Giuliano's ramp





My comment starting this week's post, can also mixed with this note.
'It's not what you know, but WHO you know'!
I want to praise Giuliano Mallardo for not only supplying gorgeous food and supplying top-notch coffee, but also he tackled the accessibility problem i faced, of a stepped-entrance, with rapid, basic ingenuity - a folded cardboard box! I have designed a three-piece window-menu, now placed in his cafe front door.



The newest cafe in my hometown of Surbiton, gets a warm mention, full of applause. Thank you 'Amici'

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