A patient guide on preparing for a Suprapubic catheter surgery including: prep at home, catheter kit storage solutions, information video, post-op aftercare and developing a routine living with an indwelling catheter. Continue reading Preparing for a Suprapubic Catheter
A look back on what I can only describe as the best year of my adult life. Everything from campaign goals, life-long friendships to awards… Continue reading A Year in Review – 2018
Troubleshooting ideas for gift wrapping independantly with a disability involving hand function. Continue reading Wrapping Presents with a disability | Tips & Tricks
What you don’t see – behind the scenes of my wheelchair fundraiser appeal. 7 months into crowdfunding to get my independence back. Continue reading All I Want for Christmas | #Blogmas Xmas Appeal
Having had an Amazon Echo for near a year, we’ve discovered these handy ‘skills’ and functions that has made the world of difference in our family home! Continue reading 10 Things Alexa Can Make Easier for people with Visual Impairments
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To celebrate United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2018 I thought it would be lovely to shine a spotlight on some of my own disability advocate idols. Featuring – Sam Renke & Alison Lapper Continue reading My Top 6 Disability Advocate Idols | #IDPD2018
*TRIGGER POST* A raw and honest post on my personal struggle to obtain Life Insurance coverage when with a life-limiting condition when wanting to plan ahead. Continue reading Life Insurance Battle with Muscular Dystrophy
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Have you ever heard that saying – “The only disability in life is a bad attitude”? This couldn’t be more true regarding society’s perception of disabled parents. Society still in 2018 see living with a disability as this great tragedy, … Continue reading 5 Things Children Gain Having A Disabled Parent
Did the title grab your attention? No, it wasn’t clickbait. No, I’m not being dramatic and no, there isn’t another way out of this vicious cycle that I haven’t spent 14 years trying to make work to improve my situation. … Continue reading I Risk My Life Everytime I Venture Out | #FitToBurst
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Back in 2016, finding it difficult to get out with now 2 young children under 5 as a wheelchair user myself with a life-limiting muscle wasting condition, I applied for a ‘Special Day’ via The Willow Foundation. I’d actually known … Continue reading Trip to Chester Zoo! | Courtesy of The Willow Foundation