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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
Compiling experience with disability-friendly methods on what many parents describe as one of the most stressful, chaotic and frustrating Early Years milestones. Continue reading Potty Training with a Disability
On 12th October 2018 we headed on the train from Manchester to London as a family for the National Muscular Dystrophy UK Conference, where I was appearing on a panel of incredible individuals – Lucy Watts MBE and Jamie Hale, … Continue reading A Guide to Exploring London as a Mum in a Wheelchair ♿
This post was inspired by the supportive Instagram photo by Channel Mum of then Mummy-to-be Meghan Koziel – a Breast Cancer survivor, who plastered a sign above her hospital bed explaining to midwives/nurses and other Healthcare professionals who maybe involved … Continue reading Why I Sacrificed Breastfeeding
Thank you to Holly for nominating me for The Sunshine Blogger Award, an award I didn’t even know existed until I was tagged by the lovely blogger of ‘Life Of A Blind Girl.’ Such a wonderful idea to help readers better get to know you and support your friends! 1. What’s your favourite thing about blogging? Tacking diverse topics that I’m really passionate about. Creating awareness like when I decided not to feel ashamed anymore about that fact I experienced domestic abuse in a past relationship, somehow finding the courage to talk about it finally, instead of it being … Continue reading The Sunshine Blogger Award
On Saturday 26th May 2018 I attended a surprise birthday meal with extended family for my nephews 16th. They choose to book a very posh Indian restaurant in Walkden, Manchester called The Purple Lounge. We had a wonderful time and … Continue reading Why I was #FitToBurst *LIVE* on Facebook!!
Our experience and useful tips for other families like us with additional needs, looking to fly for a holiday abroad. Continue reading Air Travel with a Wheelchair + Children
A big thank you to my friend Emma over at SimplyEmma.co.uk (Top UK travel + disability blogger) for inviting me to answer some awesome questions as part of the only Disabled Blogger Tag. A Q + A series created by Elin from My Blurred World specifically for disabled bloggers! 1. When and why did you start your blog? I started this blog in August 2017, although I’ve had many blogs over the years I’ve never gone public with. They were more a personal outlet of my troubles. Starting ‘Life of an Ambitious Turtle’ was a whole other kettle of fish! … Continue reading The Disabled Blogger Tag
In 2016 we embarked on what some may say was a very ambitious adventure of our 1st family holiday. Reason being we aren’t your average family of 4 with just budgeting and small children to contend with (both of which are hard enough!) Put in the fact I, their Mother am a full-time wheelchair user and a full-time powerchair user at that and our holiday just got a lot more complicated and sadly, a lot more expensive… Upcoming in this series focusing around our family holiday to Costa Almeria;Air Travel with a Wheelchair + ChildrenComparing Budget and Disabled Holiday WebsitesGetting Around Costa Almeria … Continue reading Best Sabinal Hotel, Roquetas de Mar | Accessibility Review ♿
On 17th March 2018, we made the 3hr 45min train journey from Greater Manchester to Glasgow for our much anticipated accessible skiing lessons adventure with the help of Disability Snow Sports UK (a blog on this is in the works!) … Continue reading Ibis Budget Hotel | Glasgow | ♿ Review