Travelling with a wheelchair
A couple of years ago I did a social media workshop in the city. As interested as I was in learning more about social media and how to blitz Mr Zuckerberg’s Facebook algorithm, I was also interested to learn of the teacher’s other occupation as a song writer. John’s business, Romance Outsourced, sounded great for my annual gift guide which I was writing at the time. It’s always
At the end of a day when I’m sleep deprived and I’ve juggled a million things, getting a meal on the table for the family is often a stretch. On one particular day I remember ringing my Mum and saying, “I don’t care what we eat tonight, I’m just too tired to get anything!” Literally 10 minutes later I received a text message from a
Last year I shared a post on our Facebook page about Pony Access Tours which is run by Simon Mulholland. It was wildly popular and for a good reason. Nobody likes to feel limited by mobility restrictions and Simon’s aim is to ensure that people can experience the outdoors including rugged terrain through his Pony Access Tours – have pony will travel. Today Simon shares
My name is Srin and I’m on a mission to make travel easier for my fellow disabled people and their families! I’m a co-founder of Accomable. A new technology startup based in London that aims to be a platform for booking accessible travel and to one day make the process of travel as easy for disabled people as it is for anyone else. We’re focusing
Father’s Day (in Australia Father’s Day is this weekend) seemed like a good opportunity to ask five Dads, parenting a child with additional needs, to share the challenges, the joys and what they would like others to understand about their role in the family. Traditionally I find that we hear more from mothers about their experiences raising a child with additional needs and I
Those of you who have been following our facebook page for a while will know that I love sharing stories about people who make a difference by seeing a need and fulfilling it. It gives me great faith in human kind to see that one person can make positive changes, that ultimately help so many. Today’s story is about Julie O’Donovan, the creator of the
Mia was born to Australian parents in Dublin in July 2009. She was a robust healthy baby and met all her milestones for the first year with ease. She inherited her Mum and Dad’s love of the outdoors and travel and was exploring the globe in a baby back pack and pram in her first year. Mia learnt to crawl on a ferry trip as
My TrailRider story by david stratton I grew up loving to hike or ramble or bushwalk – according to whether you favour the Canadian, British or Australian version of the language. In 1995 my wife Ros and I were rambling in England when she thought I was stumbling more than I ought and my MS was soon diagnosed. As I dwindled, enjoying the last of
The Changing Ladder of Life – Guest Blog by Justine Perkins, founder of touched by olivia Recently, a friend of mine gave me some interesting advice. We were chatting about different stages of life, (as you do) and she said – “Justine, the first 40 years of a person’s life is all about ego. It’s about grabbing your ladder, placing it up against a wall
Andrew and his wife Jen have been following along with our page for quite some time. They have just returned from a trip to the USA and have shared their experiences in a blog post for us. Andrew runs an exciting drumming program in Australia and full details can be found at the end of the blog. Andrew writes – As promised, here is my
Sam is happy 4-year old, full of life, quick to laugh and smile. He has a great sense of humor. He is loving, affectionate, grateful and appreciates the little things in life. He also suffers from a very rare brain disease called Vanishing White Matter disease. Before February 2013, Sam was a normal, healthy kid. He was a little clumsy, but nothing that we were
As an American traveler, there are so many amazing places to visit within my own country. There are the more obvious choices like New York, Los Angeles and Disney World, but one destination that is often overlooked is actually the capital of the United States; Washington, DC. I’m not quite sure why exactly it’s overlooked so much because it is one of my favorite cities
From the time I was a young child, I dreamed of traveling the world and doing humanitarian work. This was a strange dream for a child who grew up on a farm in rural Saskatchewan (Canada) and had never even left the province until I was an adult. Within a year of finishing University and starting my first job, I took my first trip:
In December 2009 I was left a T4 complete paraplegic with numerous other injuries while riding my motorcycle as a result of a negligent driver. The doctor’s words were ‘The spinal cord in completely obliterated.’ I will never walk again, which doesn’t bother me. I just wanted to do what I could to get home and get back to being me. With my mum by my side
My name is Tania Sherley, I am 43 years old, I live on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Being born with Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus I have had mobility issues all my life. Being born with my disability, and using my wheelchair to get through life I have always been used to doing things ‘my’ way…. Chasing my Dreams just extends this even further. It
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