When it was recommended we take a look at the Toronto Swim Centre while we were visiting Lake Macquarie last weekend, I went along with an open mind. But, I wasn't sure I'd see anything I hadn't already seen in our travels, but I was wrong. The …
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SHINE SHED – ALL ABILITIES PLAY CENTRE SYDNEY
Yesterday we visited The Shine Shed, a unique all abilities indoor play centre. People have been tagging me in posts about this play centre since it opened in October last year. I was keen to get there but it's about an hour from where we live so it …
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – CELEBRATING WOMEN WORKING IN THE FIELD OF DISABILITY
On International Women's Day I want to celebrate women who work in the field of therapy. I know we've been lucky to have some amazing women support us with BJ's therapy. It's always been interesting to get to know our therapists and find out where …
RARE DISEASE DAY 2019 – OUR READERS SHARE
Many years ago I met a family with a child with additional needs. We got chatting and they explained their daughter's condition wasn't covered by any disability organisations. Their daughter lived with a rare condition which left the family without …
HOW TO MAKE A COMMUNICATION BOOK FOR A PERSON WHO IS NON-VERBAL
Although the main focus of our blogging is around travelling as a family, we've found one of the places where BJ needs support is when he's at respite (short term accommodation). When he started going to respite we had a sit down meeting and went …
BUPA THERAPY – STATE OF THE ART THERAPY FACILITY
Sponsored When you or your loved one lives with a disability, options can be limited. Choice is something we’ve always strived for and thanks to the National Disability Insurance Scheme we feel we now have more opportunities opening up for our …
WORLD CEREBRAL PALSY DAY – READERS SHARE
Given BJ lives with cerebral palsy it seems only fitting we share a story in the lead up to World Cerebral Palsy Day. Although we are happy to share our story, we always like to include a broader perspective and that's particularly important when it …
ENDEAVOUR PARK – ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND SYDNEY
Imagine a park that caters for the needs of a cross section of the community, including young children, seniors and wheelchair users. We visited just such a park today. Endeavour Park at Kings Langley in Sydney's Western Suburbs offers some of the …
BEAR COTTAGE SUPERHERO FUNDRAISER – HAVE WHEELCHAIR WILL TRAVEL
Last Saturday we had the absolute pleasure of hosting a Superhero picnic as an early birthday celebration for BJ, with the aim of raising money for Bear Cottage (a children’s hospice). If you haven't heard how we became connected to Bear Cottage I'll …
BEAR COTTAGE – NSW CHILDREN’S HOSPICE
When I started Have Wheelchair Will Travel I always envisaged the website, and particularly the Facebook page, should have a community feel. I didn’t want it to be clinical and over time I’m happy to say we’ve got to know many of our readers, …
