How One Word Can Change A Perspective
I’m Ami Hook-Ireland and I have Ataxia. My whole life changed for the better when I got a new wheelchair. There are many disabled people that strongly feel that they could enjoy things in life if they just had the right mobility aid.
February 7, 2022
Real Life Stories: My Journey From Runner to Battling Chronic Pain
Amanda Nicholson woke up one morning with chronic pain in her neck – she had never been in so much pain. In this month’s Real Life Stories, Amanda tells us how she fights through the pain and finds ways to feel free and enjoy life.
January 4, 2022
Real Life Stories: Cerebral Palsy and Funding – A Mobility Aid Story
Emily Manock was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of three. In this month’s Real Life Stories, Emily tells us about her late diagnosis and her experience with NHS wheelchairs.
December 17, 2021
Real Life Stories – Rebecca Laura
I had my first fall at the age of 28 – but I was young, a mum, a neonatal nurse, I’d run my first 10k earlier that year, I was fit and healthy… wasn’t I? The tale of how I was diagnosed with – Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
July 5, 2021
A Lesson In Conscious Living
A tight spot and a smidge of carpet – what happened next?
November 11, 2020
The Things People Say!
“MS? Ooh, that’s terrible, that is! You’ll end up like a jelly on the floor with that!”
September 24, 2020
Losing That Lockdown Look!
Why is it that no one ever dare greets you with, ‘My God, haven’t you got fat?’, and yet have no compunction in telling you that you’ve always been ‘ridiculously thin’?
August 20, 2020
The Highs And Lows Of Retail Therapy
I think if everyone had to spend a week in a wheelchair, or blindfolded, or with ear defenders that completely drowned out every iota of sound, the world would be a very different place.
July 24, 2020
Real Life Stories – Haley Neville
When you suffer from Myotubular Myopathy, it’s what you can do that counts!
July 16, 2020
Trains, Planes And Hotels
Trains, planes and hotels – just a few thoughts from my chair.
July 10, 2020
The Day I Was Bitten By – The Beast!
The joys of being hoisted and getting away from The Beast aka multiple sclerosis!
June 17, 2020
GUEST POST: A Diagnosis Is The Beginning of a Different Life
Guest post by Wendy Mitchell, the author of Sunday Times Best Seller: Somebody I Used To Know.
August 21, 2018
GUEST POST : My PFFD Journey
Guest post by Amy from A PFFD Journey
June 22, 2018
GUEST POST : Studying At Uni With An Illness
Guest post by Caroline from Pots and Spoons blog
June 22, 2018
My Journey With MS
Guest post by Barbara from Stumbling In Flats
June 22, 2018
Positivity, photography and a love for travelling
Guest post by Jeri from Anything Is Possible Travel
June 22, 2018
Finding The Positives
Guest post by Chloe from Life as a Cerebral Palsy student
June 22, 2018
Making Your Garden Mobility Friendly
Guest post by Tony from Tony Ward Furniture
June 22, 2018
Living With A Service Dog
Guest post by Naomi from That's Just How I Roll
June 21, 2018
My Visual Impairment and I
Guest post by Elin from My Blurred World
June 21, 2018