Modern Society
Don’t strip me of my wheels to rescue me!
Not so long-ago Tony and I went to a show at a Melbourne Theatre. The wheelchair user seating was on the left-hand wall...
Did any wheelchair user have independent egress off the cruise ship that did sink leaving this wheelchair in the muddy slush?
We are all human you know… individuals in our own right and collectively without distinction, without placing labels, without differentiating any of us....
The ‘DISABILITY’ label is a grievous misdemeanour against freedom of living an ordinary normal life
“Hey mum can you give me the blind man’s phone number?” “Sorry son, I don’t know any blind men.” “I mean the man...
Access and Inclusion Plans are compliance “MUST DO” suffocating all conscience insight
Music is composed in the mind before it is recorded on paper or digitally in our physical world. Access and inclusion plans are...
The public transport ramp platform was wheelchair accessible, but the tram was not
Society needs help to get its act together in terms of access and travel and resources because the heat is too far away...
Polio is a good example to explain the difference between sickness and ‘disability’ – Remembering Paul Richard Alexander
This is an updated version of an article I authored in 2023. At various times during the first half of the 20th century, with...
Instead of the wheelchair being seen as freedom giving equipment the wheelchair is a society symbol of sickness, unhealthy and social ‘disability’
Write a book and it makes you an expert. Write an academic book and it is taught in education institutions and revered by...
Inside and Outside Maria’s Disability Pie
Will the songbird deep in my veins, disturbed by the sounds of silence, find the freedom it desires… Inside and Outside Maria’s Dis-ability...
No one but self is responsible for how another person feels or reacts to spoken or written words
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me!” Once upon a time, people were taught to be tolerant...
Some think renaming ‘disabled parking’ or ‘disabled toilets’ to include ‘accessible’ fixes everything… Just makeup a label!
Disability’ is something imposed on top of a person’s impairments by the way they are unnecessarily isolated and excluded from full participation in...
