Tag: disability

Disability Rights and Attitudes
03/07/2023

DISABILITY label is a grievous misdemeanour against freedom of living a 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 who makes blinds to cover the windows.” “Oh, yes sure. Here it is.” A crucial requirement of grasping the needs of another human being is to understand their life circumstances and experiences. Sometimes conceptual frameworks are used in an attempt to sense […]

Disability Life Journey
24/06/2023

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 aisle near the draughty exit doors. There was an option given for Tony to transfer onto a theatre seat. The drawback was the wheelchair would be taken away and stored in the mangers office until after the performance had finished. Does the […]

Disability Life Journey
05/06/2023

Cruise Ship Emergency Drills Evacuation Plans

Independent egress for wheelchair users is something that I have personally observed as an absolute non-concern for any government authority. Acts and regulations are meaningless lip service to pretend right and wrong are acknowledged and dealt with. There is no direct egress off cruise ships for people with mobility issues. FULL STOP. Although the procedures say there should be, there is more often than not […]

Australia Disability Life Journey
05/06/2023

“If you can’t walk you can’t take the tender” is simply violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation

Hurtful disability discrimination is caused more though plain ignorance due to no experience so no recognition of someone else’s normal. Not all disability discrimination is illegal nor should it be. This is a two way street. I will next discuss the intensive news and internet exposed incident instigated by a C5 quadriplegic public speaker that occurred at an Indian restaurant near his home in a […]

Australia Disability Life Journey
05/06/2023

The Social Model of Disability is a joke Joyce!

Australia’s proud culture was built on taking the Micky out of all and sundry especially ourselves. Jokes are a fantastic tool to allow people to see and be educated in the variation in culture and individual situations. An individual reaction to a joke provides an insight into that individual’s belief system. Nothing more, nothing less.   Offense comes from within the self and cannot be […]