Wheelchair – Page 11 – Kerry Thompson

A broken system

Welcome back everyone and not forgetting all you newbies also. Hi how are ya? Last week I wrote about my shocking experience with my local wheelchair services AJM Healthcare over a two year period to the present day, since then I have been inundated with messages and comments from other wheelchair uses about their ownContinueContinue reading “A broken system”

You Stole My Legs

Lied to, lied about, disrespected in my own home, bullied, complaints brushed under the carpet, advised to email only not to call anymore. All made by one company that says and I quote “We provide High-Quality, outcome-led, services in wheelchair & Community equipment” . There is a huge misconception that most people believe that whenContinueContinue reading “You Stole My Legs”

A forgotten world

I’ve said it many times before the disability world is very much a second thought and forgotten world. It’s a subject I probably should have written about long before now, so why haven’t I!? probably because when you spend so much time fighting for the simplest of things like going to the toilet you liveContinueContinue reading “A forgotten world”

Loungewear in a wheelchair

This post is in collaboration with Femme Luxe Finery who kindly gifted me the pieces featured from their loungewear collection. All words and opinions are my own. Being a wheelchair user due to having muscular dystrophy a Progressive muscle wasting condition It’s hard to find a comfy outfit that works well for comfort as wellContinueContinue reading “Loungewear in a wheelchair”

5 ways to motivate yourself

Hey everyone welcome back. Having a disability I’m just the same as everyone else some days I can sit and procrastinate trying to find that motivation, thinking about that one thing I really need to get done but just cant find that extra push to get it done, however. Being in isolation with not muchContinueContinue reading “5 ways to motivate yourself”

I have a wheelchair Barbie

I maybe one of the rare breeds of girls growing up that wasn’t really interested in barbie dolls when I was younger, I was more an outdoorsy girl. I remember my grandparents having my aunties and mums old dolls in a little navy blue case but I never really had much interest they came outContinueContinue reading “I have a wheelchair Barbie”

Our marriage and Muscular Dystrophy

Is my marriage defined by my disability!? Even up to the day of saying I Do I asked hubby to be if he was totally sure that he wanted to marry me, not for your normal wedding jitter reasons like do you really love me, will you be fateful, this is forever questions. None ofContinueContinue reading “Our marriage and Muscular Dystrophy”

My Disability, My Identity

Your identity is everything it’s the person you are, the person you identify with and when you lose your identity who are!? As humans in a complex world of boundaries and decisions, it’s really not all that surprising that by trying to make sense of it all we put everyone and everything into groups, categoriesContinueContinue reading “My Disability, My Identity”