On April 16th 2024 I was enjoying a peaceful nights sleep when I naturally stirred – as I tend to do – and I felt that I needed to call my PA to straighten and massage my legs. I had an experienced member of staff with me that evening and I asked her to lower […]
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I do not want to write much in this blog, but I do want to share some of the incidents that occurred to myself on my recent short break to Florida. My travel agent, Enable Holidays, have launched an investigation into what went wrong and they are still in discussion with the relevant companies who
The following is a press release from my comrades at DPAC and I have linked the story to the original website from which it came. On Thursday 18 July at Parliament Square, a host of disability rights campaigns and allies will welcome the new Labour government into office by presenting a set of solutions to the
Just making the first of many progress reports about my 6773km cycle from my home address in Wrexham to International Drive in Orlando, Florida. I have been keeping a record of the distance I have travelled since I started using my Thera Trainer back in March. I have been developing the distance that I do
Below I have copied an email that I received from Disability Wales regarding the social model of disability. It is important that everyone understands the social model as we aim to create a truly inclusive society. Hello Members We are very happy to announce the publication of our Social Model Toolkit. The toolkit has been
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I haven’t forgotten the kindness of strangers – and people that I know of course – who donated to my GoFundMe page and enabled my trip to Florida to go ahead at the end of May. My eyes were opened to certain difficulties that still exist for disabled people travelling away from home. I want
This is a article from the South Wales Argus about a video conference that I took part in last week, along with my good friend and comrade Chris Hall. It was a important consultation with the Senedd Health and Social Care Committee about the future of independent living and how it will be funded. The
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Time is running out until I go to Florida for my first short break from Wrexham for 24 years. I am currently cycling using my Thera Trainer bike every day. I am using the hand pedals to cycle the distance from Wrexham to Orlando, Florida. The total distance from my house to my desired destination
**This blog is aimed at disabled people and their families/friends living in the Wrexham County Borough Council area.** It is about time that I started my activism work again. Of course it has never stopped and I am constantly in dispute with the Adult Social Care department at Wrexham County Borough Council. Since October 2023,
The time has come to try to make a real difference to the lives of disabled people across Wales. I have been tirelessly trying to do this since I launched my #SaveWILG campaign back in November 2016 . This campaign was a relative success, but it appears that the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) has
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