Well I had no choice but to take a taxi yesterday for the first time in years. Driver helpful and got me in and out but drove like a nutter. Every time he hit the breaks my chair lurched forwards and nearly tipped over turning into my road. My friend…
I checked social model online and it relates to how most of us are and want to live. Trouble is though that we live in a medical model world. Everything, including my impairment is a medical term. Strangers see me as a wheelchair user so something mu…
Met someone new and he is driving me wild with his crazy wheelchair antics. I know that he sees other girls but I just cant resist his direct approach and wandering hands.
Here we go again. Males me smile
Solo for me too from now on babe as that way my disability does not exist or embarrass or need to be excused or explained or make me feel inadequate. Sox I am with you all the way and feel proud of you. You summed it up perfectly.
My fella needs a lot of care and 4 half hour calls a day is not really enough. Some of the carers are flexible and will stay a bit longer when necessary but most will only stay half an hour and that includes them spending over 5 mins writing notes in…
I have started something here. Sex always gets us going. I broke up with my new fella over Christmas and we never had any sex except the odd grope. With two wheelchairs I must must have been kidding myself. Back to watching crap on TV and recharging …
It sure helps when we are listend to but not every service will. If you are lucky to get a social worker who does it is great. Our new one is fantastic.
Yeah too many pervs about searching for victim chicks in wheelchairs. Met loads and reported one to the police who did not believe me. I felt real small and useless but if I ever see that perv again I will bite his smelly penis off if he waves it in …
Interesting going through this Social Care Wales forum. I am from Liverpool and came to Wales nearly 20 years with my Father who worked in Port Talbert for the last 15 years of his life. I like it here and live with my partner in Swansea who is now a…
On my 18th birthday I was left stranded in the centre of Swansea all night huddled in a shop doorway with a smelly fella I did not know because no accessible taxis were working. That was several years ago and I will never use taxis again.