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RECRUITING PERSONAL CARERS (Part Two)

On November 15, 2017 By Disability Talk In Carrie, Featured

By Carrie Aimes (Part Two) I placed ad’s everywhere I could think of; online and locally. After several weeks of limited interest, I arranged interviews with each candidate in the hope that at least one …

RECRUITING PERSONAL CARERS (Part One)

On November 14, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Sylvia Mac

By Carrie Aimes (Part One) All my life I’ve required care, whether it be from family members, friends or paid employees. For over a decade now I have been hiring assistants to help me with …

WILL I EVER FIND LOVE?

On November 13, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Guest Commentators

By Sylvia Mac When I reached my Teens, I began to think more and more about having an intimate relationship. My heart was always ready to accept Love but my head was telling me differently. …

BAKING BLIND AND THE DRAMA OF AN AIR & SEA RESCUE!

On November 9, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Penny

By penny Melville-Brown OBE A few hours and life lurched from one extreme to another: a truly enlightening morning getting a glimpse of bush tucker with aboriginal Fred followed by high drama of nephew and …

SUPERHERO TRI SERIES

On November 8, 2017 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Martyn Sibley

By Martyn Sibley Recently I headed to Lake Dorney in Windsor. There was a very cool triathlon event being held. It goes by the name of ‘Super Hero Series’. As the series founder Sophia Warner …

CHONGQING, CHINA & BAKING BLIND

On November 6, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Penny

Penny Melville-Brown OBE Chongqing in China is the biggest and most exciting city on Earth. For richness of experience, this is the place: bustling, teeming, throbbing with life, developing, exploding, cutting edge, fascinating, stimulating and …

BAKING BLIND GOES DOWN UNDER

On October 30, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Penny, Sylvia Mac

Penny Melville-Browne OBE You might not have heard of Kiama, a delightful seaside town about 2 hours south of Sydney by road. It will be my first proper stop in Australia with old friends Rosemary …

TURNING DOWN SURGERY

On October 26, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Carrie

Carrie Aimes I was offered corrective scoliosis surgery at the age of nine. Back then I was able to walk short distances wearing leg splints and had a general diagnosis of congenital muscular dystrophy. Many …

SELF LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED

On October 24, 2017 By Disability Talk In Guest Commentators, Featured

Sylvia Mac Walking into the nightclub in my Teens and watching other young people dancing and talking with boys made me wonder what would happen if I was approached by a boy. What would I …

WHEN SERVING YOUR COUNTRY CAN BRING A DEATH SENTENCE

On October 19, 2017 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Penny

BY PENNY MELVILLE BROWN OBE There’s a link between the US military and a higher chance of having ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig Disease) – more familiar to us in the UK as …