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Disabled Parking Nazi

Notice to the General Public: Put your brain into gear and your mouth in neutral!!!

If you still don’t understand what I mean…  use your eyes and your brains FIRST before using your mouth! I am so FED UP with my wife and I being abused by people for using disabled parking spots, when transporting my son, just because we (the drivers) are able bodied.

Is it not enough that our lives are complicated through having a child with a disability that we have to be inflicted by people who believe it is their right to launch a verbal assault on my wife and I, for using a disabled parking spot, without politely inquiring first?

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The Little Things

Looking after a child, or in fact anyone, with a disability takes its toll on the carer’s body. It’s the little things that we, as carers, do on a regular basis that slowly wear us down. The effort required is 24 hours a day and our bodies don’t get a chance to repair. Most of the solutions to assist us are aimed at the big tasks such as lifting him in and out of, say, a bed, bath, or toilet, but there are so many mundane tasks that wear you down.

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Teachers Aide Funding for Children with a Disability

You may have seen our very public fight with the government through the media during the first 6 months of 2010 as Penny and I have pursued funding for a teacher’s aide for Daniel while he attends our local high school. Unfortunately this public battle is only as a result of 3 years of being ignored by the government and politicians while we have written letters and attended meetings with no result. (For the whole history click here)

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Never Say Never (Part 2)

My original blog on Never say Never attracted a lot of hits (thousands) and spurred a number of comments. I am pleased to say that the last two weeks for us have raised the bar even higher and got us shaking our heads in bewilderment. I watched as my wheelchair bound son ride a surfboard …

(I have to pause and re-read that sentence again as, even now, there is still a level of disbelief!)

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