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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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That’s what I look like !!

Have you ever seen a photo of yourself from the side and realised, “That’s what I look like!”? Perhaps (like me) you have seen a photo that has captured the back of your head and realised that you are thinning on top. For most people, we see ourselves in a mirror everyday and become well acquainted with what we look like. However, what if the house you lived in didn’t have a mirror at your level and you had gone your entire life without being tall enough to reach one?

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Electrical Wheelchair – Good or Bad?

You would think giving an electrical wheelchair to a child with limited mobility would be an overwhelmingly positive experience? Well it was … at least at first! What happened over the course of the following twelve months was something that no-one expected. Read more: Electrical Wheelchair – Good or Bad?

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When the bough breaks…

As parents of children with a disability, we live life closer to the edge than most, but what does it take to step off?

There was a news story recently where a father of three children drove onto one of the largest bridges in Melbourne, Australia, stopped the car, removed his four year old daughter from the car and dropped her over the edge, then drove off.

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