The picture above shows how to do it right. A shallow ramp with rails that wheelchair users and others can use without assistance, the ramp is also decorative in a style which complements the building and the steps have handrails. Well done Fifth Avenue Presbeterian Church, this picture from 2013 is an example how to …
Category: Arthritis
I’m scared
Not only that the invasion of Ukraine by Russia could escalate, but yes that scares me. What also scares me is my health. I do not need another disability. On 1st January 2022 I went cycling making the most of the low traffic on a morning when many are sleeping off the New Year hangover. …
I know the plans I have for you: Who does God say I am – Part 3
There was a time when if you asked an Evangelical Christian for their favourite Bible verse the answer John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." would come high, if not top, of the list. But it changed, the favourite verse …
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Energy budgeting — disability and autism
This has not been a good week for energy. Two days of doing nothing has been my reward for being busy. Even in my usual routine I get tired. It goes like this: A physical disability causes pain, anything involving walking or standing on crutches gives pain and pain makes me tired.I have type two …
Avoiding ableist language
Do you think you are doing a good job if you reserve spaces for wheelchairs, and provide ramps for wheelchairs? Think again. Identity first? I am a person of Britishness. Does this sentence look odd? Because that is what language looks like if we were to fully adopt the Person first language that we are …
Do not move on
Thoughts on being disabled for 15 years Back in March this year I reached the milestone, or millstone, of having been disabled for 15 years. I mentioned it at the time in a review of the virtual church service I attended on that day. I am torn on whether I should be sharing this, but …
Healing brings praise — Matthew 15:29–31
The concern of Jesus — part 6 40 blogs of Lent — day 18 Matthew links the two story of the Canaanite woman to the next part of Jesus' Ministry simply. Mark adds extra details: Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of …
I resolve to be more awkward than ever in 2021
There are things you just can't change Many New Year's resolutions are negative, You hate yourself for being overweight so you resolve to lose weight or join a gym. Thanks to Katherine May for this, So instead of focusing on something about myself I feel bad about, and will feel bad if I do not …
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You were there all along — Psalm 124
Don't look back in anger This is an invitation to look back at the troubles you have been through and see that when you thought you were alone, God was there all along.. Psalm 124 A song of ascents. Of David. 1 If the Lord had not been on our side – let Israel say –2 if the Lord had not been on our …
It looks like I’m immune to the pandemic blues
Woke up this mornin', world was feelin' mighty strange.I woke up this mornin', world was feelin' mighty strange.Ev'rybody was anxious, but me, I hadn't changed. I woke up this mornin', people lookin’ lonely as can be.I woke up this mornin', people lookin’ lonely as can be.Whatever they were feelin’, it hadn’t affected me. It looks …
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Making an ass of myself 