Inspirational Woman: Melanie Reid, Journalist
It’s been a while since I mentioned Melanie Reid, a journalist for The Times newspaper who writes Spinal Column on a weekly basis, every Saturday, in The…
Via Disability Horizons: How accessible are the new electric black cabs in London?
I find it hard to imagine any wheelchair user who wouldn’t be interested in reading this from the Disability Horizons website: How accessible are the new…
Top Ten Tips for Access in My Home, Part 3
Before continuing on with items 8-10 in my Top Ten Tips to Access My Home series, you might, if you’ve not already done so, want to…
Top Ten Tips for Access in My Home, Part 2
Before continuing on with items 5-7 in my Top Ten Tips to Access My Home series, here’s a quick recap on circumstance: I am a non-standing,…
The Alternative Limb Project
For anyone desperate to find a design-forward prosthetic limb, a click across to The Alternative Limb Project may provide both inspiration as well as a source…
Accessible Bathrooms by Motionspot
Adapting a bathroom to accommodate changes in physical need makes for hard decisions, especially when such changes may be unwelcome, uncertain or potentially progressive in nature.…
Top Ten Tips for Access in My Home, Part 1
Having spent some years living with the consequences of our first major home renovation to include adaptations for my new wheelchair-user lifestyle, I’m anxious to both…
Adapting My Home: Stay Or Move?
In 1998, as a consequence of the rapid onset of a chronic neurological illness, I became a full-time, non-standing, wheelchair user. At the time, I –…
Stiletto Wheels 