I started this piece with the intention of giving fashion and style tips, and I quickly stopped myself.  First things first, I am no fashion guru.  Although I do quite well on the groovy glasses front, I only wish I followed more beauty trends and always made the effort to look my best… but, I […]

Propelling your manual wheelchair takes a lot of strength and effort. Besides that, when the design of your chair is not optimized for you, it can cause you to overuse certain muscles and joints, which will lead to pain and difficulty later on. One thing every manual wheelchair user should be looking for in a […]

“Wheelchair Fencing? Is that even possible?” That may be your reaction when you first hear about this adaptive sport, but the answer is yes. You can learn all the skills of fencing right from your wheelchair.   What is Wheelchair Fencing? Wheelchair fencing is an adaptive sport that allows people to fence from their wheelchairs. […]

For those of us with disabilities, getting, and staying, fit and healthy can be extra difficult, especially when there is little information out there for exercises to do sitting down, or the best food to eat when your metabolism isn’t the quickest. There’s not too much out there for wheelchair users to find their own […]

Have you tried wheelchair bowling? Both power chairs and manual chairs are used for this adaptive sport, so everyone can have a chance to play with their friends. If you have a recent spinal cord injury and you used to bowl, I would encourage you to give wheelchair bowling a try. But first, there are […]

When it comes to the subject of disability swimming, there are two main things that spring to my mind. These are, the type of disability swimming that you may see on the TV every four years when it comes to the Paralympics, and secondly, the type of disability swimming that I was most familiar with […]

As a world traveller, having a lightweight wheelchair is so essential to me and helps with maintaining my freedom and keeps me from becoming stuck in certain situations. Currently I am travelling the world with a wheelchair which is only 8kg in weight, and the only reason I know that off by heart is because […]

As The Beatles once sang about wheelchair communities, “We get by with a little help from our friends.” Ok. So maybe they weren’t talking about support groups, but The Fab Four were tapping into one of the most basic desires of humanity. We all want to feel loved and supported. We want to be part […]

Imagine a world where housing was perfectly designed for disabled people. If that happened, we wouldn’t be disabled people, but enabled to live close to work, and go on holiday wherever we chose. We could even visit friends at the drop of a hat. So, whether you’re newly disabled or you have a view on […]

London 2012: The beginning In the summer of 2012, I had just returned from a year studying and living in Melbourne, Australia.  My home in London was a mere two miles from the new Olympic Park in Stratford, East London, and I was desperate to get involved.  Unfortunately, I like cakes and biscuits far too […]