Category: Disability

WordPress’s impending change

It is now well known by many of WordPress bloggers that come the 1st June they are implementing their new Block design. This is deeply unsatisfactory because for many who are not digitally aware there will be challenges. This is especially the case for those of our members with a Learning Disability who have to formulate a routine in their blogging. Added to this is the current Covid19 lock down where our project drop in is suspended, meaning face-to-face benefit of supporting this unnecessary change will only lead to our community becoming silent. Again we are confronted with barriers that exclude those with intellectual disabilities. It is just not fair and is discriminatory.

Assistive technology offers ‘Welcome’ solution for disabled shoppers during pandemic — THIIS Magazine

This is a possible way forward for those with disabilities to navigate the nightmare that supermarket shopping has become – Read on!

A Scottish assistive tech firm is offering supermarkets across the country access to an innovative solution which the company says can remove the challenges faced by millions of disabled shoppers during the pandemic. As the UK continues to adapt to the new norm of lockdown, supermarkets have taken action to the help reduce the risks […]

via Assistive technology offers ‘Welcome’ solution for disabled shoppers during pandemic — THIIS Magazine

Weevl Bloggers Corner

Blogging is our focus and connecting with others with a disability is encouraged. But we do try to peer support where individuals experience difficulties that by working together can find solutions together. A consequence of our Digital Befriending Scheme is that we are able to foster happy relationships between our members thereby increase social circles of support.  Our drop in centre is usually a hive of activity but the current state of emergency dictates that all our support is online.  This situation is important, but we never loose sight of a social goals of getting people online to offline community participation.    Simon tutoring

Digital First Aid

Park View Project engages with its community in ways that enable and empower individuals who have many challenges in remaining safe and security online.  Most of all, our volunteer befrienders are there to guide and support you to get the most out out of your digital experience.  No matter your disability or vulnerability Park View is there to help you stay safe while maximising your digital footprint.

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Self Care; Staying Productive — Terminally Tough

Importance of taking care of yourself when living with a disability. 

When health conditions isolate you, it is important to keep yourself busy. I struggle with physically keeping busy due to my lack of mobility, so it is vital that I keep my brain as active as possible. One thing I have learnt is to keep working on yourself, as some people haven’t always been afflicted […]

via Self Care; Staying Productive — Terminally Tough

Talking about my disability is a sensitive subject — BEYOND MY LIMITATIONS

Talking about disability! 

You would think that as a person who has spent eight months blogging about my disability that it’s a topic that comes naturally to me, something that I want to shout about from the mountain top, but to be completely transparent I don’t like talking about my disability. You may think that I am completely […]

via Talking about my disability is a sensitive subject — BEYOND MY LIMITATIONS

“The BeZine” February Blog Series on Illness and Disability begins today; Why “Disabled” not “Differently Abled” — Jamie Dedes’ THE POET BY DAY Webzine

Why terminology matters!

Courtesy of Tiago Moisés under CC0 Public Domain license via PublicDomainPictures.net “My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn’t accessible.” Stella Young, was an Australian comedian, journalist and disability rights activist. She was born with osteogenesis imperfecta and used a wheelchair for most of her life. When she was […]

via “The BeZine” February Blog Series on Illness and Disability begins today; Why “Disabled” not “Differently Abled” — Jamie Dedes’ THE POET BY DAY Webzine