Sex and Disability Every year, millions of people around the world confront a life-threatening illness or acquire a disability and survive. What follows for them is a physical and emotional roller coaster of treatment and coping. Often, the most difficult adjustment involves sexual activities. People with a disability or living with an illness may wonder […]
Top 10 Apps for People with a Disability
Top 10 Apps for People with a Disability 1. My DisableGo London – Free This is an app that allows you to look up the disabled access to over 20,000 venues in London, with trustworthy information as each venue is assessed in person. You can search out the places nearest to you, or search for […]
Disability Doesn’t Mean Inability: Be Your Own Boss!
Being handicapped isn’t a sin. It doesn’t make you any less or incapable than others. You can be equally happy and enjoy the good things in life. Do not ever think of a disability as a limitation or hurdle in doing all those things you love. See the bright side of life. Be positive. Do […]
Life Without Limits PB: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life
Life Without Limits PB: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life What Would Your Life be Like if Anything Were Possible? Born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic overcame his disabilities to live an independent, rich, fulfilling, and ‘ridiculously good’ life while serving as a role model for anyone seeking true happiness. Now an internationally successful […]
How Implants Work
Since the Egyptian times man has tried to implant false teeth into our jaws when natural teeth have been lost. This came to a head in the 1960’s when numerous systems were being tried and dental implants received a very bad press as they had a 90% failure rate. The change came when in 1952 […]
Keeping Mum: Caring for Someone with Dementia
Keeping Mum: Caring for Someone with Dementia ‘At 3am I was startled awake by the opening of the stairgate. Leaping out of bed I found Mum, clothes on over her pyjamas, grumbling she was fed up of being moved from pillar to post and was going home.’ When her mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, […]
Snoring a problem, get some relief and stop those morming rows
Snoring is a noise that is produced due to the vibration of your soft palate. The noise can be quiet or it can be very loud, often with the person snoring not even aware of it. Whether you are snoring or being kept awake by snoring, you must look for a solution. Snoring itself is […]
No Hand To Hold & No Legs to Dance on
No Hand To Hold & No Legs to Dance on No Hand To Hold & No Legs to Dance on: Laughing and Loving – A Thalidomide Survivor’s Story While the battle for the compensation of Thalidomide victims was raging in the 1970s, former Labour MP Jack Ashley asked in a parliamentary debate how Louise, then […]
The Accessible Home
The Accessible Home Millions of baby boomers are approaching the golden years. While it is a marker worth celebrating, it can also be a reminder of uncertain times ahead. How will I manage? Can I stay in my home? The Accessible Home goes beyond ramps and grab-bars to help aging boomers, or those faced with […]