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Social Welfare and Neoliberalism
By:A.C. Regular readers will know that I sometimes refer to my mother who had been affected by poliomyelitis. (polio) Growing up as a carer – whether I was aware of that ot not – still gives me a valid viewpoint … Continue reading
Disability History: Projects and the Personal
By: A.C The informal talk on “Disability History in the Granite City” at our premises on 25 April, was well received by the two dozen or so people who ventured out on a Spring evening. Our main speaker Andrew Hunter, explained … Continue reading
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Exercise, Now and Then
By: A.C. I don’t know if it’s the age I am at, or if my memory is only selecting memories of my growing–up in Lanarkshire. I noticed today ( 1 April) a story on disability and forms of exercise for those … Continue reading
Transport difficulties in the 60s
By: A.C. Nowadays, I seem to get distant memories triggered by an innocent conversation. This was evident when I was talking with my wife, on what is available nowadays, and what happened in the sixties, with regard to disability access to … Continue reading
Adventure Holidays
By A.C. Holidays are always parts of our lives that we will remember, either for all the right reasons, in how much it was enjoyed by everyone, or the wrong reasons and the disaster that it turned out to be. … Continue reading
Extra Costs
By: A.C. I think those of us who have brought up children, will know the resigned and inevitable shrug of the shoulders when our children all seemed to need new shoes at exactly the same time. Unlike clothes which can … Continue reading
Invacar Memories
By A.C. I was reading an article the other day about the old three –wheeler Invacar which was developed for the disabled following WW2 and for use in the new NHS. My mother was granted one of these little fibreglass … Continue reading