Listen Disability Horizons contributor Nichola Daunton, reviews Caroline McGraws latest book, a self-help style book about caring for someone, as well as caring for yourself. Caroline McGraw’s new e-book Your creed of care: How to dig for the treasure in people without getting buried alive, has been written for carers who support those with intellectual [...]
Listen Artificial limbs have come a long way in recent years. With limbs that can be controlled by slight eye movement the technology just keeps getting better, however this isn’t the only recent breakthrough concerning prosthesis. In 2009, fashion designer Scott Summit was approached with a proposition: could he find a way of making prosthetic [...]
Listen Naturopath Sue Blain shares a personal viewpoint on how alternative medicines such as Reiki, can not only help ease pain and discomfort from disabilities and long-term illnesses, but also provide emotional support and reassurance. I became involved with Reiki healing, nutrition and homeopathy because these therapies gradually helped me years ago, before Chronic Fatigue [...]
Listen Pets can be a wonderful addition to your life, especially a service dog. Believing in the healing powers of pets, Daniela Baker shares the benefits of having a service dog. The decision to obtain a service dog should be carefully planned with a good deal of research. Both the needs of the animal and the needs of the [...]
Listen In the second of our Nokia Accessibility technology series, Co-Editor Srin Madipalli tests out the Thera-Vital exercise bike, the latest in technology enabling people with mobility limitations to exercise. When it comes to exercise and fitness, I’ll be the first to confess that I procrastinate, dither and make any excuse to avoid having to do anything. [...]
Listen New DH contributor, Brad Miller, from Canada, is a freelance journalist and blogger who lives with a disability called Becker Muscular Dystrophy. Brad runs a blog called My Beckers Story and kindly shares this article with us. When it comes to running a blog where you address issues that affect those of us living [...]
Listen …”Suddenly I am differently disabled and frankly it’s a bit of a shock”… says new DH contributor, Mark Wilson, who shares this insightful article on how his life changed when he started to use a wheelchair. I was born minus both legs above the knee and minus my right arm, plus a bit of [...]
Listen On December the 1st 2011, it is International AIDS Day; it is thirty years since the beginnings of the AIDS pandemic. Danny West, who contracted HIV in 1985, tells his story of living with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) set against the changing perceptions of the virus. At the age of 24, whilst at the beginning [...]
Listen New DH contributor, Nicola (@nickynoona), shares this moving and inspiring article about her son, Max who has Asperger’s Syndrome. My story is about my son Max who is now 12 years old and has Asperger’s Syndrome. Max was born a healthy 7lbs 10oz in the hot summer of 1999. From day one he was [...]
Listen Disability Horizons meets Phil Packer, founder of the British Inspiration Trust (BRIT) on their efforts to create a centre to to help turn around the lives of young disabled people who have experiences tough times. 1. What inspired the creation of BRIT? After I was injured in 2008 I lost my self-belief. One minute [...]
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