Monthly Archives: October 2011

The WheelEasy Beachcomber

Three years ago, when we decided to move to Australia, to live near Sydney in Pearl Beach, Justine said "I'm buggered if we're going to be in Pearl Beach in 2011, and unable to stroll along it hand in hand together!" So began our search to find a powered wheelchair that could cope with sand, [...]

October 22nd, 2011|Categories: Access, Changing attitudes, Inclusion, Independence, Uncategorized|Tags: access, accessible, Barcelona, beach, disability, sand, segway, two wheels, wheelchair, wheelchairs, youtube|

“The lucky country” ….or is it?

I haven’t written this blog for a few months, because in July I moved to Australia. I won’t go into detail here about the enormous logistical task it was for my wife, myself (and our cat) to relocate to the other side of the world, but I will say hats off to Justine for bringing [...]

October 18th, 2011|Categories: Access, Changing attitudes, Inclusion, Independence, The built environment, The urban environment|Tags: access, accessible, attitude, attitudes, Australia, changing attitudes, disability, does she take sugar, empathy, inclusive, ramps, wheelchair|