Happiness really does work, as do hugs, and stroking. I love being hugged, makes my day feel good.

Thank you for that link - I am 'confined' to a wheelchair, I drive from my chair and when some bastard parks on the hash lined unload space next to me, I am stuck until they move, because my vehicle has no driver's seat and no accessible foot pedals, they are hidden behind a screwed in box, so nobod...

I spent a couple of hours chatting with a nutritionist  on Monday, and discussed all my concerns. She told me that yes, I need less calories, but went on to discuss the different diets that can benefit a disabled person. We settled, after a long discussion of different merits, upon a completely new ...

Bullying is around often enough in the wide world, we certainly don't want in the safe environment of the chatroom.

I have been fighting overweight for twenty years, so last month I started research, with a therapist, to find out what I needed to do to lose weight. Since October 22nd, when my body hit a new level of disability, I have gained twenty pounds - a massive amount for so short a time. Using what ever ca...

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I think everybody should visit the forums more often - things that of interest to everyone can be left here indefinitely, not lost the moment the chat screen scrolls up

The van is amazing, I am driving all over.

It is a 2013, with a 14 inch dropped floor,  zero effort hand controls and steering, with adapted parking brake and transmission select lever. got an indicator switch crossover, so it on both sides, and an adapted wiper switch.

This is my new mobility van. http://ragman.smugmug.com/Cars/XT-van/i-8ptJsbt/0/M/IMG_0077-M.jpg http://ragman.smugmug.com/Cars/XT-van/i-B6FJDhL/0/M/IMG_0078-M.jpg http://ragman.smugmug.com/Cars/XT-van/i-3nzg629/0/M/IMG_0079-M.jpg http://ragman.smugmug.com/Cars/XT-van/i-pmCxpV6/0/M/IMG_0080-M.jpg htt...

thank you for posting that, Daniel, It sheds light on this subject far better than anything else.

That is not specific to mental illness - the physically disabled can be hurt by those and similar comments, often said by unthinking people. I have been told by cheerful idiots that all I have to do is stop thrashing about.  I actually know that, I just don't know how to.  Apparently all I have to d...

If you want 'all terrain' there are few options with an insurance purchase. A front wheel drive chair is terrifying on anything other than near level hard surface. A rear wheel drive chair is not so scary, but does not do well on grass. A centre wheel drive with correctly set up suspension does WAY ...

If you have insurance, the way to get a power chair is a little complex, but not difficult. Firstly you need a doctors prescription for a powered wheelchair. Then to ease the purse strings of the insurance, you need assessing for that power chair by a qualified practitioner - they are all over the c...

Today, I went to three establishments that had 'van accessible parking' in the handicap parking area. None of them were anywhere near suitable for me to unload myself because the grid area was no where near wide enough. In one place, TSR Rogersville, TN, just opened, the lift when down was three inc...

Thank you for this, Tigger. I for one and glad it is people being removed, and not the chatroom.