Forum: Physically Challenged

I was watching the news this morning and a report came on about the driverless car being tested in london at the moment. It got me thinking about how many people will be able to access the thrill of being on the open road that couldnt before. For example, the severely parapledgic, the blind,...

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Hi, i am new to all and i wouldnt labelled my self as phsyically challenge but i have recently found out that i have rokitansky syndrome, for those of you who dont know, this is when a women is born without a womb and sometimes even without a vagina. Finding this out was such a shock and i find it...

There are great disadvantages in being disabled. There are however some advantages in concessions and considerations, which try to compensate, or at least ameliorate, the effects of disability. If you can get the latter advantages without the disadvantages of the former, that would be good...

there is a new law that has just passed its rosa's law elminates the term mental retardation

Does your disability make you cranky and all out of sorts at times ? Well, mine does since I've gotten older. Some days I hate myself I'm so out of sorts from the discomfort. I hate it cause my wonderful wife gets left alone when I'm like this 'cause I don't want her bearing the brunt of my bad...

The 18 hole course that I play and belong to is like all other courses in the U.S. in that it requires each of the holes to be accessible for the handicapped player. Each course is required to have a special cart that a handicapped golfer can use ($10,000 cost of cart) and each tee area must be...

I know that I have a journal thread here. But tonight I can't find it. I would very much like to say a few words for my daughter. Could anyone point me towards my journal thread and could whoever is responsible make the journal threads easier to bloody find. Thank you.

Hello everybody, I have been reading a bit about “applied” quantum theory and have come across lines that state that it is a unique way of controlling ones thoughts and bringing a powerful, quick and “wholesale” change in and around us. I would like you all to express your views on this and if you...

My brother has a spinal injury, 25% use of his legs & some incontinence problems. This week he has to attend 4 interviews :eek: Why's he getting picked on when he has a genuine disability & your everyday layabout gets off with it :mad:

My friend who just happens to have 'MS' heard 'pot' helps. She told me she crumbled some into cake mix & had the cake with a cup of tea later that night in the hope of a good night's sleep with no ache's & pains. . . . . . . .

Can anyone give me advice on getting Autism diagnosed, or at least ruled out!! My eight year old son was born premature at 32 weeks. He has been behind in all his developmental stages all his life. Our GP wasn't much help at all and when he started at Nursery he finally got referred to lots of...

His legs were amputated when he was a year old. Now Oscar Pistorius is on track to make the South African Olympic team. Is he an engineering marvel — or just one hell of a sprinter? Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (born 22 November 1986) is a South African Paralympic runner. Known as the "Blade...

Autism is now epidemic in the industrialized world. If you know an affected family, you know the tragedy of autism. No one knows what causes autism. Why has it increased so dramatically in the last 20 years? How could it increase if it is a genetic disease? Why is one identical twin severely...

I was diagnose as low cognitive skills, borderline retardation. Most people don't want to be friends with me cause of this. I try not to let it bother me. My husband loves me unconditionally and he is perfectly normal person. I can make message boards so I do feel little bit better about myself...

it's taken most of me But not my Wits:wah:

I take the presumptive view these days that since I have lately been in a bit of a physical decline, and haven’t been able to concentrate on much other than not kicking the bucket, you may be interested in an aspect of debility. A view from the wheelchair you see. It’s a novelty to me and quite...

In case no one knew, I suffered a stroke at 35, confining me to a wheelchair, but I still drive and live independantly. I married my husband, of twelve years now after my stroke. My husband is also in a wheelchair. Every day is a challenge, but our loe for each other and our faith in God, we gace...