A few weeks back I gave a talk to some of the support worker coordinators. I spoke a bit about my background, may accident and rehab and my thoughts on it all, about where I see the sector is changing and where it needs to position itself for the change, This is the slidedeck IContinueContinue reading “Talk to Support Agency workers”
Category Archives: Disability
My response to yet another survey – Is your train station accessible? – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
So.. ABC are running a survey on accessible train stations. If you’re a wheelchair user or care for someone in one, maybe you’re a parent using a pram or you just have trouble with stairs, take our survey and tell us your experience using your local train network. Source: Is your train station accessible? WeContinueContinue reading “My response to yet another survey – Is your train station accessible? – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)”
If you don’t fight, you lose.
Inspired by Redgum this morning to finally write.
Affinity, Humanity and Disability.
The other day whilst reading a feed somewhere in my hundreds, I came across a link to a video .. this video in fact : I instantly felt a recognition and affinity and especially wth the subtleties in the kaos (yes, oh yes, there’s subtleties), so much so it sent me hunting for more. IContinueContinue reading “Affinity, Humanity and Disability.”
The Social Internet as Social Assistive Device
The social web offers a means of engagement that trascends the technology and transforms lives. Strangely or not, I tend not to see myself as disabled. Maybe that’s why I tend to focus on sharing more about what I’m doing than who I am or what I think about disability specific things – whatever thoseContinueContinue reading “The Social Internet as Social Assistive Device”
Report in – Disabled people often poor [sic]
This startling news just in from the ‘no shit, sherlock’ Department. Disabled people often poor Thursday, 02 April 2009 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Economic hardship can be both a cause and a result of disability, according to the study. Image: iStockphoto There is a strong correlation between socioeconomic status and severe disability inContinueContinue reading “Report in – Disabled people often poor [sic]”
Virtual Worlds and Emerging Technologies for People with Disabilities
I was awake at 3.30am to take part in the Second Life talk that’s part of this forum: (why do I do these things…) Using Virtual Worlds and Emerging Technologies for People with Disabilities This two-part, interactive event will take place in two locations online: First, the live discussion in the virtual world of SecondContinueContinue reading “Virtual Worlds and Emerging Technologies for People with Disabilities”
David Weinberger’s boat and archaic language
While I wait for my copy of “Everything is Miscellaneous” to wend its way across the oceans to Australia; after ordering it via Amazon, as the local book stores tell me it’s not released here in Australia yet (cough); I while away my miscellaneous time reading about the book in Mr Weinberger’s blog. While deeplyContinueContinue reading “David Weinberger’s boat and archaic language”
Stark naked difference
occupational therapy lecture
Just like last year, I gave my lecture about my life with disability and the things I’ve learnt along the way to a class of OT students at UNISA a couple weeks ago. Another big group and two hours trying talk loud as I could meant I was buggered aftewards but very fulfilled. I changedContinueContinue reading “occupational therapy lecture”
Down and out in paradise
Being the IT guy, at work I’m usually kept in the back corner office beavering away keeping the electrons zooming for the rest of the plebs sitting at the ends of the 10Base100. Meanwhile I know we have many any varied public come off the streets and into our building to use our free publicContinueContinue reading “Down and out in paradise”
The bricks came down
Mohandas Gandi is quoted as saying: “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win” when describing the stages of establishment resistence to a winning strategy of nonviolent activism. If you’ve been reading, or better still, listening to the Extraordinary Everyday Lives podcast, you’ll know I’ve been battlingContinueContinue reading “The bricks came down”
Craigslist, Second Life and the law – disability, society and openness.
I see via tech.meme and outlined over on law.com that the net community is struggling with issues of discrimination with a law suit that’s been filed against the popular online classifieds site, Craigslist. To fill you in from law.com: Google, Amazon.com, AOL and Yahoo are helping defend online peer Craigslist against a lawsuit that wouldContinueContinue reading “Craigslist, Second Life and the law – disability, society and openness.”
Three types of people?
Darwin – getting there is half the fun.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Put another way, you could say things are generally the same here in Darwin as home in Adelaide – aside from the obvious one, the weather. There are differences obviously – but the weather really seems to be the only big difference. There’s still theContinueContinue reading “Darwin – getting there is half the fun.”
The business is about the people!
Okay, caught a glimpse of a link (of the web ‘hyper’ kind) that got my mind linking (of the cerebral kind) all these things together. I’m gonna try and get them down before the latter (cerebral) ones give out on me. Follow the links (web) and try to keep up with my thoughts. I wroteContinueContinue reading “The business is about the people!”
Empowering a conversation based on Focused Intention
Caught up with Dr Lloyd Walker today. He was in at where I work with some 5th year biomedical engineering students he gives lectures to about rehabilitation engineering so he dropped by my office. We were talking about the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) bid and the desire to engage people with disabilities, and those whomContinueContinue reading “Empowering a conversation based on Focused Intention”
Wanted – virtual address
The government should forget trying to get tourists to come to Australia by using the ad slogan “So where the bloody hell are you?” – you can’t even get bloody books down here! The following is a direct crosspost from my Lifekludger blog. If you get the impression I’m not happy… you are right! VirtualContinueContinue reading “Wanted – virtual address”
Enableblogs – beginnings
Things happen so fast in this Web2.0 world it sometimes makes my head spin. If you’d looked closely at my Flicker photos you would have seen some shots of a conference between James Farmer (edublogs), Mike Seyfang (Learndog) and myself (Lifekludger) resulting in James graciously offering to host the enableblogs site – a concept whichContinueContinue reading “Enableblogs – beginnings”
Qantas – NOT so ALL Australian!
This erks me. Qantas under fire over restricted access for disabled passengers If it erks you too…..please go here and tell them!
Blob and Lifekludger in Temple U roundup
Temple Uni does a good Disability Blogs Roundup and this blog and Lifekludger get a wrap in roundup #4… Disability Blogs Roundup, #4 I’ll start the roundup this month with a welcome to some new disability-related blogs. Australian David N. Wallace has put up TWO: blob is his personal blog, and LifeKludger is specifically forContinueContinue reading “Blob and Lifekludger in Temple U roundup”
disintermediation
It’s amazing how I know so little. I came across this word, disintermediation, while reading comments about what Mike’s trying to pull together over at LearnDog As I look around at what’s going on in what Mike terms this “Web 2.0 world of disintermediation”, it occurred to me to draw a comparison to a situationContinueContinue reading “disintermediation”
occupational therapy
1, 2, 3 Going back a few posts under the title upright drifters I wrote about a presentation involving my life-tools and other things I was preparing for an OT class. Well that’s been and gone but there was a request for the powerpoint file, so I thought I’d put it up with a linkContinueContinue reading “occupational therapy”
