Reach For The Stars With Abbie

Hi guys  I’m going to base this blog on why I believe disabled people should be entitled to as much independence and opportunities as able bodied people. As a disabled person and a wheelchair user it frustrates me when people say to me something like why isn't someone doing this with you or where is your parents, er hello i’m 18 I know how to queue up and pay for something myself thanks. I know people are just trying to help but on the other hand I think it’s good to see someone with a disability trying themselves. I see people in wheelchairs, using a walker or with weak limbs in public, I think good on them because I believe life is worth living. Its not helpful to yourself if you just sit at home feeling sorry for yourself, get out and show the world what disability actually is. I believe in yeah, i’m disabled but its not saying I can't go shopping or see a film at the cinema.  I think disability is a word that often gets forgotten and brushed under the carpet. ...

Hey guys We all have suffered with some sort of anxiety, it might come from exam stress or scared of heights. I've got anxiety issues with alarms and getting work or exams done. I stress over sudden loud noises like fire alarms, exams or change of normality. I stress out and get panicky making myself feel like i'm trapped inside the issue and can't get out. As soon as I hear that alarm noise or I hear that I have an exam or a deadline coming up, I stress out to the point I feel ill. I work to the bone to get the work done so it isn't hanging over me. It's scary knowing I have a lot to do and I do get myself in a state over the slightest of things however I know I need to do it and get it over and done with. Some ideas that might help with anxiety; take breaks, figure new solutions out, change the way you think or feel and just stay calm. Have you ever felt oh  I wish I did that this way? or why did I act in that way? I have thought like that a millions of ti...

Hello, I'm writing this blog to help people with disabilities or parents with children with disabilities. These pieces of equipment have helped me through the years to try to support me and make mine and my parents lives easier. All of these pieces of equipment have helped me walk, transfer to one place to another and get to things safer, quicker and easier. Without things like the wheelchair, walker, stedy standing frame, parallel bars etc I wouldn't be as independent and will find everyday tasks harder. This is my David Hart walker. It focusses on training the brain how walking feels like as it's all about you and what you do in it. As you can see theres no handles or bars to lean on or rely on, you need good balance to walk in it and strength to move the walker. These come in all sizes and can be adjusted to suit the child or adult's size or ability as the company can add or take away straps as suits. It is really safe however should be only used on flat...

Hey guys Thought this blog may help others that are starting to think about coming to the end of school, sixth form, college, uni etc and have worries or fears about starting a chapter in life. I am in my last year at sixth form and starting to think about what is best for me in terms of needs, skills, learning to work with a wider range of people etc. I don't know about others but I worry about going somewhere new, meeting new people and adapting to their way of working. It scares the hell out of me but how I look at it is I am there to widen my own knowledge and skills to better myself for the future. Has anyone got to the school gates or waiting for a interview for college or uni etc and thought I don't want to be here, lets face it we all have been in similar situations. I remember sitting in a meeting to start sixth form and felt physically sick and was thinking will I be ok to do the course? will I get along with the people... 2 years on sixth form feels like my secon...

Hey peeps OMG another day of being on wheels haha no tired legs for me! Oh here we go again getting on the adapted taxi with my fabulous driver that we put the world to rights in just 10 minutes CRAZY! Oh bum, hide the annoying group of year 7s are coming to chat, oh what do  I do... great the whistle has gone, up to the grown up area in sixth form. Work, socialising, work, moaning about this and that to friends... just a normal day. Oh time to go in the walker, smelly old trainers go on to wiggle my hips up and down the corridor stopping at the door every flipping time to let ANOTHER teacher through. Great, my favourite time of the day, lunch, yes all my mates come and sit down, oh darn 3 teachers come and we all have to sit like we are in iceland trying to keep each other warm. Lunch break's over, back to work before that clean myself off as I have half of my lunch over me.    I CAN'T BLOODY DO THIS, ITS TOO HARD I say all afternoon until I get support, always works a...

  Therap y  poem I like going to the gym  I enjoy going for a swim Yoga keeps me flexible  So I am able  I go in my walker I don't like to use a speech aid, I am a talker I like to keep fit  I renember when I learnt to sit At phyiso, I throw a ball  I can crawl  I use a  wheelchair  I don't like people who stare Independence is the key  I love being me