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“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|

“Job done. Disabled people are now fully included in society!”

Nearly all of my friends share the view that, since the arrival of the Disability Discrimination Act here in the UK, the quality of life of disabled people has improved no end. The less enlightened ones go on to say that because there’s a ramp into this taxi, or a hearing loop in that bank, [...]

November 5th, 2010|Categories: Changing attitudes, Inclusion|Tags: adapted, changing attitudes, DDA, disability, Disability Discrimination Act, does he take sugar, does she take sugar, inclusion, inclusive, ramps|