If you haven’t heard of them already, the Mobility Assistance Dogs Trust is a fantastic non-profit organisation that provides Mobility Dogs for those with physical disabilities, with the aim to “increase the independence, confidence and self-esteem of mobility impaired individuals.” The Mobility Dogs team receive no government funding whatsoever, and so rely solely on corporate and public support to continue providing their invaluable services, which have such a profound impact on the lives of the recipients of one of these

To be honest, the title of this blog post may be a little misleading, as no one actually said it, but when you see situations like the one pictured left (click on it to get a bigger view), such statements are quite overtly implied. Why is it that there is this perception amongst the general public that mobility parks aren’t “real” parks? That they can just be used for whatever one feels like? Let me ask you this – would

One of the first blog posts I made here on walkingisoverrated.com focussed on Christchurch teenager Sophie Pascoe, who has been earmarked as a potential athlete to compete at this year’s Beijing Paralympics. Attitude TV caught up with her last year and had a chat to Sophie and her parents, check it out in the video below!

Paralympian New Zealand ski racer Adam Hall, of Outram, has won gold in Utah to claim the Huntsman Cup. He took his seventh gold in a row, as part of the North American disabled alpine ski racing series. Hall had strong competition from the United States team and other international skiers, racing giant slalom and slalom courses at the 21st annual Huntsman Cup at Park City Mountain Resort. It was the first time a New Zealander had won the prize

Perhaps it’s old hat now, considering it’s been more than 400 days since the Ministry of Health agreed to replace the ageing wheelchair stair-lift that was forcing Arthur and Barbara Broomes’ lives apart, but I’d like to join the growing public cry to hurry up and fix this ghastly situation! For those of you who are unaware of the Broomes’ predicament, the South Auckland couple’s application to replace their 18-year-old lift was approved in November, 2006. Barbara had switched to

An Australian woman who was part of a trial for a new labour induction drug has been awarded A$886,000 after her child was born with cerebral palsy. The child’s mother, Kimberley Reid, sued the hospital after her son, Joshua, was born severely disabled, and claimed she was told that misoprostol was the only available drug for induction at the time and that she was not informed of the associated risks. The trial of the drug misoprostol, marketed as Cytotec, was

Welcome back everyone, I hope your festive season was full of silly times and fun people, I know mine was! I thought I’d start 2008′s blogging adventure off with a bit of surprising and positive news, especially if you’re someone who frequents Eden Park. It was with a slight hint of reluctance that I attended the Boxing Day ODI between NZ and Bangladesh, and not because of the questionable opposition, but because the placement of the wheelchair seating at Eden