Comments for Walking is Overrated :: disability news, opinion, reviews, and a passion for accessibility http://walkingisoverrated.com disability news, views, and reviews from NZ and around the world Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:28:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Comment on One week left to win a SkyWalk double pass! by Luckie http://walkingisoverrated.com/2008/08/04/one-week-left-to-win-a-skywalk-double-pass/#comment-4224 Luckie Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:28:39 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/2008/08/04/one-week-left-to-win-a-skywalk-double-pass/#comment-4224 An answer from an expert! Thanks for cnotiurbting. An answer from an expert! Thanks for cnotiurbting.

]]> Comment on Wheelchair travel through Rome: It’s a toughie by Shoreline Home Care lift chairs http://walkingisoverrated.com/2010/08/12/wheelchair-travel-through-rome-its-a-toughie/#comment-4222 Shoreline Home Care lift chairs Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:19:47 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/?p=706#comment-4222 Paramhansa Yogananda was a extraordinary master of yoga. He wrote the non secular timeless, Autobiography of a Yogi. Paramhansa Yogananda was a extraordinary master of yoga. He wrote the non secular timeless, Autobiography of a Yogi.

]]> Comment on Surely they’re kidding? by Ludwig Werner http://walkingisoverrated.com/2007/11/02/surely-theyre-kidding/#comment-4207 Ludwig Werner Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:12:35 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/2007/11/02/surely-theyre-kidding/#comment-4207 Hello Nellie Daniel. If your statement is correct then I really am the the ballet teacher from Indonesia who must have taught you when you were 6 years young. Where are you, look me up in Facebook, if you can. I am now 95 and very glad to make contact with you. And thank you for remembering me, I am deeply honoured, :) Kindest regards from Ludwig Werner, to-day's date is 16 January 2012!!! You see, I wrote for the Disabled my letter in 2007, you replied to it in 2011, and I replied to that in 2012. I am not surprised, I am sure we were promised to enjoy Life Everlasting, so here I raise my glass to Life Everlasting... Hello Nellie Daniel. If your statement is correct then I really am the the ballet teacher from Indonesia who must have taught you when you were 6 years young. Where are you, look me up in Facebook, if you can.
I am now 95 and very glad to make contact with you. And thank you for remembering me, I am deeply honoured, :)
Kindest regards from Ludwig Werner, to-day’s date is 16 January 2012!!!
You see, I wrote for the Disabled my letter in 2007, you replied to it in 2011, and I replied to that in 2012. I am not surprised, I am sure we were promised to enjoy Life Everlasting, so here I raise my glass to Life Everlasting…

]]> Comment on Playstation Move Review: Wheelchair user’s perspective by Genevieve http://walkingisoverrated.com/2010/09/23/playstation-move-review-wheelchair-users-perspective/#comment-4186 Genevieve Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:11:29 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/?p=806#comment-4186 I know it's been a while since you wrote this article, but I was wondering if you'd tried out any "Fight" or similar game with the MOVE. I've been trying to find ways to work out during winter as going outside is a bit of a hassle, but so many games require you standing and using your legs! Give me your input, if you get this! Thanks! Quadraplegic girl from Quebec I know it’s been a while since you wrote this article, but I was wondering if you’d tried out any “Fight” or similar game with the MOVE. I’ve been trying to find ways to work out during winter as going outside is a bit of a hassle, but so many games require you standing and using your legs! Give me your input, if you get this!

Thanks!

Quadraplegic girl from Quebec

]]> Comment on Auckland’s Great Wheelchair Taxi Rort by Blair http://walkingisoverrated.com/2011/01/17/aucklands-great-wheelchair-taxi-rort/#comment-4173 Blair Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:15:35 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/?p=976#comment-4173 I agree. My daughter is a wheelchair user and we still cannot afford to use mobility taxis even in the Total mobility scheme and have to rely on manually transferring her from chair to car and vice versa, while leaving her power chair at home. It does seem that they (mobility taxi companies) still get the normal rate plus the subsidies. I admit they need to operate the hoist and secure the wheelchair user into the van but perhaps that should only be expressed in the flag fall not the per km rate? I agree. My daughter is a wheelchair user and we still cannot afford to use mobility taxis even in the Total mobility scheme and have to rely on manually transferring her from chair to car and vice versa, while leaving her power chair at home.
It does seem that they (mobility taxi companies) still get the normal rate plus the subsidies. I admit they need to operate the hoist and secure the wheelchair user into the van but perhaps that should only be expressed in the flag fall not the per km rate?

]]> Comment on “I am Cerebral Palsy” – by Erin Gough by Kathleen Chambers http://walkingisoverrated.com/2008/12/17/i-am-cerebral-palsy-by-erin-gough/#comment-4172 Kathleen Chambers Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:57:34 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/2008/12/17/i-am-cerebral-palsy-by-erin-gough/#comment-4172 Just needed to add a missing piece - When anyone has been hindered from being able to fully move and speak and all the other things that cerebral palsy can affect - there is pain and suffering that trail along - and can consume that person. It is healthy to express the pain and suffering from CP. Just needed to add a missing piece -

When anyone has been hindered from being able to fully move and speak and all the other things that cerebral palsy can affect – there is pain and suffering that trail along – and can consume that person. It is healthy to express the pain and suffering from CP.

]]> Comment on “I am Cerebral Palsy” – by Erin Gough by Kathleen Chambers http://walkingisoverrated.com/2008/12/17/i-am-cerebral-palsy-by-erin-gough/#comment-4171 Kathleen Chambers Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:54:46 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/2008/12/17/i-am-cerebral-palsy-by-erin-gough/#comment-4171 I am thankful for Erin's honesty, her poem, her truth and her voice. There will always be a variety of thoughts and opinions, and experiences will be different for each person with cerebral palsy and shared experiences; and we all as humans go through seasons. But there is truth in the inability to move or anything that hinders life or movement. So when someone who has Cerebral Palsy or any other disability or any illness or challenge - we should out of respect and compassion honor their feelings, thoughts, expressed experience and their journey.... Thank you! Chloe's Mom Kathleen I am thankful for Erin’s honesty, her poem, her truth and her voice. There will always be a variety of thoughts and opinions, and experiences will be different for each person with cerebral palsy and shared experiences; and we all as humans go through seasons. But there is truth in the inability to move or anything that hinders life or movement. So when someone who has Cerebral Palsy or any other disability or any illness or challenge – we should out of respect and compassion honor their feelings, thoughts, expressed experience and their journey….
Thank you!
Chloe’s Mom
Kathleen

]]> Comment on “I am Cerebral Palsy” – by Erin Gough by Kathleen Chambers http://walkingisoverrated.com/2008/12/17/i-am-cerebral-palsy-by-erin-gough/#comment-4170 Kathleen Chambers Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:50:07 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/2008/12/17/i-am-cerebral-palsy-by-erin-gough/#comment-4170 Hi Erin! You have a beautiful heart and a gift with writing. I hope you nurture your gift more and more. My daughter, Chloe, had SEVERE Cerebral Palsy. She passed away at the age of five. I search out poems and writings from people of all ages who have cerebral palsy, to listen, but secretly to understand my daughter whose voice was imprisoned by Cerebral Palsy. My daughter was sweet and incredibly strong. She was Thai and Caucasian, and was absolutely beautiful! I long for the day when I can listen to her poems when heaven comes for me, but even to hear her speak and sing... I long for her voice. I am writing my daughter's and my story, which will be called Chloe Bloom: Carrying Chloe. I hope you will read it one day :) I am also in the process of being trained as a Therapeutic Musician and advocating for people with cerebral palsy. In this process I am trying to search out the First CP Clinic in Lahore, Pakistan where there is TREATMENT for children with cerebral palsy, especially those under age five. They mostly use aculaser (soft laser). Sincerely, Chloe's Mom Kathleen Hi Erin!
You have a beautiful heart and a gift with writing. I hope you nurture your gift more and more.
My daughter, Chloe, had SEVERE Cerebral Palsy. She passed away at the age of five. I search out poems and writings from people of all ages who have cerebral palsy, to listen, but secretly to understand my daughter whose voice was imprisoned by Cerebral Palsy.
My daughter was sweet and incredibly strong. She was Thai and Caucasian, and was absolutely beautiful! I long for the day when I can listen to her poems when heaven comes for me, but even to hear her speak and sing… I long for her voice.
I am writing my daughter’s and my story, which will be called Chloe Bloom: Carrying Chloe. I hope you will read it one day :)
I am also in the process of being trained as a Therapeutic Musician and advocating for people with cerebral palsy. In this process I am trying to search out the First CP Clinic in Lahore, Pakistan where there is TREATMENT for children with cerebral palsy, especially those under age five. They mostly use aculaser (soft laser).
Sincerely,
Chloe’s Mom
Kathleen

]]> Comment on “I am Cerebral Palsy” – by Erin Gough by Talia http://walkingisoverrated.com/2008/12/17/i-am-cerebral-palsy-by-erin-gough/#comment-4169 Talia Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:15:16 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/2008/12/17/i-am-cerebral-palsy-by-erin-gough/#comment-4169 this is realy sad but makes u know loads about it, my best friend Evers cousin has got it shes only 2 or 1 and she cnat do anything my friend crys all the tiem shes just hopeing she can get better even though she knows she cant. The little girl (Lotta) will die verry young and 2 be cured she son these wacky diets that r dreadfull i realy realy feel bad 4 my freind and her family and Lota's family i wish i could also help her get better xxxx p.s: Jazz iff ur reading this i love u soo much and i always hope the best 4 Lotta xxxxxx this is realy sad but makes u know loads about it, my best friend Evers cousin has got it shes only 2 or 1 and she cnat do anything my friend crys all the tiem shes just hopeing she can get better even though she knows she cant. The little girl (Lotta) will die verry young and 2 be cured she son these wacky diets that r dreadfull i realy realy feel bad 4 my freind and her family and Lota’s family i wish i could also help her get better xxxx p.s: Jazz iff ur reading this i love u soo much and i always hope the best 4 Lotta xxxxxx

]]> Comment on NOTHING TO SEE HERE – Episode 1 by Ipad Retirement http://walkingisoverrated.com/2011/10/20/nothing-to-see-here-episode-1/#comment-4168 Ipad Retirement Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:12:17 +0000 http://walkingisoverrated.com/?p=1042#comment-4168 It looks pretty great. I love the editing and the graphics are well though out. Congrats! It looks pretty great. I love the editing and the graphics are well though out. Congrats!

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