I wanted to share my delight at long last we have managed to get a shower chair that allows Paige to have a degree of comfort during her shower. Her last shower chair was rigid plastic and although it had a foam liner it proved to become very uncomfortable as she has got older and her …
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Category:Different Needs
My first piece for this page is more about awareness and how we can all become involved to help improve the quality of live for people with different needs, I am supporting the group Changing Places and their site www.changing-places.org
Adapted Lodge at Center Parcs Longleat
Our trip to Longleat this March was different this year as my daughter had won our weekend short-break as a Center Parcs family blogger. As a party we had two lodges and we had the adapted lodge because we had our eldest granddaughter with us who is severely disabled, also it was the first time we …
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Sheepskin Heel Protectors
Last week we found we had to get hold of some heel protectors rather quickly, my granddaughter who has had major surgery was showing signs of her heels getting sore. She is on an air flow mattress and in hospital they had been putting rolled towels under her ankles, this alone can prove uncomfortable, we …
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Free guide
Just found a guide which is free to all blue badge holders, I have just sent for it for Paige and wanted to let you all know, so if you have anyone with a blue badge get this free guide. The guide gives details of accessibility for wheelchair uses, it names places that it knows …
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Molift mobile hoist
We have just taken delivery of a very useful piece of equipment which I thought I would share with you all, just incase others are in our situation. I have my granddaughter stay 3 weekends out of 4, sometimes it maybe one night or two, as she has got bigger it has become more difficult …
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A Park For All Children
This week Wiltshire Council made me very happy, I took Paige my granddaughter along to the refurbished children’s playground in our local park in Salisbury, I had read that it would have things for disabled children as well as the normal playground things. The playground had been totally restructured so it was easier to get …
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New Chair
After many trips to medical engineering we have at last got Paige a chair that she can comfortably go out in, she can also take part in things a lot easier now, as she is a good height to see things and talk to people. We went into town and it was great to not …
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Found The Bibs We Want
At last we have found some really well made, good quality bibs for Paige, in fact they are bandanna’s, which in some way are better as she is getting older now and seems more appropriate. I have only bought one but about to place an order for a few more, they are a good size, …
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Some Really Good Seating
We really like the look of the reclining chairs this company has to offer and Joanne plans to save to get Paige one, but to be honest she will have to wait till she has stopped growing as they are very expensive, I wish I had the money to just go out and buy her …
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Best Facilities At Center Parcs
I think everyone knows by now that I am a real fan of this company but this year they out did themselves, we took Paige to the swimming pool for her first swim of her holidays, we met the lady on duty in the changing rooms who instantly guided us to the special needs cabin, inside …
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Center Parcs, Is This Really For Us?
I received an e-mail last week from one of my readers, she stated that she loved a piece I had done on Center Parcs but felt I had not gone into enough detail for her to consider taking her disabled son, she said that often she has read disabled friendly then got their to find …
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There Are No Badges For Autism
Most of you know Paige or have seen her on my site and you are aware she is a very sick little girl and that she suffers with Cerebral Palsy these things are visible, some people still stare when we are out together but most people understand that she finds life more difficult and has …
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