I was paralyzed from the waist down for several years in my thirties. The ten tips below came from my own hard, slow work to regain my mobility, and the common experiences of many disabled clients in similar situations. They will help you understand what might be happening in your mind, body and social life, moving you along the road to living normally with your disability as soon as possible.
Saving for care in our old age usually falls by the wayside in favor of the things we want to pay for now. A relatively little known provision in some health care bills allows people to voluntary contribute to a national fund that would pay at least $50 a day for at home nursing care for people who are disabled.
Do you remember Terri Schiavo, who at age 27, suffered a cardiac arrest, that lead to brain damage due to lack of oxygen? Her case went to the Supreme Court because she lacked legal documents that made her wishes clear. No one wants to believe anything bad could happen to them, but it can and often does. You can avoid some of the pain of of this type of situation by executing the proper legal documents.
This month it’s all about summer fun. Listen to our Clothes Clinic phone-in; your questions answered by blind fashion columnist Claire Jennings and WheelieChix-Chic fashion house founder Louisa Summerfield. Rob Crossan attempts to thrash our presenters at a disability quiz, our Vegetable Vegetable or Vegetable game returns plus music from unsigned band Bete Noire and oodles of chat. With Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.
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