I first started the site as I was trying to set up a blog. With no technical background, I somehow stumbled on a host site, and well, the rest is history. I managed to not only get my blog going, but a website as well. My initial aim was to document all the things I do when I get out and about in my wheelchair. As time went on I started to add more to the site such as my love for movies, and photography, and then the challenges of living as a paraplegic, not only at home but within my community and city. I am a NMO ambassador as well. I recently overhauled the site as my ideas have changed and have started to add more to it.
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My 3 main ideas are -
- Capturing and documenting my adventures in a wheelchair, not only for myself but for other people who may be physically or mentally challenged, and to show them that it's possible to still live and have fun.
- I feel that it's important to educate anyone who is not challenged by a physical or mental difficulty what life looks like living in a wheelchair, the challenges, how I live independently and what obstacles I encounter. Of which many are also new to me as I've only been a paraplegic since 2010. When I was walking I would never have known about the world I now live in.
- Being an advocate and try to make changes. I find that there are so many companies that I am now dealing with that don't provide services for me hence the word 'discrimination' is used often. In order to get things changed, the only way to do so is to have a voice. I'm lucky as I have no problem speaking up and approaching companies to look at the possibility of change. I also want to keep growing as an NMO ambassador in Australia, and try to organise more relationships and connections between people with NMO around the world, as well as the medical field and drug companies.
- Capturing and documenting my adventures in a wheelchair, not only for myself but for other people who may be physically or mentally challenged, and to show them that it's possible to still live and have fun.
- I feel that it's important to educate anyone who is not challenged by a physical or mental difficulty what life looks like living in a wheelchair, the challenges, how I live independently and what obstacles I encounter. Of which many are also new to me as I've only been a paraplegic since 2010. When I was walking I would never have known about the world I now live in.
- Being an advocate and try to make changes. I find that there are so many companies that I am now dealing with that don't provide services for me hence the word 'discrimination' is used often. In order to get things changed, the only way to do so is to have a voice. I'm lucky as I have no problem speaking up and approaching companies to look at the possibility of change. I also want to keep growing as an NMO ambassador in Australia, and try to organise more relationships and connections between people with NMO around the world, as well as the medical field and drug companies.
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and do this with passion, some compassion and humour, and some style".
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou