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#96 Accommodating v normalising disability

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 14/01/2021
  • amputation

The visit to St Clair pool – and how very well the dealt with my visit got me thinking. On top of that, a friend commented that she was talking to her friend that said […]

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#95 Dealing with the disabled – done properly

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 13/01/202113/01/2021
  • amputation

Today was leg day 1/3. Casting this week, test socket next week, actual leg the week after that. But.. I want to give the staff and general public at Dunedin’s St Clair salt water pool […]

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#94 Road trip to Dunedin: a motorway? No way New Zealand!

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 12/01/202112/01/2021
  • amputation

Since I drove up it I simply need to address this pathetic excuse for a Motorway that we have here in Southern New Zealand! (Oh and some awesome news and a cute conversation with a […]

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#93 Amputee driving adaptations (plus a few cultural comparisons

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 11/01/2021
  • amputation

I have been asked what it’s like to live here so I have decided to interject some cultural comparisons into my regular videos (in addition to life as an amputee) so you can see what […]

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#92 Disability dramas in the supermarket

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 10/01/2021
  • amputation

Being disabled (or should I say, alternatively enabled!) is quite challenging enough without simply access to the normal everyday activities being such a drama.

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