When we are children our health is often low down the agenda, and even out of our comprehension. I generally hated healthy food and any exercise. Additionally I wouldn’t say that I loved school. I didn’t hate it either. My grades were fine. It was just that I had other activities I preferred doing. Finally… Continue Reading
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Another Year Rocks By
On Thursday I’m turning another year older. Kasia is only one day older than me too. So we’re planning a nice week together. Aside from working bank holiday Monday, Tuesday and Friday on the awesomeness that is Accomable; this week is looking double great! Wednesday we’re hoping to visit a National Trust property with Mum… Continue Reading
Roman Baths and Pump Room: accessible history in action
Bath is a city renowned for its ancient Roman heritage, the Romans settled in bath in AD60. The Romans developed the city as a centre of recreation and built around the natural hot springs and named the city Aquae Sulis meaning ‘the waters of Sulis’. Sulis Minerva was the British-Roman goddess worshipped at the thermal… Continue Reading
Europe Without Barriers: Final Thoughts
In June 2014 Ivor Ambrose from the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT) kindly invited me to speak in Brussels for a conference on accessible tourism. It was great to meet the living legend in person, and connect with a community of like minded people. Then in early 2015, as Kasia and I were planning… Continue Reading
Happy Fathers Day: 10 Memories with a great Dad
Today is Fathers Day in the UK and so I wanted to write a blog for my dad. With so many nice moments over 31 years, I have written my top 10 memories 🙂 1) First football match – When I started to watch football aged 4 I briefly liked the then champions Liverpool and… Continue Reading
Europe Without Barriers
So we’re in Italy 🙂 The European Commission funded part of this summers trip begins on Friday. Here are the places and activities we’ll be testing the accessibility of! Martyn Tweets @martynsibley World Changer @ www.martynsibley.com LinkedIn Profile @ www.linkedin.com Co Founder @ www.disabilityhorizons.com Healthy Goodness @ www.todaherbal.co.uk
14 Technology Wishes for my Independence
Being a social model advocate I’ve spent a lot of time enjoying my own differences (like having SMA) and educating society to remove those disabling barriers. On the topic of empowering technologies I do use a hoist, electric bed and wheelchair as enabling devices. Otherwise I’m very dependent on people. More recently I have been… Continue Reading
The Accessible Roadtrip Begins
My more epic roadtrips to Lithuania and going from John o Groats to Lands End were a while ago now. After a few weeks of battling bad health and fighting for disability services, it’s time to embark on a new challenge. This week I sailed from Plymouth to Santander for an Accessible Tourism conference in… Continue Reading