“I only see my wheelchair when I see my shadow. Don’t chase your shadow, chase your dreams” The attached homepage picture was taken on Tenerife’s ‘Playa Las Vistas’ on a recent trip. This island really inspires me so much. Checkout the video for my general thoughts and for some information about the Mar y Sol… Continue Reading
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Trainings, Meetings and Whizz Kidz camp
After the roadtrip and Tenerife trip (video coming next); it was back to the UK and a host of meetings, trainings and talks. Here’s a little video update.
EEDR Trip Bloopers and Outtakes
Check out all the mistakes, mishappenings and misgivings on the roadtrip. I encourage you to laugh along 🙂
Final Video of EEDR
Since arriving back from the EEDR I had that much needed shower (after the hotel issues at the end of the trip), had some home cooked food and slept. Following a trip back to London and attending the Stelios Award event, I have been in ‘searching’ mode. I have been mulling over what the trip… Continue Reading
John Lennon: Imagine (the disability version)
Whilst on my Epic European trip I saw a lot of things that ‘disabled’ myself and many other people living in 2012. I also listened to a lot of music, considered theoretically simple solutions and wrote some poetry. The solutions will be proposed in my imminent report and the poetry remains personal; however I have… Continue Reading
EEDR: day 18 – A big thank you and goodbye from Brussels
The final video of the #EEDR comes from outside the European Parliament! Having met the accessible tourism office and The European Disability Forum (covering the 60m disabled people in the EU); I chanced my arm with the big guys! Big thanks to you for crowd funding, following and supporting this project. The report, meetings and… Continue Reading
EEDR: Interview with The Accessible Travel Info Point (Brussels)
Through the wonderful Ivor Ambrose at the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT); I was put in touch with the office for accessibility in Flanders (a region of Belgium). Based in Brussels they share in this video interview their great work for accessible tourism in Belgium and beyond.
EEDR: day 15 – Cobbly Prague streets
As the trip approached 2 weeks long; Filipe and I had our most tired spell in Prague. I did find the cobbles a little bumpy too. Nonetheless we had a great meeting with POV (link) and enjoyed the old town. Checkout the video!