I came across the below prose whereby a question was asked by Baroness Wilkins on the ILF closure. What are your thoughts? To ask Her Majesty’s Government what factors were considered in concluding that the Independent Living Fund is financially unsustainable; what alternatives have been explored; and whether the funding that is freed up by the… Continue Reading
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Guest blog by Srinivas Madipalli – disability diving
Hello! My name is Srin and I, like Martyn, have SMA too. Martyn kindly gave me the chance to write a guest blog about my recent adventure to Singapore and Bali. The plan was to spend three days in Singapore and then ten days in Bali, where I would meet up with a friend of… Continue Reading
Merry Christmas
Well xmas is almost here! I am very excited now. I must say the ‘fresh and care-free’ feeling I had post USA has definitely dissipated though. So what have I been up to lately? Its hard to believe it was only 3 weeks ago I returned from my trip. Blog wise, its been great to… Continue Reading
How the ILF closure will effect real people
As always my life has been fast paced and on the tiring side. I am glad to say despite winter and general work tiredness, I am feeling good and looking forward to xmas. Due to things being busy, this blog on the recent Independent Living Fund (ILF) proposals is not the heavily researched or laid… Continue Reading
Recent disability news
With current political news on benefits and social care funding cuts, my recent trip and more fundamental parts of my life would be compromised. I am now turning my thoughts to halting such political nightmares for disabled people and ensuring everyone can live a full, independent and self directed life, as I have done up… Continue Reading
Los Angeles and flat car batteries
The drive to our hotel in LA, near to LAX airport took 4 hours. This would have been sizeable, but it flew compared to San Fran to Vegas. I was kind of glad to leave Vegas in the end. I would go another time with a bigger budget to gamble and maybe one crazier drunk… Continue Reading
Las Vegas and how I lost it all
With our car problems behind us we embarked on the longest car journey I have ever taken in my life. It didn’t make sense to go to LA then Vegas, before back to LA for the flight home. So we plunged for the 10 hour trip to save time in the long run. It actually… Continue Reading