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#100 Melt down day: the tough parts about being an amputee

Some of today video will be hard to watch, but it has to be seen. Being an amputee is not easy. Being permanently disabled through no fault of your own is not easy. Please watch this video all the way through.

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Author MelaniePosted on 19/01/2021Categories amputationTags amputation, amputee, below knee amputation, disability awareness, disabled, do sability

#99 I’m hatching a rather large very exciting disability plan!

Ok so we all know my new mini mission is disability advocacy. So what I happened upon today is really rather exciting!

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Author MelaniePosted on 18/01/2021Categories amputationTags amputation, amputee, disability, disability awareness, disability sport, disabled

#97 Working out disability entitlements

What a minefield it is trying to work out what kind of state help (if any) you can get for being permanently disabled. Who is it serving? Am I right to try and claim?

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Author MelaniePosted on 15/01/2021Categories amputationTags amputation, amputee, below knee amputation, disability awareness, disabled, do sability

#92 Disability dramas in the supermarket

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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Author MelaniePosted on 10/01/2021Categories amputationTags amputation, amputee, below knee amputation, disability access, disability awareness, disabled

#91 The procrastination station and how I dealt with it.

Yeah, we all hit those days when you face a wall of CBA.. know you should motivate that booty but just don’t… well here’s how I got past that today.

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Author MelaniePosted on 09/01/2021Categories amputationTags amputation, amputee, below knee amputation, disability, disabled, swimming

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