Seems the place for this
19.10.2025 10:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@oneoffdave.bsky.social
Bi wheelchair user, legs optional. Emergency planning, disability issues, and occasional silliness. He/him
Seems the place for this
19.10.2025 10:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0That would be my luck. I'd get a virus as a familiar and no one would be able to see it!
18.10.2025 14:24 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0What would you call a Placebo tribute act?
17.10.2025 18:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Hospitals seem particularly good at that
16.10.2025 18:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It's very chaotic. Some coordination would be great. Where I used to work, the rules were different depending which side of the road you parked as the council boundary ran down the middle of the road.
16.10.2025 18:02 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0It depends how the parking is charged as it varies massively across the country. In some places you can only park in the disabled spaces for 3 hours but the other spaces for as long as you want but you have to pay for both. If the fee is on vehicle size this might still be charged.
16.10.2025 17:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Just chased my disabled freedom pass application as it's been 10 weeks since I applied (start of August). Apparently they are currently processing applications received in the first week of July! How can a straightforward application take that long?
16.10.2025 14:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Another green one!
16.10.2025 14:33 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0That's refreshing. A lot of the time these things aren't joined up
16.10.2025 11:47 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0There needs to be a disability exemption from this as a lot of us have no choice over the size of vehicle we need to get us and our essential equipment around. Most Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles you can buy are van sized.
16.10.2025 10:47 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0And those of us who've been managing pain for decades
15.10.2025 19:43 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I think that's why they are great villains. They are implacable and relentless
14.10.2025 14:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A triffid from the 1981 BBC Day of the Triffids
I want to know who decided I should dream about triffids last night
14.10.2025 14:03 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0They look good but might be outside my budget as I'd have to hire lights and modifiers too
13.10.2025 13:07 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A bit of a long shot but does anyone know of a wheelchair accessible photography studio for hire in London? I'm trying to plan a couple of studio shoots but finding it hard finding anywhere to shoot
13.10.2025 11:44 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
Have a quiet on-call
Crikey!
10.10.2025 06:27 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thoughts - is a car park where people who need the accessible space can only park for 3 hours regardless of payment but people who don't can park for as long as they like discriminatory?
09.10.2025 17:35 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I love how one of the symptoms of nerve agent poisoning is listed as "involuntary fecal incontinence" which suggests the existence of "voluntary fecal incontinence"
09.10.2025 17:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Anyone got good FOI knowledge? Does a request need to be made to a specific point of contact within an organisation or any of their points of contact?
09.10.2025 15:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I wonder if the Berlin Brigade camouflage would work?
08.10.2025 17:07 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I do love Pat's line "I didn't know this was the thing!" with pregnant Bandit. Such a useful line
07.10.2025 06:36 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Most splendid
01.10.2025 18:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Good to know the commute I make as a wheelchair user is impossible then. Green Park is wrong as there's no step free access to the jubilee line. You can't get to and from the Northern Line at Waterloo. Circle and District aren't step free at Westminster
30.09.2025 19:32 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Is there a version that shows the High Barnet branch of the Northern Line?
30.09.2025 18:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Yes, the very manual nature of the current system provides a level of security due to how convoluted the process would be. More automation makes interrogation much easier
26.09.2025 10:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I've run polling stations a few times. The number on the ballot paper is recorded against the electoral roll by hand. The two are kept separate throughout the process. They can be reconciled if there's an allegation of fraud but v hard to search
26.09.2025 07:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Different trusts in different regions with different systems definitely hasn't helped
25.09.2025 16:00 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Got to track down a referral from one clinic to another that appears to have vanished. More soul-sapping disability admin
25.09.2025 12:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Yes, like a switch suddenly people are in arctic mode
24.09.2025 07:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0