Was that a dinosaur? 2.0

Category: accessibility

  • Back in April 2023 I wrote the following post https://wasthatadinosaur.wordpress.com/2023/04/18/a-distressing-time/ Well in the summer this year I got another we want you to pay a ridiculously high direct debit bill. I phoned and this time got a lovely lass who finally got someone to connect my accessible meter monitor and I was told the smart…

  • Demanding Money With Menace

    About once a month or so for the last few years I’ve been getting these letters (full text below photo) Dear Legal Occupier, An INO100 code has been issued against your address. We use it to target unlicensed homes like yours that require a visit from our Enforcement Officers. This letter is a formal notification…

  • My Brain v Reality

    Walking along my brain sees a Chelsea Pensioner stood to attention in the hedge… thank you Charles Bonnet Syndrome The reality:- Old red postbox covered in ivy. The paint on the postbox is chipped and peeling, revealing rust and signs of age. Green ivy climbs up the left side, blending with surrounding leafy plants. The…

  • Bus Hide and Seek

    Too many times people get confused… If I’m blind how can I see. This video is me describing my experience while waiting for my bus. https://youtube.com/shorts/nzViNW2QzTg?si=_FfDN-WqdnX2O8tb And this is the text of a recent instagram post I made sharing the video. “The video is of me describing my experience waiting for a bus as a…

  • While I can! (part 1)

    The title of this blogpost is my new mantra. Losing most of my sight and becoming by medical definition blind didn’t make me give up the things I love once I found the tools I needed to adapt how I did things. Struggling with symptoms from my newly diagnosed MS (multiple sclerosis) has already caused…

  • Bobbin Chicken

    I happened to use a partly used bobbin on my spool pin (top thread) with about an equal amount of thread on it as the bobbin I was using in my bobbin compartment (bottom thread). Both threads ran out at the same time. I made the collage below and had Be My AI describe it…

  • Travelling home

    Aka A nightmare journey? I’ve learned that rail journeys are never straightforward at holiday times (Christmas and Easter) and today was no exception. It began well arriving at Cleethorpes station in plenty of time and being taken straight to the train and seated. I’d be changing at a new to me station, Retford in Nottinghamshire…

  • Chris McCausland

    A stand up comedian who is totally blind has just won Strictly Come Dancing here in the UK. His success surely can’t be anything but positive? Actually no. Already the “if he can do it why can’t others” rhetoric is starting. Also the he wasn’t the best dancer he only got the sympathy vote rhetoric.…

  • Chris McCausland Strictly Superstar

    It infuriates me how tweets about Chris a comedian who happens to be blind (having lost his sight to Retinitis Pigmentosa) who is dancing in the BBC programme either gush sentimentally about how great he is as a blind person, how his partner (professional Dianne Buswell) deserves a special award for teaching him, or how…

  • Confident Cane User

    Currently on Twitter a wilfully ignorant person is sharing a TikTok video of a confident white cane user crossing a busy road on a pelican crossing and then consulting their phone. The video has a caption that reads “What in the universal credit is going on here?” The tweet itself reads “It’s a miracle” The…