Living It

In recent months  there has been a lot of news coverage with regard the rising number of people that seem to be seeking a disability diagnosis and very often the news coverage infers that people seeking this are " At it", "Lazy" "Fake" or "Scroungers". I have been epileptic since the age of 8 that I have known about. I say that as when I recently asked for some medical records, my record says much earlier. When I got diagnosed, I was "banned" from cycling and swimming. I can get the cycling ban but I don't get swimming. The logic behind swimming was that I might drown if I took a seizure in water. However, if can't to swim - your risk of drowning if you get into trouble in the water - is well higher than someone who knows how to swim.  I was also not allowed to do cycle proficiency in the safety of a playground, to learn safety. So I never got that logic - but that is how disability was viewed back then. The mindset back then wa...

Where it Started -  Living It Everyone has their own experiences, develops their own worldview and values. Some things we learn from others thinking and some we develop as we read, learn, experience and live in this world God created. This is a blog about what I have learned and how I am practically living out my faith in my community. The banner of my blog is an attempt to say where my foundation and ethos and values lie. I am a Christian. I think I started this blog over 17 years ago now (I haven't checked). This blog is about the different parts of me, my learning and development and even how my beliefs and values may have changed as life has happened. The joys, the challenges, the disappointments and the victories. If that is the purpose of this blog - it would be a really sad state of affairs if years later, nothing had changed. It would be really sad if I was stubbornly stomping my feet and digging in refusing to consider new scientific research, acknowledging mistakes and re...