Tracy Odell

Same here…{sigh}

I will get boosters whenever recommended. I am due for my 2nd booster in June.

Creative writing – myself

ADL – help welcome

Toronto, Ontario Canada!

Re Blake’s post – I have the same difficulty clicking a mouse. It has been getting harder to do, especially if I’m on the computer for several hours at a time. I also learned about Sugru through your site that is available in Canada. I’m hoping it will help me with my mouse and my iPhone button (yes, I still have an old iPhone.) I don’t use a Mac,…[Read more]

Every morning I take creatine, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E, coenzyme Q 10 which was recommended to me at least 20 years ago by a doctor specializing in SMA and similar muscular conditions.

I am about to turn 64, I’m retired after 30+ years of working full-time, a wife, mother of two adult children and have two grandchildren.…[Read more]

Ontario produces a good emergency preparedness handbook for people with disabilities. The checklists may be helpful.

Canada also has a good emergency  emergency preparedness handbook 

I use Siri on my iPhone and recently found I can say “read me my text messages” and it will read them. It includes saying the name of emojis, but does not give a visual description for images – it just says they sent an image or video.

I can also ask Siri to call people by name or to call numbers by stating the phone number.

Similarly, it will r…[Read more]

My supplier is very good (Toronto, Ontario). The nurse who comes always keeps some supplies in her car, “just in case”. She has used some of her supplies twice for me when I did not have something, and once  borrowed my supplies for another client.

I don’t pay for the supplies myself, so I am quite happy to help out by sharing to make sure the…[Read more]

Have your essentials brought to you by a friend or family member, so they can move them from room to room as you are relocated from one area to another. Bring the bare minimum and stuff that’s easily replaced if lost or stolen.

I brought my electric toothbrush, comb, a printed list of phone numbers in case my cell phone wasn’t handy – just a few…[Read more]

Thanks for this! Well done and what a great message, eh?

Receptionist after school and weekends in the hospital where I lived. I also typed essays and meeting minutes on a per/page basis.

I long for the day when I can stay in my electric wheelchair in the aircraft cabin. I have not attempted to fly for many years because of all the reasons cited in DeAnn’s post. None of the accessibility initiatives undertaken in Canada have addressed this. Only in the US is a committee even taking a look at this possibility with airlines…[Read more]

I am being just as careful; no change. I could carry the virus as easily as could get it and I was vaccinated with Phizer both times.

I think we can move to “pride” now.

What voice commands? I just know about assistive touch.

I have an irrational fear of spiders, so bee, definitely. At least I can blow on it to make it go away. (I guess my breath doesn’t smell like honey.)

Every inch can make a difference in being able to reach your stuff and have the leverage to drive your wheelchair.

If it’s a small difference, you could try letting a bit of air out of your tires to see if you can sit lower without compromising the wheels or the smoothness of your ride.

or…

Raise your desk and tables with blocks of wood.…[Read more]

I submitted a post, and I’m told it is “awaiting moderation”. Please let me know if you get my response to your question, Breanna.

Do you know why it would be sent for moderation? Sometimes I include links, which seems to be a problem, but there were no leaks included my longish answer to your question.

Please let me know if/when you receive it.

Thanks.

I love these podcasts:

Every Little Thing – it is short, humorous, and always interesting – it originates in the US.

Quirks and Quarks – this is a science show with interviews with various scientists studying anything and everything in the natural world from bugs to animals to plants, the environment and space. There are normally six thing…[Read more]