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    Essential for all Travellers – Baby Powder

    Take the advice of American Express – “Don’t leave home without it!” I use baby powder because it smells nicer than talcum. There are many more uses than sprinkling on a baby’s bum! Accessibility is enhanced by this simple product. Some airlines require that people with disabilities sit by the window. A sliding board can help the move across three seats from the isle to the window. If a board is not available, and the seats are vinyl, a sprinkle of baby powder will help. In some countries sheets are canvas-like; soften them with baby powder. If you do not have a sliding board, baby powder will help you skim…

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    The Invisible Disability

    I have not walked for 20 years. Mobilizing in a wheelchair is a natural part of life. I always think that the first thing that people see is the wheelchair. They immediately register that I am different. I have had some experiences that confirmed for me that the disability is not the most important part of my person. In Beijing in 1989, it was unacceptable for people with a disability to appear in the community. It was one thing to be a woman travelling alone; it was quite another to be a woman mobilizing in wheelchair, travelling alone. At that time, people with an obvious disability were not accepted with…

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    It All Started With Words From My Past

      In 1966, I graduated from high school with my senior matriculation. The movement from province to province in my high school years gave me the net benefit of completing the equivalent of a first university year at the age of 17. There it was in 1966 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in black-and-white, for all to see, page 15 of the 1966 Westwood Collegiate yearbook:                     Linda Carter: Ambition: To travel. Probable destination: discount viagra Men, who suffer from low testosterone levels, usually experience low libido and reduced erectile function. Take this drug precisely as recommended by your spe soft tab cialist. Yeah, that’s viagra no consultation right – not something you…