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My Life

My Story

My Work

My Home

My Life-Tools

Travel

Access

Attitudes

Blogs

A Life

Questions

ME Dad

ME Dad 2006

ME Dad David Wallace 2006

My Story 19091981-UR4139xx 1981-2006

My Story Born Adelaide (Year JFK died) School Adelaide & Country SA Trade School – Mechanic (wired to solve problems) Accident – 19 Sept 1981 (C4/5 Quadriplegic) Rehab. - 5 weeks RAH, 5 months total

Born Adelaide

(Year JFK died)

School Adelaide & Country SA

Trade School – Mechanic

(wired to solve problems)

Accident – 19 Sept 1981

(C4/5 Quadriplegic)

Rehab. - 5 weeks RAH, 5 months total

My Work Trade School Typewriter 1984 Modem BBS Share BBS for PWD IT Coordinator

Trade School

Typewriter

1984

Modem

BBS

Share

BBS for PWD

IT Coordinator

My Home Own home Modified existing Universal design Chairs and a sofa

Own home

Modified existing

Universal design

Chairs and a sofa

My Life-Tools Technology Technology as a tool Appropriate – not necessarily ‘high’ Adaptation Positioning [a device] (my physical space) Modification Changing [a device] (function) Manufacture Making [a device] (no existing tool)

Technology

Technology as a tool

Appropriate – not necessarily ‘high’

Adaptation

Positioning [a device] (my physical space)

Modification

Changing [a device] (function)

Manufacture

Making [a device] (no existing tool)

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Tools – Adapt, Modify, Make

Travel Logistical nightmare Same problems as at home – just more! A ccommodation C are T ransport Unfamiliar environment

Logistical nightmare

Same problems as at home – just more!

A ccommodation

C are

T ransport

Unfamiliar environment

Travel Accommodation Where will I be able to stay Where is it located Care How going get in/out bed How going eat Transport How to get there How to get around once there

Accommodation

Where will I be able to stay

Where is it located

Care

How going get in/out bed

How going eat

Transport

How to get there

How to get around once there

Built Environment & Services Buildings Facilities in buildings (toilet) Public spaces Transport Communication (telephone) Universal Design : The design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible without the need for adaptation or specialized design. Access

Built Environment & Services

Buildings

Facilities in buildings (toilet)

Public spaces

Transport

Communication (telephone)

Universal Design : The design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible without the need for adaptation or specialized design.

Access Connection Not just Places People Social isolation Communication Relationship is the essence of existence. Human beings not human doings.

Connection

Not just Places

People

Social isolation

Communication

Relationship is the essence of existence.

Human beings not human doings.

Attitudes Attitude determines Altitude Community 2D Access & Tokenism Photo from Flickr by Ack Ook

Attitude determines

Altitude

Community 2D

Access & Tokenism

Attitudes Attitude determines your Altitude Community 2D Disability 2C Photo from Flickr by Dale Gillard

Attitude determines

your Altitude

Community 2D

Disability 2C

Blogs - Share

Blogs - Connect

A LIFE Life is more than things and more that what we do . Life is about connection . Occupational Therapy should be about Enabling Connection .

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