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Visited again by the Department
Today the people from the Department that issue my visa paper work came by again to sign off that they saw me working. This should happen once a year, but as you’ll have seen in a previous blog ( Back on the plastic chairs of immigration) my passport needed to be renewed, so I was only…
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Miss K’s new situation for her legs
After a month in a cast which covered both legs with two bars connecting them, Miss K was fed up. I was too, with all the bruises I got from knocking on the bars when carrying her. The most uncomfortable one was on the tip of my knee, so kneeling (which I do most of…
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Showing compassion
Today I was involved in a moment that left me wondering, “Is compassion innate and built into our being or learnt?” It’s a standard nature versus nurture question. I hear you all thinking, “Oooh, what could have made Nicola go all philosopher on us?” Well let me tell you. On the ward where I work…
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The bigger picture
This blog post is unlike many previous blog posts. This one really is not about what 1Step2Step has been doing in either Thailand or the UK. It is more of a macro view of the progress being made, the steps forward for people with disabilities within the systems that affect them and the hope for…
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Bank holiday cleaning day
When bank holidays come around, I normally take the day off to rest. This time was different. Instead, a friend, one of the teachers from the school I did a talk for a few months back, asked how she could help. I mentioned that help for a cleaning day is amazing, so she signed…
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