Disability Blogger, Writer and Campaigner

Aideen Blackborough

I have Cerebral Palsy but it doesn't have me!

Category: Wheelchair Awareness

Being a wheelchair users presents challenges on a daily basis and I raise awareness by sharing my stories and through my Pavement Parking campaign.

Pavement Parking Campaign Update

A number of cars are parked on a pavement, blocking access for wheelchair users.

If you follow my blog or Twitter account, you’ll know that I’m working on a campaign to get pavement parking banned. This follows many frustrating and also dangerous incidents where pavement parking has forced me into the traffic in my wheelchair. My ultimate goal would be to get a nationwide ban, though initially I’m lobbying […]

Wheelchair Services are still failing disabled people

A man in an electric wheelchair is on a lift going into a taxi

Thirteen years ago, I was working full-time for a small charity in Reading and relying on an electric wheelchair provided by the NHS Wheelchair Services. I remember the day I got the chair – it was one they just had in the department and wasn’t customised to me even though I regularly suffered with back […]

#QuestionMarkWhereYouPark Update

As part of my #QuestionMarkWhereYouPark Campaign, I recently wrote to my MP, Nicola Richards, to ask her to support the campaign and consider raising it in Parliament. Though it took her a little while to respond, Nicola seemed sympathetic and supportive of the issues I had raised. Nicola made me aware of the Traffic Regulation […]

Wheelchair Woes… finally resolved

Those of you who follow my blog will know of the issues I had over the summer with my electric wheelchair. At the time of writing my last blog, I was awaiting new batteries having only just had another fault resolved. The drama continued to unfold as a new set of batteries were sent and […]

Wheelchair Woes . . . Sadly Continued

If you have read my last blog, you’ll be aware of my current wheelchair issues and the frustration it’s causing.  At the time of writing my last blog, I stupidly thought I was nearing the end of my issues. Little did I know there was further drama in store. Frustrated by being told I’d have […]

Wheelchair Woes

  I recently tweeted about how frustrating life can be as a disabled person but how incredibly grateful I am for having such supportive family and friends. Life as a someone who is reliant upon an electric wheelchair can be very frustrating, particularly when things go wrong. Almost three weeks ago, I had planned an […]