My Way Access

30/04/2026

Big thanks to Bogan's Bar Omagh and especially Will Convey for stepping up and sorting a real issue for me.

My doorway is no longer blocked, which means I can get in and out of my home independently again.

That’s not a small thing. That’s dignity, access and freedom. 👏

22/04/2026

This is what “just a delivery” looks like for me.

Blocked access.
No way in or out.

This isn’t inconvenient. It’s exclusion.

Delivery drivers need to think. Systems need to change.

17/04/2026

World Public Transport Day

For disabled people, transport isn’t simple. Every journey comes with uncertainty.

Will I get there? Will I get home?

There’s progress, thanks to IMTAC and Consumer Council for Northern Ireland. But we’re not there yet.

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03/04/2026

Happy Easter to everyone.

Hope you get a bit of rest over the long weekend.

I’m taking a bit of personal time myself.

I might see the odd message, but I’m properly off-work for a few days.

Back soon 👍

28/03/2026

This is a warning.

A disabled man died being transferred onto a plane.

Not because of his condition. Because the system failed.

If you’ve travelled as a wheelchair user, you know how close this can feel.

The rush.
The risk.
The reliance on others getting it right.

This exists in the UK and Ireland too.

We shouldn’t be relying on luck.

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27/03/2026

This isn’t a success story. It’s damage control.

Nursing support should never have been in doubt. It took pressure, fear and disruption to get to what should have been the baseline from the start.

Calling this a “workable solution” lowers the bar. Families don’t need workable. They need reliable, planned, and guaranteed support every single year.

Let’s be clear. This was not about sudden safety concerns. It was about years of failure to put a proper system in place.

Children were left in limbo. Families were left anxious. Staff were left carrying the risk.

Now we’re being told there will be “continued engagement” and a “future model.”

That should already exist.

The real test isn’t this summer being salvaged at the last minute. It’s whether this never happens again.

Because disabled children and their families should not have to fight every year for something so essential.

Following further engagement involving the Education Authority, the Department of Health and the Department of Education, the Department of Health has now been able to confirm that nursing support will be made available at each special school summer scheme site.

This represents a workable solution that will enable special school summer schemes to be held this year.

The overriding priority of everyone concerned remains the safety and well-being of children and young people, and EA will continue to work with special school principals to urgently prioritise planning for the summer schemes.

Engagement will also continue on developing and embedding a robust and stable model for year-round health care provision for special schools.

27/03/2026

Clocks go forward 1 hour on Sunday morning at 1am.

You lose an hour.

We lose routine.
Stability.
Control.

Missed meds.
Exhaustion.
Days thrown off.

It’s not about how much time you have.
It’s about how it affects others.

“Just an hour” isn’t small.

It’s the difference between coping and not.

26/03/2026

Not safety.
Failure
The Education Authority and Department of Health Northern Ireland knew.

They didn’t fix it.

Now disabled children lose out.

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25/03/2026

No matter how many times I've blocked Scott Mc Dowell, he always finds a way back to harrass me.

I wrote, what I felt, was a very emotional blog today about my experiences as an 11 year old in 1991, and how it shaped me into a 46 year old man.

Scott came in to stick the knife in me again, hoping I'd feel vulnerable. Vulnerable people can be pushed into emotional responses, some leading to extreme physical harm.

Thankfully, as I told my employer yesterday, I am starting to feel a lot stronger emotionally and physically these days, despite the increased physical pains I feel.

If I wasn't, who knows what Scott could have triggered me into doing.

25/03/2026

35 years ago today, I had major spinal surgery that changed the course of my life.

At the time, it was about survival. Looking back now, it shaped far more than my body. It shaped how I see the world, how I understand inclusion, and why I fight for disabled people today.

This is a personal reflection, but also a reminder of why lived experience matters.

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