the worst thing you can do for a
disabled person is help them without
asking
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good morning hello
you sleep right yep
do you have anything on today I want to
go shopping
cool do you no thank you
where are my pillows they decide you can
you pass it
after so Smiths have kicked in then we
go and do like personal cares and then
get so up get addressed sweep ate the
beard feed Martha I forget to feed
Martha though like once a week
what kind of stuff do you want to get
today
maybe some more tops
but just some pants because I don't have
many pants but can you try them on for
me
yeah
I feel like we should try some shops
that we've been to
before
because we always go to the same place
we should do some research and just see
what places might have for like
accessible clothes
accessible clothes accessible clothes
indeed tell me one place where we can
get accessible clothes
you've got the whole world to find
accessible clothes I don't know that's
why we need a research they don't exist
I think that since I've had my injury I
probably put in more effort into how I
look and I think that that is because it
makes people particularly strangers
probably put more value into me
um have you seen that video of me in
hospital and mum's like teaching me how
to put mascara on and it's like three or
four weeks after my injury
no yeah so I call that my mum rehab
because she
wanted me learn how to do my makeup how
long did it take
um
well I'm still learning I'm not very
good at makeup
I've worked for years to get the
Independence that I can get myself ready
so it's something that I kind of cherish
because
it took a lot of time to learn okay how
do I turn this on again
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here you go thank you very much
I'm just gonna get some shots
oh yeah
do you know any of these ones we always
go to witchery
and Max
do you want to try store
yeah what kind of things are you looking
for like what specific things do you
need
and we could just get some more pants
that work with my catheter and
you know I always like my tops
well should we go have a look in the
storm yep and just see what they've got
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this looks like it yes
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Perfect come through this way
thank you it is very hard shopping as a
disabled person because there's heaps of
things you need to think about like for
instance in my wheelchair when you're
sitting you're about to crack and show
so you want to wear high-waisted pants
um just stuff like that come on through
so over here we have our fitting room
which is like your own personalized
walk-in wardrobe this is so cool and
nice and big you can have your friends
then and everything as well like all my
wheelchair friends exactly
I really appreciate you helping me with
this because usually when we go shopping
you know the girl comes over and she's
like do you want any help and we're like
no because they can't they've got no
idea about my needs a pants quite hard
for you to choose or do you prefer
skirts or pants are like one of the best
things for people in a wheelchair
especially for me because I can't feel
my legs and so you know the bad the back
of jeans you've have you've got those
domes yes yeah
um or like the ones that go in the
corner there like if I sit on those all
day and I can't feel it I can get a
pressure sore and that can put me into
bed rest for like nine months I think I
have the pan for you then
there's one's there I think that these
pants are actually potentially the
perfect pans because I have a catheter
and it sits on my leg and the bag is on
my calf and so I can't wear tight pants
and so because these are flowy and
they're slippery and I slide in and out
of the car so I would just perfect fly
into the car also everyone thinks that
someone who's you know in a wheelchair
as well is also meant to just wear you
know track pants track pants with a
matching tracksuit top that's not fun
whereas you know at least these ones are
your Lux tracksuit pants which makes you
feel a bit Glam so those ones there are
a little bit thicker so if you did have
or any worries about your catheter Shoei
that thicker fabric will absolutely hide
that as well yeah totally up to yeah and
it's probably warmer in winter out it
all depends how your body temperature
regulates as well my body doesn't
regulate so my body doesn't regulate its
own temperature basically in Winter I
get really cold but because in this with
me I can't crank the heater if I'm cold
you know your body can shiver to make
yourself warm I can make myself warm if
I'm hot I can't sweat and cool myself
down so it's like making clothing even
more important because in Winter I'm
dressing like I'm climbing the Himalayas
but in summer like I get pretty hot and
so I eat a lot of ice blocks and stuff
foreign
an abdominal binder which just goes
around my
waist and that helps to maintain my
blood pressure but the downside is that
I get this like roll of skin that sits
between my boobs and my binder and so
we want to hide that are you able to
show me what the binder is like what
does it do yeah it's just this and so it
just smells like a little mini corset is
that clear it um it stops my blood
pressure from going down really low and
pooling in the bottom of my stomach so
it keeps the blood in my head so here's
your perfect pants to go around your
catheter so you can't see them take
those ones in to try on and you can't go
wrong with a little bit of blink so
we'll take that one too perfect links go
sparkly first yeah this one definitely
over yellow grinder
thank you so much and have a lovely
afternoon
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storm was great fun also how good was
all the space and like the giant
dressing rooms oh it was the best
disability changing room I've ever seen
and it wasn't even disability
are you gonna do the rest yeah nice you
good no because Sophie's got no way to
lean back and did you take my legs what
do I do with them yeah take my legs oh
yeah
okay
I'm still sinking into the bag so if we
use this method I've got to carry your
legs upstairs I don't think we use this
neither
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