The Tangent Chaeli Mycroft

"I'm not saying we're bad drivers"

I've had so many debates and arguments about disabled parking, so let's get into it. This episode is just a quick intro of my perspective on this part of disabled life. 

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 "It wasn't best case scenario but it wasn't worst case scenario either,  so that's a win"

When plans don't go to plan in dramatic ways the only thing to do is go with the flow. In 2023 we decided to create and attempt the 7in7 Challenge - running 7 ultra-marathons in 7 days finishing with the Comrades Marathon on day 7. Insane, I know.

In this episode, you're getting the backstory of what happened when my body decided to throw a spanner in the works 16 days before the Comrades Marathon. It was a wild time and definitely memorable.

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"It can get heavy always letting things go." 

I'm constantly engaging with other people. Over the years have had some pretty entertaining things said to me, but sometimes it doesn't hit the mark as you may think. In this episode, we're talking about some things that are said to me on the regular, that don't feel like compliments, and aren't that funny from my side. This is all about learning and taking a second to think about what you're saying, and an opportunity to do better next time. 

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"the level of denial I had about this was unparalleled in my life"

Being disabled can be really rough sometimes and we don't always get the chance to acknowledge this and talk about it. We're busy living our lives but it's also fine to show the hard parts too. This episode is exactly that, taking a moment to talk about the hard parts of living in my disabled body. 
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"Everybody falls, but you learn from it"

We all have moments where we do something embarrassing and it leads to a story shared for years to come.  For me, my wheelchair and my disability have added many stories to my catalog. In this episode, you'll get a few of the more memorable disabled fail moments that (mostly) ended in laughter and learning. 

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"I just registered the overwhelm people have... there are so many models!"

The history and theory of disability can be an intriguing place to start investigating the way disabled people exist in society. 

In this episode, we're getting a little knowledge share-y, looking at how history and the development of different models of disability across the decades impact how disabled people live life.  We take on these models as they're used to create policies and largely dictate how we are perceived by those around us.
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