Anyone trying and has a physical disability??

[wantagirl]

Just wondering if there are any mums or anyone ttc, that has a physical disability? I was in an accident when I was 6 years old. I was ran over by a semi truck and lost my right leg. I am an above the knee amputee and have been my whole life, pretty much. I don't wear a prothesis and I use crutches to walk. I just thought it would be neat to talk to others that have some of the same challenges I do when it comes to running after my kids. I get around great because I have been like this for so long but keeping up with the kids can be a little hard sometimes, just wanted to know how you cope and how many kids you have ages ect...
Hope to chat with someone soon!

[sexy_minx]

:wave: Talk about supa mum!! thats grate you can still get on and do everything sounds like a hard job but sounds like your doing grate.i watched a show once with other ladys like your self some didnt have both legs or something happend to there arms and most of them were mums and you seen them live there life for a day and the things thay did with what thay had i was shocked on how good thay did everything i just wanted to say what a good job your doing wanta!:thumbsup: (hope you didnt mind)

[Chickadee]

I know we have a few members on here who themselves have, or their partners have, physical disabilities. So I hope that you can get some discussion going here. From time to time we get inquiries about where to find adaptive kids furniture, such as cots with an opening gate side instead of a dropping rail, and I'm sorry to say that often there doesn't seem to be any answers. So I'm really glad you've come out and started this!:thumbsup:

[singingscooby]

wow you are doing a great job sweety. i had a motorbike accident 10 years ago and in 2004 i had surgery again whilst i had an 8 month old and a 19 month old and i was in plaster up to my hip. i wasnt aloud to put any weight through my leg and i am a single parent so my children had to go into respite care untill i was able to walk on my leg. i still have metal from my hip to my ankle and some days my leg is useless but i still manage. good luck with everything hun i hope it all works out for you

[QTB]

I dont have a physical disability, but wanted to come it and tell you you are amazing! i used to work with people with disbabilities (physical and mental) and alot of the people i worked with had children (we went in to help them) its just truely amazing, i admire you soooo much!

Best of luck ttc a girl! :fingerscrossed:

[wantagirl]

Thank You ladies! All though I don't feel amazing just normal like everyone else. I guess if you have never been able to remember your body differently than you are not really disabled in your mind.(hope that makes since) When I was younger it was never much of an issue, until I had kids. I have since realized how hard the small things can be. Like taking the boys to the store proves to be a real chore. Especially because my 3 year old likes to run off. My oldest has learned that I can't chase him as fast so he automatically will begin to run away from me if he is in trouble. It is fustrating but so is everything else in life. . Anyone have any thoughts or ideas how I can make my 8 year old fit in at school better? The kids make fun because of my leg...it hurts me a lot because I was teased a lot in school and now he is being treated badly because of something that happened to me. I just don't know anyone with a disability and thought it would be nice to chat!!!

[sexy_minx]

awww BIG HUGS!!! :hugs: as for your little boy in school other kids would prob pick on him anyways as kids do in school - it can be a real nasty time in anyones life i know for me i wasnt real smart at school ( still now not too smart ha ha) i was picked on! i dont know how to make him fit in better but maybe ask the school if you could go in and talk to the kids at that age thay wouldnt understand why your body is the way it is maybe see if you can just spend 1hr even and sit with them tell them what happend and try and make it cool for the kids to understand so it changes it from him geting picked on to him been the cool kid with the cool mum. or see if he can drag you along to " show and tell" i dont know how you'd feel all about this but it was the only thing that poped in to my head

[wantagirl]

Yeh, I thought about doing that...I am just afraid it would make it worse, because than all the kids would know I have one leg, now just a few do. I told my son to explain to them what happened to me and if that doesn't work to ignore them and if that doesn't work than I will be meeting with his teacher. I just wish there was an easy solution. Thank You for you reply and it may be a step I have to take!

[sexy_minx]

thats ok im glad i could maybe help i can see what you mean by upseting things more tho - its unfair that you & your son have to relive the school years and geting picked on kids are just so nasty at the age thay dont understand the little things thay say and do to others are hurtfull. :kiss:

[QTB]

ok, hehe this is where i come in... we found that the easier and most effective way of handling this situation (and it happens ALOT!) was to talk to your sons teacher, get her to do a 'topic' of diablilities (most are happy to do this) then you go in as a 'guest speaker' and make out that its 'really cool' having only one leg - for example, because i dont have 2 full legs i can get out of running races... or something similer (thats the only thing i could think of on the spot lol) dont focus on the negitives, focus on the 'cool' parts and the kids in the class will then like your son because he has a 'cool' mum! does that make sence?

[wantagirl]

Bradysmum, that is a great idea, I never thought of doing it that way.
singingscooby, so sorry to hear of the tough time you have had. Do you just have your 2 girls? I have my 2 boys and a step son from my husbands previous marriage. He just turned 18 so he is now living with his mother, we had custody so he lived with us while he was in school. I am trying hard for my girl now. Do you have to use anything to assist you in walking or are the metal pins just painful and making it harder to get around?(hope you don't mind me asking)