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29.9.05 ( 29.9.05 ) Ally So, thought I'd post about my day for once. Went to Bodelwyddan for my driving assessment today. That consisted of then taking me through any adaptations I would need to learn to drive comfortably, and be able to get out of a car unassisted (yay). So it turned out that I would need more adaptaions than I forst though. To drive I would need an automatic gearbox with a brake/accelerator stick (almost like a gearstick, except that you push it forward to brake and pull it backwards to accelerate), and a little handle on the steering wheel to be able to move the wheel. I would also need zero resistance power steering to be able to move the wheel fast enough, as I had problems with that. Then there was the "thigh lifter", a fantastic little device that gives you a little platform that you shuffle onto from your seat and it then raises you up to a height that is comfortable to get up from the car unassisted. It was great. So hopefully motabilitiy will be able to cover most of the cost for me to get the car, with dual controls, so that I would be able to learn in my own car as I need more specialised controls than are usually found in a normal disability car. Woohoo! Poor chickie pie Niamh has a cold at the minute, so we are going to get an appontment at the docs for her tomorrow to make usre it is just a cold and not an infection. Poor little crazy babe is a rolling snotball at the moment. *sniff* She is trying to talk more often than not too, she now has oh dear to go with her golly gosh, tickle tickle to go with giggle giggle, and she said the name of her favourite ski jumper tonight too... Roar Ljoekelsoey! So she's getting her tongue around Swedish too now. She will be learning to speak Spanish at Chrimbo too, I got her a talking Dora the explorer doll that says phrases in English and Spanish. She will be a clever girl :) #
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