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Blair McPherson
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18 Jun 2022 - 10:16

null Drugs and Driving 

He doesn’t remember anything about the accident. If it was an accident. The boy who was due to go to Oxford but who now struggled to writ his name. His best friend said he was up set. His girl friend said it was a silly argument. But neither of them would say anymore. When he crashed through the road works he was doing over a hundred. Everyone said he was lucky to be alive although he... See more
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Blair McPherson
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09 May 2020 - 11:12

null The Poor Make Bad Choices

The poor make bad choices the first being their parents, the second being where they were born.    www.blairmcpherson.co.uk 
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Blair McPherson
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28 Nov 2018 - 17:19

null Walk a mile in my shoes

I heard of a director spending the day in a wheel chair, “ to get to know what’s it like having a disability”. Whilst I could see that this was well intentioned pretending to be disabled for a day didn’t feel right nor did it seem the best way to learn about the obstacles and attitudes that restrict an individual’s independence.    I felt the same way when I read about a new... See more
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Blair McPherson
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14 Jul 2017 - 11:02

null "It's easier if you go backwards"

    A recent hospital out patient visit with my 88 year old mother in law raised questions about my driving skills and the design of the new hospital wheel chairs. It also made me question whether the hospital wheel chair is a metaphor for modern health and social care,  not intended to be used this way, evidence of the influence of the private sector mor efficient but not... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2016 - 21:39

null Wheel chair rage

  Narrow medieval streets packed tight with meandering tourist are not the easiest place to navigate a wheel chair, add hot sun and a deceptive incline and the result is wheel chair rage. The oncoming people traffic can get out of your way but the people in front can't see you coming, abrupt stops to examine brightly coloured objects on a market stall or the sudden desire  to... See more
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Blair McPherson
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23 Aug 2015 - 15:04

null A modern holiday, Facebook, Angry Birds And Google

  On holiday with an eight year old and an eighty year old. Wheelchair and booster seat, IPad and I phone,Sat Nav and kindle,Facebook and Angry Birds. You can't push a wheelchair across the sand but a blue badge is very useful in getting parked at busy sea side resorts. An IPad,Google and Trip Adviser helps  with the essential research on where to go and what to do. Is the funfair,... See more
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Blair McPherson
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13 Aug 2015 - 16:08

null All expenses paid trip to USA clean license required

The best holiday Tim had ever been on was two weeks in Greece with two of his friends when he was a student. He partied until the early hours, got drunk stayed in bed till mid day went to the beach and started all over again. No longer a student, now a social worker, Tim had a dream to drive across the USA. He would need assistance, for a start he couldn't drive nor could he dress himself or... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:08

null Simple test for dementia what does this mean for HR

A simple new test to identify the early on set of dementia is being heralded as a major medical break through but what are the implications for employers?  How would your organisation respond to an employee who has had a positive test result? What would be a reasonable adjustment ? How would this diagnoses effect the employees annual appraisal ?... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2014 - 12:57

null Ricky Gervais a legitimate target?

Ricky Gervais a legitimate target? It‘s always risky getting up to go to the bar or toilet during a stand up comics routine especially if you are on the front row. So I suppose I should have expected to be a target of the comedians well rehearsed insults, much to the amusement of the rest of the audience. I had no witty response to his increasingly cruel jibes. I thought how great it would... See more
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Blair McPherson
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20 Jan 2015 - 13:29

null Are you gay? Do you have a disability? What is your religion? Equal opportunity monitoring.

Equal opportunity monitoring.   Most organisations don’t know how many disabled people they employ, how many gay people work for them or which faiths make up the staff group. All they do know with any degree of certainty is the age and gender profile of their organisation plus may be some information on ethnicity. The reason for this is that staff have proved very reluctant to... See more
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