Thank you so much!

Yes! I completely agree. Society has such a long way to go in understanding the nuances of disability. It shouldn't be this hard.

@@kelseyharper4225 You’re welcome - more people need to be aware. ❤️

@whentaniatalks I agree. I have had a hard time figuring out how to bring it up and advocate for myself because I suffer from an invisible disability and I had a slew of dismissive experience from professionals and my family while aquiring it. It is very empowering to see people who are disabled show the confidence you embody(:

@@kelseyharper4225 I'm so sorry you've experienced such negativity. You deserve so much better.

I hear you, I am in a similar situation to you, but I still try my best to look okayish and tell people when I am having trouble. I don't care what other people think about me. the looking okayish are for me. hugs 2 you

I'm so sorry you have to do this. It awful that society places so much emphasis on how we look to determine the support they think we need. It shouldn't be this way.

It's such a difficult balance. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for sharing this - I've wondered how not-Loops would compare.

Thank you ❤️

Yay!

It was and it wasn't. Elise sees so much of it in the way people treat me. At least with this I had control over how Elise learned it.

I'm so glad it was helpful!

I once had someone follow me, with my newborn wrapped to my chest, wanting money! It makes me so sad that people are that desperate that they would target a disabled new Mum.

Thank you. I'm in the UK. I'm lucky I've only been affected by theft a couple of times. I hope that precautions like this reduce the likely hood of having things taken.

Absolutely. We shouldn't have to think about things like this.

@@mnicholl93 It is. 😔

Thank you so much, it's good to be back! Great idea to use your highlighter balm as a lip gloss. I'm going to start using my powder highlighters as eyeshadow or I'll never use them up! Thank you for sharing the video I was featured in - what an honour to have been included! ❤️

Thank you so much! I'm excited that the lipstick is nearly finished. I'd love to reduce the number of lip products that I own. ❤️

Thank you! Perfume has become such an important part of my self care since becoming a Mum. It's been a wonderful voyage of discovery and learning what scents really speak to me. Do you have a favourite perfume? I'm sorry you're dealing with challenging eczema too. It's hard. Totally understand not wanting to use too much medicated cream. I hope it stays manageable for as long as possible. ❤️

@@whentaniatalks I know! I think my favourite perfume of all time is Cerutti 1881 Pour femme. It a lovely complex floral (and I don't really like florals), with a vanilla base. What's yours?

@@aashild1986 Ooo... that sounds lovely! Lancome La Vie EST Belle is my favourite - it reminds me of Elise as a newborn.

Thanks! I'm just trying to live my best life. Busses are a nightmare, so train it is!

Thanks! I'm pleased with the progress on a couple of things and am excited to share how I'm getting on, now that children are back at school.

You're welcome! Loving your videos - your pan those eyeshadows are inspiring me to add an eyeshadow palette to my project pan next year.

@@whentaniatalks Yes! I think that sound like a great idea!! Do you have a palette in mind?

@@aashild1986 I do! The lid broke on my NARS eyeshadow palette recently, so I’m thinking that would be a good one to pan.

It's so hard when there's a large group of children. Differentiation is essential, but schools can only work with the resources they have available. All children deserve access to education but this can look different even to the same child on different days.

Absolutely! I definitely think more needs to be done to cater to as many people as possible. Providing options would be a good start, so people could use whichever is most accessible to them.

The cane is because the person is blind or visually impaired- it helps with depth perception and detecting obstacles. The user may still have some vision left, but not enough to get around safely in every day life x

Thanks and good luck to you! Do you have a favourite shower gel brand? It’s something I’ve never used, but have recently started to consider after a friend shared how they find the scent and experience of using shower gel really soothing. ❤️

I can’t express how much your kind words mean to me, thank you! Lack of representation for photosensitivity and tinted glasses was something I was acutely aware of and it means a lot that in some small way I am filling that gap. I appreciate you. Good luck using up your lip balms! Do you have a favourite lip balm brand? ❤️

@@WackyLisa I’m sorry people have said this to you. I find makeup helps make my eyes more visible from behind my glasses. I enjoy it and find it a form of self care and self expression. I’ve made a video about this a while ago - I’ll find it and upload.

I have a friend who comes up with some really outlandish situations in response, but I can’t quite pull it off yet - I’m working on it.

It is! I find it quite overwhelming to be asked, even politely, when I’m just going about my day. To the point where I pretend I don’t hear people and move away. I think it’s a trauma thing for me and something I’m working on. ❤️

@@whentaniatalks That makes total sense. It’s not like we go around asking this to people with diabetes, arthritis etc.

@@Sazra Or asking random people how their last cervical screening or prostate exam went! 🤣

@@whentaniatalks exactly 🤣

Thanks! ❤️

Thank you so much! X

Thank you so much! X

Thanks Aimee!

Love your channel, you seem so lovely!

@@Yixxyy Thank you so much!

Of cause, thank you for this suggestion. I’ll see what I can do. ❤️

You’re welcome - I’m glad I was able to make it right. Thank you for your support, it means a lot.

Thank you for this feedback Lisa, I appreciate it. I'm still getting to grips with short form video and didn't realise that there's no audio until it had already been published. I'm not well at the moment, but will get a new version, with voice over, up as soon as I can. I want to make my content as accessible as possible and will do my best to make sure this doesn't happen again. Your support means a lot, thank you for being here with me.

@@whentaniatalks Thanks for your reply. I really appreciate how your handled my comment. I hope your health eases up as much as possible soon.

@@WackyLisa Thank you for your understanding Lisa. I won't always get it right, but when I miss the mark I will do my best to fix it. The new version is uploaded and can be found on this link: kzbin.infofzoBFyWI0JI I hope you enjoy it.

I'm so glad the video was helpful. I'm sorry - it sounds like your OT isn't listening to you. I hear you with the turning circle, it was one of the reasons a bike attachment wouldn't have worked for me a few years ago, because of the places I needed to be able to access. If you're able to, it's worth trying/considering a Smoov - very similar to a SmartDrive and they seem to be more reliable from what friends have said. X

I'm an ambulatory wheelchair user. I can walk a little, but not a lot and not consistently. If you look closely, you'll see my arm wobble because of how much I'm having to lean on my walking stick to stay upright.

I have a visual impairment.

@@whentaniatalks what is the meaning of visual impairment

Long cane is what people use

@@andrewchoo7742 My vision is grainy

They're not sunglasses, they're precision tinted lenses (coloured glasses), They help with my photosensitivity, complex chronic migraine, photosensitivity and visual processing disorder.

@@whentaniatalks your sight how many percent

@@andrewchoo7742 This is what I see: www.hale.ndo.co.uk/scotopic/index.htm

Yes, I've been told to use the emergency stop button too. Only problem is that on some trains, they're too high for me to reach. 🤦🏻‍♀️ We shouldn't have to think about these things - we've booked assistance AND been put on the train. There's no excuse for it. Thankfully most of my journeys are positive, but when it goes wrong, it really goes wrong. Level access trains are slowly being introduced, so hopefully some time in the future we won't have to worry.

Yes! Scanners on both sides would make such a difference to so many. That's really interesting that you've had problems with Cross Country - they were a nightmare for me when I tried to book assistance for this journey. Thankfully neither stations were Cross Country's, so I didn't have the hassle that you've had to deal with. Thank you for the heads up about their stations, its really helpful to know. Xx

I regularly use Birmingham and surrounding stations (Leamington staff are lovely 🙂). It's the trains themselves, not the actual stations that cause the problem. Not always possible, but if I can avoid a CrossCountry train I will do.

@@TheMags03 Good to know, thank you! 💜

Cross Country are a nightmare in my powerchair as well!!

@@ecologist_to_be So frustrating - they need to do better.

I'm glad you've found a solution that works for you. I've been shocked by how many people have had problems with their SmartDrives, since getting mine. They should be flawless for the money they cost.

It was great, when it worked. From experience, there seems to be a lot of inconsistencies in each of the elements - bluetooth worked better on some push trackers than others, buttons felt different, etc. I suspect this was the bracket issue. Frustrating, as I didn't have a problem with the bracket on the demo unit I had on loan. One of the appeals to the bike is that they're designed for far more rugged use than mine will ever get and the battery is external so won't require anywhere near the level of work that the SmartDrive would have to replace the battery. So frustrating that some wheelchairs and power add ons just aren't built to last a reasonable amount of time. It's awful that you're having to replace both chairs and that they've not lasted as they should. I hope you're able to get something(s) that will serve you better. It's not good enough. Xx