In a situation that seems dire to us, he keeps going. He can be do proud of what he has achieved.
Yesterday, Playback, the weekly Saturday morning radio show, presented by Sineád Mooney, looked back at last week’s Episode 2 of the fantastic series on young wheelchair users in Ireland, Last One On The Train, presented by Susan Dennehy, featuring Pádraig.
Just when Playback was over, we started a session in the An Saol Foundation Centre with Pádraig and the help of Fabian and Christiane, two wonderful therapists from Germany, assisted by Kay Coombes in the U.K. and Margaret Walker in New Zealand, no less. We tried out new positions that would help Pádraig to position and maintain his head and upper body position better, we even tried out the Andago which Pádraig managed brilliantly, taking steps, pushing the device forward and backward. It was a first, lots to practice yet, but first steps nonetheless.
Check out http://www.teachansaol.ie for details and updates on our efforts to build a dedicated National Centre for Life and Living with a server Acquired Brain Injury. Check out the home page, the About Page, and the picture gallery. There are videos on questions asked in the Senate and in the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee on why none of our leaders is exercising their leadership, cut through the smoke, and allow the An Saol Foundation to deliver. There is even a video in which our new Taoiseach thanks the An Saol Foundation for their leadership when he launched, not too many years ago, An Saol’s pilot demonstrator at the National Carers Conference in Croke Park.
Will he announce the Next Step, Teach An Saol in 2024?
Ask your politicians when they come knocking on your door looking for your vote.
Here is a one-pager that might help you!
Hospi-Tales 
It’s a super documentary Rheinard. Heard it on the radio too – just a day or so ago.
That’s a great one pager on An Saol and what’s needed now. I will print it and definitely hand it to all campaigners who call at our door during the next few months.
All the very best
Raphael 🌟
Thank you, Raphael! It’s like running a marathon – the closer you get to the finishing line the more you start wondering why on earth you are doing this. But you keep going because you know you can make it. Pádraig knows that too and that’s what keeps us going.