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                                        <p><a href="http://energysavingselfcare.com/">Energy Saving Self-Care Cards</a> - a deck of cards with realistic self care for the chronically ill and those in pain.</p>

                                        <p>Each beautiful Energy-Saving Self Care card offers you a specific gentle action to support you in taking care of your mind and body. The deck offers 60 action cards, plus 5 blank cards you can personalise with your own actions, and instructions about adapting cards to your own ability level.</p>
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                                        <p>The report, <a href="justinvisible/">"Just Invisible" - Medical Access Issues for Homebound/Bedridden People</a> details the extensive and systemic problems that people who are homebound and/or bedridden have with accessing the medical healthcare system, including access to GPs, medical professionals, hospital systems and allied health. In short, the entire medical system has been designed and based around physical attendance - if you don't turn up you are assumed not to need or want the service. If you are homebound/bedridden and you live in the community, then the healthcare system treats you as if you do not exist.
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                                        <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/rickybuchanan">Videos of Ricky Buchanan</a> prepared for the Australian Assistive Technology Conference and others. These talk about how I design and create assistive technology for myself.
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<p><a href="https://www.openinghomes.org.au/news/advice/top-5-tips-get-most-out-your-home-when-you-cant-leave-it">Top 5 Tips To Get The Most Out Of Your Home When You Can't Leave It</a> contains all my wisdom about making your home maximally accessible when you're bedridden or homebound.</p>

<p><a href="/openletter/options.html">Open Letter To Those Without ...</a> contains the original 'Open Letter To Those Without CFS/Fibro' and many alternatives and translations made by myself and others.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/rampup/articles/2013/10/08/3864954.htm">A Guide To Better Access</a> as a guide for how to make your in-person events maximally accessible to those who are bedridden, homebound, or can't come for other reasons. Originally published in ABC's Ramp Up!, 2013.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.gimpgirl.com/2011/11/24/social-vs-medical-model-evolved/">Social vs Medical Model: Evolved</a>. I got so frustrated feeling that neither the social nor the medical model of disability fit me that (along with some friends) I wrote a whole article about it. Originally published in Yahoo! Accessibility, 2011.</p>

<p><a href="http://jeshyr.dreamwidth.org/316802.html">The Ricky Game: A Day In The Life</a> was a 2016 attempt to describe my level of functioning in a readable/easy-to-understand way as a dice game. It's no longer accurate - I've deteriorated significantly since I wrote it - but it's interesting to read and describes my level of functioning in late 2016 very well.</p>

<p><a href="/all-day.html">What Do You Do All Day?</a> explores how I fill my day and make it feel fulfilling, even though I'm stuck in bed.</p>


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