How accessible do you find Bonfire Night?
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Chloe_Scope
Posts: 10,586 Disability Gamechanger
Remember, remember the fifth of November! I’m not quite sure why the saying of Guy Fawkes has always stuck with me, but there you go!
Bonfire Night (also known as Guy Fawkes) tends to include large bonfires and firework displays. I vividly remember years of getting layered up in jumpers and coats to go stand in a field and watch fireworks.
But how accessible do you find it?
This might be getting a wheelchair through a field in the dark or safely holding a sprinkler. It might be that you dislike all the loud bangs and different smells.
What are your thoughts on Bonfire Night? Do you come across things that are inaccessible? Do you have any solutions for us? Let us know in the comments!
Scope
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We went to a bonfire party at a friend's house yesterday. The kids loved the sparklers. We toasted marshmallows in the dark and sipped drinks (I had water) as well. As it was the twins third birthday it was a birthday/bonfire party. I handed out slices of cake and we sang happy birthday. It was not that hard to push my son's wheelchair outside, we studiously avoided grass. Wheelchairs and grass do not mix.
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I have always loved sparklers but due to my poor grip, its unsafe for me to hold one. I've been trying to think of something that would make holding the sparkler safer for me.Disability Gamechanger - 2019
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Ami2301 said:I have always loved sparklers but due to my poor grip, its unsafe for me to hold one. I've been trying to think of something that would make holding the sparkler safer for me.
Yesterday at our own private fireworks display, I let my son use a dirty teacup to hold a sparkler on his lap and then carefully watched him. -
Thank you for sharing this @Ami2301 and @April2018mom. I hope you both had a lovely bonfire night and weekend.
Scope
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