clonmel swimming pool

mseliana

I think the pool and gym here are a great facility but do feel very little thought has gone into the needs of disabled people here yes the pool has a hoist available but with all due respect not every disabled person wants to have to use the hoist I certainly don't as it makes me personally feel humiliated and degraded to have other people laughing and making comments I suffer with severe osteoarthritis in all my joints and I have fibromyalgia as well I would love to go swmiming as it's supposed to be excellent for arthritis but I cannot manage the ladders at the pool to get in and out some other pools around the country have ramps and safety rails fitted so people can walk down into the pool which would be ideal here in clonmel pool. Do any other people with disabilities have the same problems where you are and is there anyway to get the council's to make adaptions to suit all people regardless of type of disability they have I can walk poorly with the aid of a walking cane and would manage a ramp without any problems I find it frustrating not being able to better my health due to inaccessible pools and would like to hear other people's thoughts on this thanks in advance

2old4dacold

http://www.seankellysportscentre.com/ in Carrick-on-Suir might suit you better. You can enter the main pool via the kiddies pool. Two steps from deck level down into kiddies pool. Slight slope down across this to three more steps down into main pool.

MojoMaker

I have no experience of this I'm sorry mseliana, but I just wanted to say fair play to you for highlighting this issue and persisting with something you really want to do. Swimming could be the safest and most complete body workout you can do and it suits all sizes, shapes, and abilities.

I hope you never give up.