Damned if you do…

Ever have one of those days, where everything seemed to go wrong? Where everything you touched seemed to turn to garden compost? Just when you think something can’t possibly get any worse, the universe takes up the challenge and drops an almighty dump on you. There are times when the the daily grind seems to […]

What has happened to humanity

Often these days, I’m asking this question while I sit with my morning coffee. I’m not sure what it is, the immediate access to news perhaps. The advent of social media certainly has brought a harshness I don’t remember from my thirties. I won’t go back further, because the accuracy of my memories is questionable. […]

Who are you?

When someone asks you who are you, what do you say? What identifies you? For many disabled, it depends on context. If you have a visible disability, and you are present at an event, usually you are defined first as a disabled person with out even opening your mouth. While communicating virtually, depending on whether […]

In defence of self worth

The government has responded a petition which has been making the rounds in the last couple of weeks. The petition was started because a young woman killed herself after the Department of work and pension cancelled her benefits. The investigation highlighted that Jody Whiting had been wrongly penalised. Her parents have been awarded a paltry […]

On a roll

People who aren’t disabled don’t understand how difficult it can be to travel. I became affected by my disability 8 or 9 years ago. Before then I commuted to London to work, drove anywhere I couldn’t take the train, didn’t need to use taxis because I could either walk to where I needed to go […]

On the wings of angels

I never considered myself a bird person. I mean I had a canary when I was 7 and a parakeet when I was 12 or 13, but I wasn’t really into them. They were cute, the parakeet was vicious, but after they were gone to the big nest in the sky, I never really […]

The Disability Panto

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

Feeling Disabled

I don’t always think about the fact that I have a disability. Usually I am blindsided by it. It usually comes when I go to do something and I realise that doing whatever ͞it͟ is isn’t as easy as it used to be. I have only been affected by my disability for about 12 years […]

Have a look around, stop being sheep!

Disabled people are continuing to be targeted by the Tory government even while the whole Brexit debacle is going on. What Brexit has done, is to provide the perfect smokescreen to the torture it is levelling on us. Subtle changes to benefit amounts, the continued rollout of the broken Universal Credit programme, insufficient funding of […]