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I Am A Young Disabled Person And I Have Deleted Facebook
(Editorial illustration by Emily Seffar) You might think this isn’t a big deal; lots of people are deleting their Facebook accounts in light of the shocking Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. For those …
Have You Heard of “Armchair Activism”?
(Edit by Emily Seffar, Illustrator and Photographer) Lauren West also contributed to this piece.An interesting conversation came up in the Trailblazer’s pod of desks this week – it was about a …
Hammond Is Wrong To Place Blame On Disabled Workers
The Chancellor Philip Hammond claimed yesterday that problems with the UK’s productivity could in part be explained by a supposed increase in the numbers of disabled people being employed. As a disabled …
Why SOLD OUT can be the two most disappointing words in the world
SOLD OUT can be the two most disappointing words in the world when you’re trying to get tickets to a concert or a film. After you’ve been on hold for 30 …
How a taxi journey left me nearly in tears
Emma Vogelmann was recently interviewed on Radio 4’s You and Yours consumer programme about being charged extra by taxi drivers simply because she’s a wheelchair user. Listen here. In this blog, she …
General Election 2017: what are the parties saying on public transport and disability rights?
Trailblazer Emma Vogelmann has spinal muscular atrophy Type 2 and has written a series of blogs on where the parties stand on key issues in General Election 2017: For this blog, …