November has been a tough month for me. If you follow me on social media, you’ll have seen I had to say goodbye to one of my dogs earlier this month. Oliver was my beautiful Cavalier King Charles spaniel who came over from America with me and my family. He was the grumpiest little man …
October has been another busy month. Between work, radio interviews and the day to day challenges that come with having a disability, there is certainly never a dull moment. In case you missed my recent blog for The Mighty, this month my computer overheated and needed to be sent off for repairs. This meant that …
Recently, I learned the true value of assistive technology and the extent of my own internalized ableism. One Monday morning, my laptop started overheating to the point where it actually started to hurt my fingers. Before anyone starts worrying, I am not still using it! It’s been sent off to be repaired but that means I’m …
It’s been a busy week. As we know there are petrol shortages and issues with refuelling in the UK as people across the country panic buy. I wrote a tweet after I myself experienced the knock on effect, with a carer informing me that they may not be able to reach me as they had …
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(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 of you who don’t know me, I think Edward Snowden is a hero and did a huge service to the public for exposing the extent …
(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 new term called “armchair activism”. Essentially, “armchair activism” is being vocal on social media about causes and campaigns but not going out into the community …
