A link to the history of the Paralympics
I found this really interesting.On the BBC website.Interesting snippets:Wheelchair accessibility was not a major consideration in 1960 and Maughan (Margaret Maughan, Britain's first ever Paralympic...
View Article"I am not"
I work at a place that provides medical, educational and therapy services for children with disabilities. Overall I feel we do well at these things. Today they showed us a new ad that has been filmed....
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Disabled students and apprentices
A new academic year is starting now*. Disabled students and apprentices in Britain can use the Disabled Students Helpline which looks good, doesn't it?Here on LJ the community disabledstudent is quiet....
View ArticleNo need to be Superhuman
Now that the Paralympics 2016 are over, I'm still disinterested in disabled sport. For many, it's wonderful. But it's not everything we crips want, need or deserve.Liz Sayce at Disability Rights UK...
View ArticleESA benefit payments: Re-tests axed for chronically ill claimants
Many of us in the UK claim Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). So it's personal to hear today's news about ESA. ESA benefit payments: Re-tests axed for chronically ill claimants.Thoughts and feelings?
View ArticleSleep
Do you sleep well? We often hear how important it is to sleep enough but not too much. Not always easy to make that happen, is it?My too-frequent sleep trouble is partly due to chronic disability. It's...
View ArticleUN report into the UK's treatment of people with disabilities
The UN report into the UK's treatment of people with disabilities has been released, and found "that there is reliable evidence that the threshold of grave or systematic violations of the rights of...
View ArticleSometimes I really don't enjoy being right
I've suspected for some time that I'm autistic. That's on top of all the other neuro stuff going on--partial agenesis of the corpus callosum, abnormal sinuses, abnormal pituitary, Chiari I...
View ArticleParalympian forced to wet herself on train without accessible toilet
I know how it feels to avoid public transport due to disability. Do you? Once I was refused access to toilets at a train station because there 'should be one on the train'. The toilet onboard was out...
View ArticleStill here
Did you miss me? I missed you. Wish that when MS fucked my R leg, throwing me to a paved yard, I'd done a Douglas Adams by missing the ground. Instead I hit the paving slabs hard and my L leg twisted...
View ArticleSnoring
Do you snore? Do you share a room with somebody who snores? Here in hospital I've become a fan of silicone earplugs.Somebody told me that snoring's associated with dementia. Is that so? Why?
View ArticlePIP
This post took ages to complete because my disabled hands made it hard to put in the clickable links. Now thanks to my live-in IT support, here goes...Here in Britain we cips are invited to claim the...
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PIP part 2
As you know I (a UK citizen) am in the process of claiming the crip benefit called the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)/. This is sort of familiar because I've lived my whole life with public...
View ArticlePIP part 3
As you know I (a UK citizen) am in the process of claiming the crip benefit called the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)/. I now face the form 40-page form "How your disability affects you". It comes...
View ArticlePIP part 4
As you know I (a UK citizen) am in the process of claiming the crip benefit called the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)/. Since my last blog post about PIP I've made progress with the infamous...
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PIP part 5
As you know I (a UK citizen) am in the process of claiming the crip benefit called the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)/. I've written most of the words I'm going to say on my 50-page PIP form....
View ArticlePIP part 6
As you know I (a UK citizen) am in the process of claiming the crip benefit called the Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Advice from the UK MS Society is open to all. Not just to those of us with...
View ArticlePIP tales
Do you claim the UK crip benefit called the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)? Or something like it? How is it for you?My claim's now with the Dweep (Department for Work and Pensions, DWP) who'll...
View ArticleA study on disability in academia
Original study announcement -- which I've only just realised is super-relevant to here.I participated via Skype interview but I've been in touch with Kate (who is disabled herself and who I got on with...
View ArticlePrimodos
In some countries scandal is being reported about a pregnancy test called Primodos. Here in Britain we can see a documentary about Primodos - links in the article I've shown here. Will you watch? Do...
View ArticleTrump's push to Repeal Health Law Failed
For disabled people in the States, it matters that Trump's push to Repeal Health Law Failed. What do you think or feel?
View ArticleHospital is no place for the sick, by Sam Mason
Here's my contribution to Blogging Against Disablism Day (BADD) 2017. Hospital is no place for the sick.I've told the tale of breaking my leg. Many times I told it while I was in Airedale Hospital,...
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