A Walk Through Other People’s Expectations
As writer Caroline Butterwick tackles the climb up Loughrigg Fell in the Lake District, she is acutely aware not just of the natural environment, but of other walkers’ opinions of…
Living with ME
Nine people reveal the devastating difficulties the condition brings – including their struggles to be believed by medics, to get a diagnosis, to access support, and simply to keep going.…
How Hospital Care Fails Disabled Bodies
Poet, performer and writer Jamie Hale is often admitted to hospital due to their chronic illnesses. Here Jamie exposes the underfunded home care that caused a recent spell in hospital,…
How my Wheelchair Changed my life
As a child, Natasha Lipman thought her body was simply ‘weird’. An unexpected diagnosis when she was a young adult provided a lot of answers – but the stigma around…
Learning Disabilities do not Define us
The story of a six-year-old boy with dyslexia who, with support from friends and teachers, became a successful professor. Now he teaches teachers how to help children like him. By…
Disability Often Intersects With Domestic Violence. Here’s How to Better Help Survivors
Four primary solutions to address the specific needs of survivors with disabilities. By Angela KimDisabled Korean American writer Introduction discovered I had a disability before I realized I was in an…
Living with Invisible Illness
We describe illness through our senses: you look unwell, you feel hot, your cough sounds bad. But what happens when the signs of your illness are invisible to the rest…
How to Succeed in College with a Disability
For many disabled students, college is the first time that they’re put to the test of making their own way. The experience can be challenging, but there are strategies to help ease the way. By Dr. Stephen…
Rejecting Shame and a Decade of Change
Ten years ago, Jess Thom made a conscious choice to access the creativity Tourette’s syndrome gave her. That decision changed her life. Here she argues powerfully for an open-minded society…
Words of hope and Anger
Penny Pepper is an author, poet and disability rights activist. Here she celebrates her successful career and speaks out against the current government’s drive to deprive disabled people of the…
