FEATURED ARTICLES
Reclaiming our sexual stories
New Disability Horizons contributor, Kirsty Liddiard, an academic currently based at Ryerson University, Toronto who researches disability and sexuality at the university’s School of Disability Studies shares with us an insightful article about the findings of her recently completed PhD research project on disabled peoples’ experiences of sex and intimacy. Through disability rights movements from [...]
XENI: fashionable clothing for disabled women
Ann Oliver talks to Disability Horizons about how she came to start her own clothing line, XENI, for people with disabilities, amidst coping with multiple sclerosis (MS). I’m Ann Oliver, I am a 60-year-old former architect. I came to London from South Africa in 1981. I worked as an architect within a large North London [...]
iDID Adventure in the extreme with a disability
Susanne Rees, founder of iDID Adventure shares her experiences in coming to terms with an acquired disability and breaking down barriers to improve health and well-being amongst people with disabilities. At the age of 19, I was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2); this causes tumours to grow throughout the [...]
Accessible Living: giving disabled people the freedom of choice
In the third of our Nokia Accessibility technology series, new Disability Horizons contributor Linda Barlow talks about her new website, ‘Accessible Living’ which aims to provide disabled people with the freedom of choice when they travel across the UK. My name is Linda Barlow. I am married to Neil and we have four sons (and [...]
Action for kids: enabling disabled youngsters to be independent
Sally Bishop, founder of Action For Kids, talks to Disability Horizons about the national charity and its work to support disabled children and young people in finding greater levels of independence through providing specialist mobility equipment, as well as work related learning and family support. What inspired you to start Action for Kids? My own [...]
Differing disabilities, one community
Through shared understanding of how a disability can limit a person, friends Blake and Marissa discuss the importance of creating a community, reaching out to others and gaining an understanding how limitations can teach creative ways of adapting. A little about our conditions Blake: I have spinal muscular atrophy type 2 (SMA), a genetic neuromuscular [...]
