Disability Horizons

Listen Hi all! Greetings from New York City! We’re having a great time out here, but due to technical problems with the internet access at our hotel, we’re unable to upload our usual selection of articles. Not to worry though, normal service shall be resumed next week! Best wishes, Srin and Martyn

Listen Guest contributor, Amy Dunne, recently went to Ibiza – one of Europe’s premier clubbing destinations. Amy kindly writes about her week of fun, sea, sand and lots of partying! In June we went on a girls holiday to the white isles of Ibiza! Having visited the usual clubbing destinations; Zante, Tenerife, Gran Canaria etc. [...]

Listen DH’s co-editor, Martyn Sibley, writes about his book launch and the inspiration behind the Disability Diamond Theory. In taking the step from being a disability charity fundraiser into the untitled world of self-employment, I hadn’t quite understood the magnitude of how high the metaphorical bar would rise. You see, the one pressure I knew [...]

Listen Regular DH contributor, Sarah Ismail, writes about how the iPad has become just as much a mobility / communication aid as it is a lifestyle product. I’m sure that when Apple first thought up the iPad, they didn’t bargain for it being used as a communication aid for children with Cerebral Palsy. However, it [...]

Listen John Pring, who runs the Disability News Service, publishes his weekly news round-ups of the happenings in the disability world the past week. • Furious disabled activists are proposing a boycott of next year’s Paralympic games in London, over links between the International Paralympic Committee and the company that tests disabled people’s “fitness to work” [...]

Listen Disability Horizons covers the work of a special project in rural India to support disabled people to start their own business. The project is managed by ADD India, the Indian partner organisation to ADD International, and funded by The Innocent Foundation (the charitable foundation of innocent drinks). ADD International kindly share the inspiring story [...]

Listen DH’s latest contributor, John Walker (who is the Covenor of Deaf Studies at the University of Sussex) publishes a blog called Deaf Capital. John very kindly allows DH to re-publish an article from his blog on the unique relationship that a person with a disability may have with their assistive technology by using the [...]

Listen Candoco is a contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers based in London, UK. They are premiering a new production called Turning 20 on 14th September. We profile the work of Candoco and speak to dancer, Vicky Malin about her life as a Candoco dancer and her leading role in Turning 20. Candoco [...]

Listen As referenced in a recent blog post, I have not been so prolific with my article writing of late. In all honesty my efforts have been on grasping self employment, reflecting on our progress in changing the world for disabled people and planning the coming months. Enough of the excuses though because I am [...]

Listen … “Extra! Extra! Read all about it!!!”… shout Srin and Martyn from Horizons HQ, as  journalist John Pring (who runs the Disability News Service) publishes the first of his weekly news round-ups of the happenings in the disability world the past week. News round-up, week ending 12th September • Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) need to [...]