Month: January 2012
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Lifestyle
Meanderings of a single disabled woman
Confidence isn’t easy to come by, so it gives us solace to hear how one reader came to realize that…
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Assistive Tech & Products
My4Hands: lending a helping hand to disabled people
New Disability Horizons contributor, Dale Lehn, shares his story of how an unexpected disability encouraged him to create an ingenious…
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Work & Education
Presenting with finesse!
Delivering presentations is becoming a greater aspect of many employment roles and interview processes. As someone with a mobility impairment,…
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Wellbeing & Fitness
Strike for Gold! Q&A with Paralympic athlete Anne-Wafula Strike
Anne-Wafula Strike was born in Mihu, Kenya, and became disabled after suffering with polio at age two. After a childhood…
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Entertainment & Culture
Book review: Off Balanced by Zachary Fenell
Regular Disability Horizons contributor, Sarah Ismail, discovers the parallels between her personal experiences of living with cerebral palsy, and that…
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Work & Education
Pre Recruitment Training: Still one of best ways to help talented disabled jobseekers beat the competition
Regular DH contributor, Mark Wilson, who worked for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for over 35 years shares…
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Assistive Tech & Products
Making the internet accessible to all
Ben Carpenter, Strategic Advisor at Race Online 2012, tells Disability Horizons why the internet should be accessible for everyone. Race Online…
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Entertainment & Culture
Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement
Debbie Caulfield recently discovered the beauty of Edgar Degas’s work, an artist who became disabled by depression and blindness in…
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Lifestyle
A profile of Paul Carter – journalist and producer
Disabled journalist and writer Sarah Ismail features Paul Carter, a co-director of Markthree Media, an award-winning television production company. 2019:…
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