Disability Horizons

Listen In our two-part article about disability and the media, Trailblazers ambassador David Gale shares his thought on the representation of disability on the big screen. Following my recent look at disability in music and how it is portrayed, I thought the next thing to do was to look at films; those that have either had [...]

Listen British artist and writer, Nicola McCartney, who lives and works in London and has work exhibited throughout the UK, talks to regular Disability Horizons contributor, Zubee, about her work and life as a disabled artist. In November 2011, with symptoms of facial weakness and double vision, Nicola was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease, Myasthenia [...]

Listen John Pring, who runs the Disability News Service, publishes his weekly news round-up of the happenings in the disability world the past week. • The UK’s leading disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has attacked a government decision to set up an “alliance” of DPOs, charities, and private and public sector organisations that will be asked [...]

Listen John Pring, who runs the Disability News Service, publishes his weekly news round-up of the happenings in the disability world the past week. • A leading Deaf performer has called London 2012 “cowardly” and “immature” for ignoring his complaints about the lack of accessibility for Deaf visitors to the Paralympic Games. • A senior [...]

Listen Co-editor Srin Madipalli shares his thoughts on life working in the City of London; the challenge, the competition and the attitudes. I’m often asked what it was like to work in the ‘City’ (a catch-all expression to describe the financial services sector in the City of London) as a disabled person. Until recently, I worked [...]

Listen Co-editor Martyn Sibley’s Epic European Disability Roadtrip has begun! Take a look at his video from day one, heading into and around Amsterdam… Find out more about the Epic European Disability Roadtrip and see how you can get involved on Martyn’s website. Got a story to tell? Get in touch by emailing us at editor@disabilityhorizons.com, messaging [...]

Listen Steph Fairfoul works for Enjoybedandbreakfast.com, a small, independent travel website committed to bed and breakfasts and guest houses. Here she shares with us 5 accessible walks across the South West of England, and the best places to stay. I wanted to share my pick of the five best woodland trails, country walks and coastal strolls [...]

Listen It’s been nearly eighteen months since Disability Horizons went live and in that short period the growth of this magazine has been phenomenal and flattering. We now have tens of thousands of readers from countries across the world and our pipeline of articles grows day by day. To accommodate this growth and to ensure [...]

Listen In our two-part article about disability and the media, Trailblazers ambassador David Gale shares his thought on music and song lyrics featuring disability. As a big music fan – some might say music anorak – I wondered recently how many songs or musicians use disability as a lyric or subject in their songs. There have [...]

Listen John Pring, who runs the Disability News Service, publishes his weekly news round-up of the happenings in the disability world the past week. • Disabled people with high support needs who protested outside government offices have described the “terrifying” reality they face if the coalition pushes ahead with plans to abolish the Independent Living [...]