Disability Horizons

Co-editor Martyn Sibley shares his life story (so far!), from the highs to the lows and, despite being a positive person, opens up about his fears, limits and hurdles. I’m a positive person. People say this resonates through my body, speech, writing and general vibe. It’s the main reason I do so many things. But it sometimes […]

Lou Shackleton of The You Can Hub and Martyn Sibley of Disability Horizons invite you to spend an evening out of the ordinary, exploring what it means to live a life with intention and leave the mark you want to leave on the world. The You Can Hub and Disability Horizons present: “The Life and […]

After one month on the road, co founder Martyn Sibley has completed his Britain’s Personal Best challenge – rightfully named “What Disability?”. This challenge has brought up to the surface many questions about disability issues; here Martyn shares his views on what could, and should, be changed. Well guys, we did it! Kasia, Martin and […]

Last year, Sarah Snowhill had to to adapt her house when her brother was injured in a car accident. Sarah kindly shares her experiences with Disability Horizons of getting her house adapted and some of the difficult decisions that had to be made. How to Help Your Family Member Feel More at Home When They […]

New Disability Horizons contributor, Susan Eljack, shares her story of how a frustration lead her to create her own business. My name is Susan, I was born with Cerebral Palsy, and this is my story of how my struggle with finding shoes I could wear in the current market, inspired me to set up my […]

Blind motorcyclist Stuart Gunn, the fastest disabled biker on the planet, talks to Disability Horizon’s Zubee about his love of bikes, and how his vision impairment doesn’t limit his thirst for speed. Please could you tell DH readers a bit about yourself and how you got started in motorcycling? I’m 39 years old and bikes […]

Are you a fan of clubbing or is it overrated? New contributor, Sam McCabe, tells us about his experience of going clubbing, and answers the question: is clubbing brilliant or boring? As this is my first article for Disability Horizons, I thought I would introduce myself. I’m a 19-year-old student aimlessly meandering my way through […]

Last Thursday marked the first week on Martyn Sibley’s extraordinary trip from John O’Groats to Land’s End in his wheelchair. Here’s what he had to said a week into the biggest challenge of his life… I don’t think I can stress enough how much went into the logistics, sponsorship and PR for this trip before […]

In many ways we have come a long way when it comes to eradicating disability discrimination – the Paralympic Games 2012 demonstrates that. But, still today there is not only discrimination through accessibility issues, but also direct, ignorant and destructive discrimination. Is the language we use and the labels we place on people to blame? […]

From sporting events, like Boccia, wheelchair basketball and sitting volleyball, to performances from singers and dancers, Saturday the 7th September saw the Mayor of London join Paralympic athletes to mark a year since the Paralympics Games in London. Our roaming reporter Zubee went along to the event… I was really excited when I was offered […]