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Disability and independence: the tricky business of transferring

Frances Leckie, editor of Independent Living, looks at some of the challenges around transferring and personal dignity. #DHgurus My day…

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Disability and fashion: a spashionista’s guide to shopping

My name is Alicia Searcy, also known as Nashville’s disabled style blogger extraordinaire, the Spashionista (short for Spastic Fashionista). I…

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I’m disabled and I wear make-up, so what?

Blogger Sarah, who writes about beauty, lifestyle and living with chronic pain, shares her post on the comments and double…

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10 annoying or inappropriate questions disabled people have to endure

Disablism is generally informed by stereotypes, ignorance and false assumptions about disabled people. Because of this, social norms are often…

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Disability and body image: fitting in when your body does not

Body image and confidence go hand-in-hand. If you’re content with your body and accept it, then you will beam with…

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Inner Me: a documentary about women, courage and deafness in Congo

Italian independent filmmaker Antonio Spanò has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to help complete his latest work Inner Me, a…

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Tinsel not tantrums: our top tips to help your child with ASD cope with Christmas

While Christmas is meant to be a time of peace and good will to all men (and women I might…

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Disability and wheelchairs: the dangers of inconvenient penises

Writer Paige Tabone, who has cerebral palsy, shares a post from her blog, which she uses to document the “undiluted truth of…

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Why we need more stories of disability that aren’t about overcoming disability

Brittany Déjean is the founder and director of AbleThrive.com, a company which centralizes and organizes high-quality resources for living well…

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Disability and Life: training your PA

Rupy Kaur is a young, British Asian, disabled woman, who is very independent and can be feisty when needed (so…

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