-
Lifestyle
It’s not all bad being disabled
You might call me crazy for saying this, but there are very tangible benefits to being disabled. In fact, I’d…
Read More » -
Entertainment & Culture
Disability and music: finding your passion
Music has always had a special place in my heart. It has kept me going, and encouraged me to figure…
Read More » -
Travel & Holidays
Disability and travel: spa dinner break
If you have a disability, travelling is rarely straight forward. So that’s why we’ve teamed up with Carrie-Ann Lightley from Tourism…
Read More » -
Assistive Tech & Products
Ride into a new world of independence with the Mobility Roadshow 2016
Every year the Mobility Roadshow showcases the latest gadgets and technology aimed at enabling disabled people to be more independent. This year it’s…
Read More » -
Entertainment & Culture
Audazzle: computer games for blind and visually impaired people
After his daughter Daisy became blind from eye cancer, Selwyn Lloyd wanted to develop something that would enable her, and…
Read More » -
Lifestyle
Unseen disability: living with a brain injury
Ashley Ruskiewicz is an American writer whose aim is to thrive in life. One of her missions is to educate…
Read More » -
Entertainment & Culture
New sci-fi novel features a main character with a disability
One of the differences with Synthesis: Weave is that while it’s got a disabled protagonist it’s not a book about…
Read More » -
Entertainment & Culture
Attitude is Everything: introducing gloves to revolutionise disability and music
People think they know how music should sound and, sadly, how it should look. But disabled musician Kris Haplin has been…
Read More » -
Lifestyle
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…
Read More » -
Lifestyle
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…
Read More »
