There are a great many cultural divides between the UK and South Africa, and unsurprisingly this extends to disability. With two radically different systems of health care…… Read more “Worlds Apart: A Collaboration Between The Disability Diaries and Diary of a Disabled Person.”
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Things Just Got Complicated.
Relationships are complicated. Relationships while one or both partners are chronically ill or disabled results in an explosion of chaos that equals filling a volcano with Coca-Cola…… Read more “Things Just Got Complicated.”
Can’t Be Treated.
Trigger Warning: self-harm, suicide. You may have heard the saying “there’s more than one way to skin a rabbit” and I used to believe that this was…… Read more “Can’t Be Treated.”
Diary of a Disabled Persons’ Fiance; by Jarred Triskelion.
If I did not fixate on the wheelchair the first time I met Dax, it was only because I am a bloke, it was a freshers week…… Read more “Diary of a Disabled Persons’ Fiance; by Jarred Triskelion.”
GETting Nowhere.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is one of those strange conditions that has no real treatment protocols assigned to the disease, mainly because so little is known about…… Read more “GETting Nowhere.”
Movie Magic.
I’m a huge nerd (surprise), and practically wet myself whenever a new Marvel or Star Wars film is released. 2018 alone should be enough to dehydrate me,…… Read more “Movie Magic.”
The Battle of the Wheels.
A collaboration between Diary of a Disabled Person and Seeing ME in Reality. It surprises many people that self-propelling a wheelchair takes a lot of effort and…… Read more “The Battle of the Wheels.”
The Disadvantage of Benefits.
Trigger Warning: mention of suicide. Just about every day there is a story in the news about benefits, the money provided by governments to disadvantaged individuals to…… Read more “The Disadvantage of Benefits.”
Another Successful Orbit Around the Sun.
2017 has been one of the most significant years of my entire life, and has also been one of the strangest. From exhilarating highs to devastating lows,…… Read more “Another Successful Orbit Around the Sun.”
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Being the over-grown child in an over-sized pram that I am, it should come as no surprise that I particularly enjoy Christmas. I always have done so…… Read more “IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT’S CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSS!!!!!!!!!!!”
Diary of a Disabled Person. 