Part 1 is available here. We entered the restaurant by wandering down a narrow alleyway, the ceiling of which was completely covered in fairy-lights. We settled in…… Read more “How To Train Your Wheelchair: Part 2.”
How to Train Your Wheelchair: Part 1.
After a small but much-needed lie-in on a cold Monday morning, it was time to make a move. By which I mean, of course, that my husband…… Read more “How to Train Your Wheelchair: Part 1.”
Equal Pay For Disability.
A Tory candidate has stated that disabled people should be paid less than our able-bodied counterparts, because our work is about happiness.Because we don’t have bills to…… Read more “Equal Pay For Disability.”
I Am Not a Drug Addict.
Despite the world’s insistence on kale enemas being the cure-all for everything from colds to cancer, some illnesses require carefully manufactured pharmaceuticals for a cure, & even…… Read more “I Am Not a Drug Addict.”
She Sells Sanctuary.
Opposition can come from the unlikeliest of places, as I discovered online rather recently. Seemingly out of nowhere someone was telling me at length about how medical…… Read more “She Sells Sanctuary.”
Liberty Denied.
When disabled people ask you not to use the phrase “wheelchair-bound”, it’s not political correctness gone mad; it’s political correctness asking you not to contribute to the…… Read more “Liberty Denied.”
Womb of Woes: Part 3.
Parts 1 and 2 are available by clicking each number. The clock had skipped forward almost two hours when I came to in a bed, oxygen mask…… Read more “Womb of Woes: Part 3.”
Womb of Woes: Part 2.
Part 1 is available here. My second appointment was with a different, younger doctor. Once again I reeled off a list of my symptoms, fully expecting them…… Read more “Womb of Woes: Part 2.”
Womb of Woes: Part 1.
As it transpires, my metamorphosis into a loudmouthed social justice warrior began years prior to the meningitis, with little more blood than a small cut (although to…… Read more “Womb of Woes: Part 1.”
If You’re Happy & You Know It.
No one, not even Twilight-era Kristen Stewart, is completely void of emotion. With mental health & well-being never far from the lime-light, we are encouraged to become…… Read more “If You’re Happy & You Know It.”
Diary of a Disabled Person. 