Prior to the pandemic, moving around as a visibly disabled pedestrian certainly had its difficulties, but I felt that improvements were being made. Campaigns such as Dr…… Read more “Yet Another Consequence of a Deadly Pandemic.”
Tag: Coronavirus
Revisited: GETting Nowhere.
A lot has changed in the five years since I first created Diary of a Disabled Person, so I decided to take a look back at content…… Read more “Revisited: GETting Nowhere.”
One More Time, With Feeling.
2021 got off to a flying start with the post-Christmas lockdown. This was the third lockdown in the UK due to the pandemic, and by this point…… Read more “One More Time, With Feeling.”
National Disability Strategy: Will It Actually Do Anything?
On 28th July 2021 the UK government published their National Disability Strategy, and were then promptly ruled to have breached the Equality Act by failing to provide…… Read more “National Disability Strategy: Will It Actually Do Anything?”
A Bad Time to be Disabled.
If I’m being brutally honest, there probably isn’t a good time to be disabled. The way in which disabled people have been treated has been abysmal throughout…… Read more “A Bad Time to be Disabled.”
Normal Service Will Be Resumed.
The UK has been in and out of national lockdowns of varying degrees for over a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with non-essential shops opening and…… Read more “Normal Service Will Be Resumed.”
Age Is Just a Number.
Ageism, discriminatory practices based on someone’s age, is the only example I can think of where prejudice flows both ways. Assumptions are often made of people over…… Read more “Age Is Just a Number.”
The Forgotten Ones.
When a national lockdown was implemented in the UK in response to the coronavirus pandemic, those deemed to be particularly vulnerable to the virus due to age…… Read more “The Forgotten Ones.”
2020: Is It Over Yet?
I think it’s safe to say that 2020 has not been the year any of us had hoped for. If 2020 was the year you had been…… Read more “2020: Is It Over Yet?”
The Chronic Illness Survival Kit.
With the inevitability of a train crash that you can’t look away from, COVID-19 has left many people feeling symptoms of intense fatigue, pain, & post-exertional malaise…… Read more “The Chronic Illness Survival Kit.”
Diary of a Disabled Person. 