If you use Twitter and you haven’t seen the #AmbulatoryWheelchairUsersExist campaign then I’m offended, because that means you aren’t following me. In all seriousness, that little phrase…… Read more “Taking a Stand.”
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Doctor Google.
As a nutritionist working in medical research, one of the banes of my existence is Dr Google. “I read an article that said-”, “But I found on…… Read more “Doctor Google.”
The Rejects: 6 Assumptions About Nutrition That Are Utter Bull.
Rejects 1, 2, and 3 are available by clicking each number. Food and nutrition pops up in our news feeds every day, with someone claiming that eating…… Read more “The Rejects: 6 Assumptions About Nutrition That Are Utter Bull.”
The Corridor.
When you start a new job there’s a lot to think about; being in the right place at the right time, sorting out the paperwork, & introducing…… Read more “The Corridor.”
The Rejects: 6 Things People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Want You to Know (But Are Too Exhausted to Tell You).
Rejects 1 and 2 are available by clicking each number. At one time the UK parliament took a break from arguing about how we could slip discreetly…… Read more “The Rejects: 6 Things People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Want You to Know (But Are Too Exhausted to Tell You).”
Big City Nights: Part 2.
Part 1 is available here. Tuesday: Tuesday morning was bright but cold as we headed towards the Thames. The London traffic was in full force & I…… Read more “Big City Nights: Part 2.”
The Rejects: 6 Things in Food Way More Dangerous Than Additives.
Reject 1 is available here. Back in the wildly free and untroubled days of 2007, newspaper headlines would have had you believe that food additives were going…… Read more “The Rejects: 6 Things in Food Way More Dangerous Than Additives.”
Big City Nights: Part 1.
Saturday: The sound of my alarm is usually an undesirable one, but today was different. Today the alarm indicated that I needed to get out of bed…… Read more “Big City Nights: Part 1.”
The Rejects: 6 Things No One Tells You About Working in Medical Research.
Typing the words “medical research” into Google conjures up endless images of young Caucasian adults in lab coats & blue gloves injecting strange, blue fluids into conical…… Read more “The Rejects: 6 Things No One Tells You About Working in Medical Research.”
A Legitimate TED-Talk.
Anyone under the age of 35 has probably been lectured about how technology is sucking out our souls through our eye sockets and we’re only one grammatical…… Read more “A Legitimate TED-Talk.”
Diary of a Disabled Person. 