Columnist Ciara Larewnce: Treat me well campaign
At the time of writing, the country is currently in lockdown because of coronavirus. It is a scary and lonely time for many people with a learning dis…
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A year passes by so very quickly. It seems only a few weeks ago that I was visiting NAIDEX 2019 as a speaker and now NAIDEX 2020 is just around …
Canvas & Campfires
As a full-time powerchair user, I used to think that any sort of camping would be off-limits. And even though glamping is a much fancier set-up than c…
Ciara Lawrence – Columnist
With the start of the New Year, it’s important to think about what we want in the 12 months ahead. For many people, January is a fresh chance to focus…
Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work – Justin Tomlinson MP
Having been reappointed as Minister for Disabled People just days ahead of Christmas and the New Year, this edition’s column feels like an opportu…
Columnist – Elin Williams – A love-hate relationship with my cane
About Elin Williams Elin started her blog in 2015 to share her love of writing and her passion for music, beauty and fashion, as well as to share w…
Katie Piper – Interview
Supporting Burns Rehabilitation Campaigner and television presenter, Katie Piper, visited staff and patients at the ‘Katie Piper Foundation Rehabil…
Hannah Deakin
Hannah started her blog 'Hannah's Hope' in 2018. It is a disability and lifestyle blog, with the aim of sharing experiences, supporting and reaching o…
Shona Cobb
Shona started her blog in 2011. What began as a beauty and lifestyle blog has evolved and grown, reflecting changes in Shona’s life and her condition.…
Emma Muldoon
Emma created her blog, Simply Emma, to share her life and travel experiences as a power wheelchair user and encourage others to see more of the world,…
Shani Dhanda
With her passion for creating everyday equality, Shani is a business and culture change agent, social entrepreneur and disability rights advocate. …
Ciara Lawrence
Ciara Lawrence is one of the most well-known campaigners in the UK with a learning disability. She writes and campaigns on disability issues and has h…
Robyn Steward
Robyn was born at 28 weeks and has ten disabilities, including Asperger’s syndrome. At secondary school she felt overwhelmed and was bullied frequently…
Jill Barkley
At 19 years old, Jill suddenly lost her sight from diabetic retinopathy. While adjusting to the huge change, Jill’s mum encouraged her to give hospital radio a go – and Jill found her new passion.
Ruby Jones
At 15 years old Ruby started experiencing pains which doctors dismissed as ‘growing pains’. However by the end of her GCSEs she was she was virtually bed-bound. Eventually Ruby was diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome as well as Ehlers Danlos syndrome, which affects joints and connective tissue, and can mean chronic pain, fatigue, and frequent dislocations. Ruby’s blog, rubyj0nes.com, has been running for four years, taking people on her journey with her from holidays to hospitalisations and everything in-between.
Heather Lacey
Heather began advocating for disability rights through her blog, nosuperhero.co.uk, to provide an honest and open look at disability through her own lived experience. Her writing aims to raise awareness of disability and the ways it interacts with other aspects of a person’s life, in amongst her other passions of gin, guinea pigs, books and recipes.
Elin Williams
Elin started her blog in 2015 to share her love of writing and her all her passions, including music, beauty, fashion and lifestyle, and educate others on how she enjoys them as a visually impaired person. Her blog shares her perspectives and raises awareness of wider accessibility and disability issues. It also works to motivate and help others with visual impairments. She explains: “Sight loss deprives me from being able to see the world like everyone else but it doesn’t deprive me of my skills, my passions or my abilities.”
Holly Tuke
In 2015, Holly started her blog, lifeofablindgirl.com. As the name suggests, it covers Holly’s day-to-day life as well as a variety of topics relating to sight loss and disability, like education, assistive technology, beauty and lifestyle. Needless to say, the blog is fully accessible for assistive technology users.
Chloe Tear
For the last five years, while working through her GCSEs, A-Levels and university degree, Chloe Tear has been writing her blog, Life as a Cerebral Palsy Student. The blog has attracted over 70,000 views and led Chloe to work with over 45 organisations including Scope, the Royal Institute of Blind People, Huffington Post, the BBC, Cosmopolitan and The Mighty.
Mary Doyle
Mary Doyle has been named as one of Britain's most influential disabled people in 2018. Mary has over 25 years’ experience working as a programmer and service delivery manager for global, billion-dollar software and telecoms companies and now provides personal and executive coaching to business professionals.