On Thursday I’m turning another year older. Kasia is only one day older than me too. So we’re planning a nice week together. Aside from working bank holiday Monday, Tuesday and Friday on the awesomeness that is Accomable; this week is looking double great! Wednesday we’re hoping to visit a National Trust property with Mum… Continue Reading
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Roman Baths and Pump Room: accessible history in action
Bath is a city renowned for its ancient Roman heritage, the Romans settled in bath in AD60. The Romans developed the city as a centre of recreation and built around the natural hot springs and named the city Aquae Sulis meaning ‘the waters of Sulis’. Sulis Minerva was the British-Roman goddess worshipped at the thermal… Continue Reading
Europe Without Barriers: Final Thoughts
In June 2014 Ivor Ambrose from the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT) kindly invited me to speak in Brussels for a conference on accessible tourism. It was great to meet the living legend in person, and connect with a community of like minded people. Then in early 2015, as Kasia and I were planning… Continue Reading
Happy Fathers Day: 10 Memories with a great Dad
Today is Fathers Day in the UK and so I wanted to write a blog for my dad. With so many nice moments over 31 years, I have written my top 10 memories 🙂 1) First football match – When I started to watch football aged 4 I briefly liked the then champions Liverpool and… Continue Reading
Europe Without Barriers
So we’re in Italy 🙂 The European Commission funded part of this summers trip begins on Friday. Here are the places and activities we’ll be testing the accessibility of! Martyn Tweets @martynsibley World Changer @ www.martynsibley.com LinkedIn Profile @ www.linkedin.com Co Founder @ www.disabilityhorizons.com Healthy Goodness @ www.todaherbal.co.uk
14 Technology Wishes for my Independence
Being a social model advocate I’ve spent a lot of time enjoying my own differences (like having SMA) and educating society to remove those disabling barriers. On the topic of empowering technologies I do use a hoist, electric bed and wheelchair as enabling devices. Otherwise I’m very dependent on people. More recently I have been… Continue Reading
The Accessible Roadtrip Begins
My more epic roadtrips to Lithuania and going from John o Groats to Lands End were a while ago now. After a few weeks of battling bad health and fighting for disability services, it’s time to embark on a new challenge. This week I sailed from Plymouth to Santander for an Accessible Tourism conference in… Continue Reading
Martyn Sibley Nominated for the UK’s Largest Diversity Awards
Great news! I’ve been nominated for the Positive Role Model category at the 2015 National Diversity Awards! See the official press release below… and please vote for me! 🙂 The 2015 National Diversity Awards ceremony celebrates some of the excellent and inspiring achievements of positive role models and community organisations from across the UK. The… Continue Reading