On Saturday 30th August 2014, exactly two years to the day since ParalympicGB won its first medals during London 2012, I was lucky enough to visit Queen Elizabeth Park in Stratford for National Paralympic Day 2014. A celebration of all things Paralympic, this annual festival saw the stars of London 2012 returning to the stadiums… Continue Reading
Daily Perspective
Whatever Will Be, Will Be
On Friday Kasia and I packed up and left what has been our Spanish home for the past 3 months. Other world travellers will know that every journey has a new significance. L’Ametlla de Mar in the Catalan was certainly no different for me. Getting here was years in the making alone. To know how… Continue Reading
San Juan: Sparklers, Fireworks and Bonfires
On Monday 23rd June 2014, Kasia and I attended an amazing beach party. If I hadn’t have seen the posters before hand or the dutiful bonfire on the beach, I’d have thought we were amongst a war zone! It all started last week. Kasia was visiting a friend in Seville and my German friend Rico… Continue Reading
Accessible Tourism and the European Union
Apologies for the visual and audio quality! On Friday 6th June 2024, the European Commission and the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT) organised a conference on Accessible Tourism. It was called ‘Mind the Accessibility gap‘ and was held in Brussels. It followed the completion of 3 European wide studies on: 1) the economic impact… Continue Reading
May Day ‘MangaTuna’ Festival
During the recent UK bank holiday weekend, I’ve been experiencing a very new Spanish cultural education. I knew from my time in Asturias that they also celebrated this weekend. I didn’t know that L’Ametlla de Mar would be so different. Our first awareness of the ‘MangaTuna’ festival was when we stopped in the tourist information… Continue Reading
The importance of help and support
The recent tragic deaths of three disabled children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, who were allegedly murdered by their mother has rocked the disabled community around the world. As co-editor of Disability Horizons, I share this video blog discussing the wider issues that the tragic case brings up and the Disability Horizons campaign to support the… Continue Reading
Hiroshima Homestay: A very personal experience
Following my quick blog on day 3 of the trip, and the video from the Sensoji temple with Haruka; so much has happened! In my next post I’ll outline the professional development I gained from the Japanese governments programme. Here I want to bring you up to speed on the other amazing personal experiences I… Continue Reading
Greetings from the land of the rising sun!
After the grueling flight, we got to our Tokyo hotel with ourselves and the wheelchair etc intact. After checking in at 2pm Japan time (and missed a nights sleep while flying), we planned to have a short nap, go out for dinner and climatise to our new time zone. Instead, waking up at all was… Continue Reading