This is from Scope’s news searched. very interesting articles yesterday – Accessibility improvements for travel booking websites – The Independent. US travelers with specific accessibility requirements can now state them whilst launching a new search of the 15,000 hotels with published accessibility options. Examples of featured services include accessibility equipment for the deaf, accessible bathrooms,… Continue Reading
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Disability poem by Emily Perl Kingsley
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability – to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip –… Continue Reading
Guest blog – M.E. and me by Diane Sibley
Hi, I’m Diane, Martyn’s Aunty, but let’s not linger on that point too long, as I’m only 8 years older than Martyn, so I’ve never really felt like an Aunt!! It was a pretty tough thing for a 10 year old to understand that my amazing little nephew was never going to walk – but… Continue Reading
BBC article on Direct Payments
This article was on the bbc website today. My response to Donal Macntyre is below http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8308782.stm. Hi Donal I did not manage to hear the podcast yesterday but read the article online by a beeb reporterI work as a fundraiser for Scope but am not in policy or campaigns. However I am a sociable 26… Continue Reading