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Independence Day
Welcome to a new chapter of my life! It is hardly a shocker to hear as I have been banging on about this for a few weeks. However, today is officially Independence Day! The 4th of July 2011 is the day I begin working full time on changing the world for disabled people and their… Continue Reading
Summer Series – Swimming
During my time as Hackney council’s Personalisation ambassador I delivered talks about my social care package. It was to show disabled people, professionals and local councillors in the borough the merits and difficulties of Direct Payments and Personal Budgets. I laid out the assessment process, defining your needs, creating outcomes, using the money and other… Continue Reading
Summer Series – Guide to festivals
In the latest instalment of my summer series, I am discussing how to attend summer festivals when considering additional needs, such as my own. During another difficult winter I decided I may not go one better than flying a plane this summer (although leaving my day job to start a business feels like a sky… Continue Reading
PAY US LESS? GET OUT OF TOWN
Richard is one my best mates. We attended Coventry university together. Had many hilarious and intellectual conversations throughout. Rich is a political genius and I wanted him to write this piece around the recent media coverage of disabled people. I hope you find it interesting, helpful and wanting to question the status quo. Thanks for… Continue Reading
Summer Series – Relationships
Hello blog readers! You may remember I launched a new series of blogs called the ‘summer series’. The idea being to pull together my wealth of knowledge and experience of kicking ass in life, while doing so on 4 wheels. The plans are for broader blogs around education, employment, travel (locally and worldwide), learning to… Continue Reading