Day one of my Epic European Disability Roadtrip (#EEDR) is off to a flying start. We woke up very early on Stena’s North Sea ferry from Harwich to the Netherlands. Soon after a rocky night and a lovely breakfast (a bit of my well promoted yin and yang); we received a tour of the boat…. Continue Reading
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EEDR: Bon Voyage
This has been one rocky roadtrip already! I am so grateful to say, despite the ups and down, that we did it. The ‘Please Fund Us’ crowd sourced funding campaign reached its target today. Lets hope the actual trip is smoother from here on in. Since having the concept of this roadtrip in my mind… Continue Reading
Travel Post: I love Tenerife
As part of my travel series and upcoming roadtrip; I would like to launch an exciting new partnership. I am working with Lero in Tenerife. This post outlines my love of the island of Tenerife and how Lero have enabled this a great deal. For those who know me well, it will come as little… Continue Reading
EEDR: The goodness of people
I wish someone had warned me that planning an Epic European Disability Roadtrip (EEDR) would be a journey in itself. I have dreamt of roadtripping across Europe forever. Then since I began blogging, running the magazine and generally looking to change the world on disability issues; it made total sense to combine the two. I… Continue Reading
Epic European Disability Roadtrip: Never give up
This post follows weeks of hard graft regarding my Epic European Disability Roadtrip (mentioned in July). In the next few minutes I will outline my biggest (some say craziest) project ever and hope to motivate you to become a part of this very cool initiative. My goal To inspire, inform and change the world on… Continue Reading
Instagram #accessdenied Campaign
Further to my ‘need for a new approach’ blog posts, I wanted to spell out my latest ‘creative activism’ campaign. Simply using Instagram on your mobile, take a good picture (with or without you in view – or even one of each) of an inaccessible place, add some cool effects and tweet it with the… Continue Reading
The Need for a New Approach: Creative Activism
In my last post I shared some history about the disability movement, questioned why disabled people are still marginalised in 2012, and explored language as a possible bridging tool in the search for equality. In general I see myself as an individual who happens to have a disability. I set myself personal goals, define the… Continue Reading
The Need for a New Approach
Disability is a social problem – fact! The real question is ‘how do we solve this’? It’s quite a big and complex puzzle, created after many years of historical goings on. So, we have to first ask why have disabled people been isolated, marginalised and oppressed for so long? Why do we have buildings and… Continue Reading