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Public speaking, relaunched mag and a new book

Public speaking, relaunched mag and a new book

I have almost finished my e-book! It is going through proofing and then I can get it out to you. If you don’t remember it is on a theory I have conceived about being disabled, having life goals and then the resources to reach them. It is called the Diamond Theory… Also Srin, our volunteer [...]

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A bumpy road to a big vision

A bumpy road to a big vision

Hey guys, another great Monday morning for me! Hope you all had a good weekend and are feeling ok on this sunny Monday. This is a rather different catch up blog. I can tell you last week really took it out of me, but the first disability webinar was a definite success. I had a [...]

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Developing a new disability theory

Developing a new disability theory

Hey guys, I am overloading my subscribers inbox this week, but there is so much going on. For those arriving here from twitter, do take a look at my recent posts, it is all go! This little blog is to highlight my first disability webinar tomorrow and give you all a little taster of what [...]

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Official launch of Disability Webinars – inspire. inform. change

Official launch of Disability Webinars – inspire. inform. change

Did you guys read my last post about my first month into self employment? I hope it inspired and engaged you on the risks but also pleasure I am taking in my projects. To work full-time on my passion and purpose: “to change the world for disabled people; by inspiring and informing through new media”, [...]

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One month on – What I have learnt so far

One month on – What I have learnt so far

It is one month to do the day that I saw Arcade Fire at Hyde Park and had left the offices of Scope as an employee for the last time. You may remember my reasons for going self employed were career, leisure and health related. This post will update you on how things are fairing [...]

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Silent House Party – Sunnier Days (disability music video)

My step brother Jamie Farrington is a very talented lyricist and singer. His band ‘Silent House Party’ from Cambridgeshire, including Jack Randall who I know well also, agreed to write a song with me on disability. The outcome is below and their site is http://www.myspace.com/silenthouseparty The name I gave my company was ‘Sunnier Days’ because everyone [...]

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Disability: Identity and Political Change

Disability: Identity and Political Change

Welcome to my 200th post and its a big one! Did you all manage to read my guest blog post a couple of days ago? HossyLass was able to articulate a perspective of disability I am unable to. Not because of a moral or principal disagreement, but because our impairments (the correct word to use [...]

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Personally, Politically and Possibility

Personally, Politically and Possibility

You know it gets tougher to write new, innovative, non-repetitive and funky blogs. I guess when you have a routine of work, and (unfortunately) cannot travel every week, this is unavoidable. On the flip side, with random events, news articles and the variety we have in the world; the task is not impossible either. So [...]

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