So we’re in Italy 🙂 The European Commission funded part of this summers trip begins on Friday. Here are the places and activities we’ll be testing the accessibility of! Martyn Tweets @martynsibley World Changer @ www.martynsibley.com LinkedIn Profile @ www.linkedin.com Co Founder @ www.disabilityhorizons.com Healthy Goodness @ www.todaherbal.co.uk

Being a social model advocate I’ve spent a lot of time enjoying my own differences (like having SMA) and educating society to remove those disabling barriers. On the topic of empowering technologies I do use a hoist, electric bed and wheelchair as enabling devices. Otherwise I’m very dependent on people. More recently I have been… Continue Reading

My more epic roadtrips to Lithuania and going from John o Groats to Lands End were a while ago now. After a few weeks of battling bad health and fighting for disability services, it’s time to embark on a new challenge. This week I sailed from Plymouth to Santander for an Accessible Tourism conference in… Continue Reading

Great news! I’ve been nominated for the Positive Role Model category at the 2015 National Diversity Awards! See the official press release below… and please vote for me! 🙂 The 2015 National Diversity Awards ceremony celebrates some of the excellent and inspiring achievements of positive role models and community organisations from across the UK. The… Continue Reading

There’s a well told story in our family about the time my mum hit me around the head with a loaf of bread. Not the type of thing you’d expect to read, especially following this title! There’s another story where she poured a cup of water over me in bed. But before you call Social… Continue Reading

Since I’ve been getting some winter sun in Fuerteventura the past fortnight, I’ve chewed my way through 3 books. I can sometimes go months without reading, and then suddenly a thirst for knowledge (alongside the right environment, such as a holiday) kicks in. Then boom, off I go! I’ve read about financial sustainability, technological innovation,… Continue Reading

Last week I played the lottery. Not the one where you pay a quid and maybe win millions. It’s the one where you go on holiday with a disability. A colleague of mine, Ivor Ambrose from the European Network for Accessible Tourism, quoted the expert accessible traveller Scott Rains as saying “all accessible travel is… Continue Reading

The end of 2014 was tricky, and it appears that ‘firefighting’ problems can be the ultimate creativity killer! Then Christmas seemed to just come and go again, and it’s now time to welcome in another New Year. Despite having another winters cough I’m ready, with your assistance, for some big new challenges in 2015. Whilst… Continue Reading