Three and a bit years ago I was lucky enough, or maybe destined, to meet AJ and Melissa Leon of Misfit-Inc. They spoke about social media at the Institute of Fundraising convention. I was working my way up in fundraising at Scope and finding my way generally post uni. Their strategy was simple and yet… Continue Reading
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Launching dConference 2012
As you well know, I’ve been working hard on the Epic European Disability Roadtrip, which saw me travel through Europe for three weeks, experiencing how disability is viewed by other cultures and talking to disability groups, all to raise awareness of disability issues faced in other countries. However, this isn’t my only project I’ve been… Continue Reading
John Lennon: Imagine (the disability version)
Whilst on my Epic European trip I saw a lot of things that ‘disabled’ myself and many other people living in 2012. I also listened to a lot of music, considered theoretically simple solutions and wrote some poetry. The solutions will be proposed in my imminent report and the poetry remains personal; however I have… 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
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
Sharing the DH Love
This is a message sent out today to 3500 people. Please use any of the below and help share the love 🙂 We are the duo of Martyn Sibley and Srin Madipalli: Wheelchair users, lads about town and editors of Disability Horizons. Both of us have poured our ideas, imagination, energy, commitment and love into… Continue Reading
Disruptive Times
This post is a mixture of latest news and latest reflections. In life there are times we plan, times we do, and times we evaluate. I have managed all 3 of these ten times over in the past weeks! Whoever you are, I hope after reading this you will be entertained, question how much is… Continue Reading