It’s here! The first post of my new Purple Power newsletter. Thanks for continuing this inclusion journey with me. In some ways you can expect similar things in these posts to when I first started blogging in 2009. Education on barriers that disabled people. Solutions from across the world. Why disability inclusion is good for… Continue Reading
Launching Purple Power
NOTE: if you subscribe to my email list, please resubscribe HERE immediately (I’m deleting my current list today for the launch of the Purple Power newsletter!) Today is a very exciting day. I’m launching Purple Power. My new disability inclusion newsletter. As many of you know, I’ve been very busy and head down building Purple… Continue Reading
Relaxation and Inclusion
I’ve been on #holidaymode this weekend. Should I be working by writing this post on bank holiday Monday? For me, writing about disability inclusion isn’t really work. It’s more of a passion. Not always an easy one, but a necessary one. I did take Saturday and Sunday to do two non work things though. Firstly… Continue Reading
Remote Work
Remote working is still a hot topic. For disabled people, it’s been touted as a big leap forward. Many businesses are still grappling with the pros and cons of this new era. This can create many frustrations and fears for employers and employees. Indeed, for disabled and non-disabled employees too. We have to pause and… Continue Reading
Poland – the big trip
I’ve been wanting to write more articles for a while. With some health challenges earlier in the year, and building the world’s biggest disability marketing agency, it’s been tricky finding time. However I’m currently in Poland and found some time to share how the trip went. With a plan to write about other topics after… Continue Reading
Purple Party
Yesterday at Purple Goat we celebrated our second birthday in person. And when I say celebrated, it was the biggest celebration of disabled talent you’ll ever see! At an accessible venue in London for 150 people (believe me such venues are not so abundant), many of the top disabled influencers joined some of our clients,… Continue Reading
Sexclusion
Who remembers the 1990’s Bloodhound Gang song that went “you and me baby ain’t nothing but mammals, so let’s do it like they do on the discovery channel”? Not your normal opening line in an article, admittedly. But it illustrates how we all understand that sex, and relationships, are simply in our nature. On a… Continue Reading
7 things I learned from the tough times
I’ve had a very testing 6 weeks. In fact I’ve had a pretty tough 6 months. I learned from you in my recent poll that shared experiences are helpful. I think we all take away something for ourselves when connecting with what others go through. So here’s my news and what I’ve learned through quite… Continue Reading