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
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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
New Goals and New Experiences
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls… Continue Reading
Facilitating a workshop on digital inclusion
“Today the Big Society Network (http://thebigsociety.co.uk/) and the Network of National Volunteer-Involving Agencies (NNVIA – http://www.csv.org.uk/about-us/strategic-partnerships/nnvia) brought together inspiring social entrepreneurs , known as Nexters, to showcase innovative ways of using social media to strengthen communities, particularly excluded or isolated groups. The Nexters, who are part of the Big Society Network, are charged with developing new ways to enable… Continue Reading
The Hardest Hit
Evening everyone. I hope you have all been to, shown support for, or at least been aware of the hardest hit marches today? If you are on twitter checkout the #hardesthit hashtag and get up to speed on the days events here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15399724. I had an unfortunate turn of events after returning from my great trip… Continue Reading
You sent me to… Edinburgh!
Greetings blog readers! For those viewing this soon after I had written this post, it is Monday 17th October, and for my lovely subscribers receiving this via email it is Tuesday 18th October. However you came to read this I hope you are all well. As you will have no doubt seen or heard, its… Continue Reading