Aloneness …
Aloneness: the acute awareness of being alone and different from those about us. This is not about loneliness and isolation for which there is remedy but…
Walk In My Shoes, Or Not …
Reading one disability campaigner’s blog yesterday, The Big Benefits Row by Sue Marsh, I was, amidst the tale of her truly woeful treatment from our national…
Coronation Street Suicide
I read two thought provoking articles over the weekend discussing some of the issues raised by the current assisted suicide storyline in TV soap drama, Coronation…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Wishing all my readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I am signing off for the holiday season and leaving you with the…
Assisted Dying and Right To Die Legislation
With comments from yet another Lords debate making me think about it, I took a quick look back at previous pieces that I’ve written on the…
Rich Versus Poor Disability Campaigning
I have been offline for a few days – flattened with a cold. So ridiculous. Something which pre-illness I would’ve shrugged off now confines me to…
FGM: Daughters Of Eve
FGM: Female Genital Mutilation is not a topic directly relevant to my blog but it is directly relevant to my life and that of all women,…
Spread The Word: A Heartfelt Message
Great piece in the Daily Mail yesterday by Amanda Cable: The Boden girl, my sons and a heartfelt message to a world that wrote them off ……
Stiletto Wheels 