Occupational Therapist, Disabled Activist, Author, PhD Candidate
We all know how much I love an online community, but what is there value?
A few months ago I wrote a piece about Analysing Occupational Therapy Practice With a โDisabled Persons' Eye which was quite a raw reflective piece but this only scratched the surface. Therefore, I wanted to make a series out of this about challenging practice. It was also originally Margaretโs idea to do a part 2โฆ Continue reading Using Online Communities to Collectively Analyse Disability Language in Practice
Imagine you are, on holiday about to embark on a well-deserved week off, but then you realise youโve forgotten to pack them all-important care consumables. What do you do when you are 5 hours away from home? Skiggle was inspired by Willโs story and is run by Helen (Willโs full-time carer) and Christine (Willโs mumโฆ Continue reading How Charities Use Online Communities to Bring People Together in Desperate Times | Promotion for Skiggle
Although Iโve been disabled all my life, Iโm still learning about disability every day and the older I get the more questions I have. In my previous post, I spoke about how ableism affects me and how it challenges me to question whether Iโve accepted my disability. So, I took to Twitter to find outโฆ Continue reading Is It Useful to Think About โModelsโ When Accepting a Disability?
