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United we Stand, Divided we fall – Part 1.
Anyone who has read any of my blog before will have worked out that I do rather a lot of thinking and analysing of how our actions and behaviour etc. can impact on others. I also worry rather a lot … Continue reading
Posted in campaigning, disability, Uncategorized
Tagged access, accessible transport, asd, aspergers, aspergers syndrome, autism, blindness, buggies, campaigns, disability, disability campaigns, disability equality, disability politics, disability rights, inclusion, independence, parents, prams, public transport, push chairs, rights, social model of disability, transport, unite, visual impairment
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The Campaign for Accessible Transport
This week has been so mad, there is so much going on here. So many issues and so many things to talk about. I don’t really know where to start and I haven’t got a lot of time to write … Continue reading
Posted in campaigning, disability
Tagged accessible transport, buses, campaigning, campaigns, channel 4 news, disability, disability campaigns, disability equality, disability politics, disability rights, discrimination, inclusion, independence, london transport, nogobritain, protest, public transport, right to ride, rights, social model, social model of disability, transport
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High Functioning Autism vs Aspergers: The emotions of labels.
I have talked in previous posts about the journey to diagnosis with B. We had the meeting with the assessment team in the week of his 7th birthday. My Mum came with me to hear the outcome. I was really … Continue reading
Asperger’s and Visual Imapirment
In my previous post I mentioned that I grew up in a family of visually impaired people and my husband and I both went to special schools for visually impaired children. For us being visually impaired is ‘normal’. As my … Continue reading
Introducing Violet
A short post to introduce Violet. Violet has some stories to tell, experiences to share and may sometimes want to air her views about issues. Violet has been visually impaired all her life and has grown up in a family … Continue reading
Inclusion or Not – That is the Question!
This is going to be a bit of philosophising post. Less about our family and more about my feelings and debates about decisions. As a disabled person my values and beliefs are very much based on ‘the social model’ of … Continue reading
