Following on from the interview we did recently with Paraclimbing World Champion Fran Brown, and then David Niemeijer, Founder and CEO of AssistiveWare, we have a special one today…. Tuppy Owens is a qualified sex therapist and the founder of Outsiders, which supports disabled people to find partners. She also runs the Sex and Disability […]
Category: Disability
Masuma Rahim: you cannot run an inflexible Learning Disability service.
Today’s guest post is from Masuma Rahim, on her clinical placement in learning disability. I invited Masuma’s post for a few reasons – not just because she writes very well but also because she has some very interesting things to say about how the beutacratic scaffording of the public sector holds, or not, communities together. […]
Perceptions’ Power to Influence Self-Image
Terminology found in mainstream news stories about disabilities encompasses the tone behind generally accepted disability perceptions. Words like “sufferer” and “victim” indicate negativity. To those in the disability community who don’t know better, such language can lead to “poor me” mentalities. Personally I used to maintain said attitude. Hi! I’m Zachary Fenell, an author and […]
Interview:AssistiveWare CEO David Niemeijer, where AAC is and where it’s going.
Following on from the interview we did recently with Paraclimbing World Champion Fran Brown, which was very well received, we interview David Niemeijer, who is the Founder and CEO of AssistiveWare, makers of the famous Proloquo2Go. AssistiveWare were very much at the vanguard of the tablet revolution in AAC that I keep banging on about, and they […]
A Square Peg, A Round Hole & Sandpaper
I should introduce myself first, give you a bit of background on why I think I should be able to talk to you with any sense of authority or kudos. You see, I’m not highly qualified in disability, I’ve not done a degree in disability studies, read all there is to read about disability rights […]
Let’s acknowledge siblings of disabled children
Today’s guest post is on a issue that is very dear to me and to a lot of people I care about. Everyone should pay attention. I’ve touched on the overwhelming dominance of (well-written, touching, and insightful) disability blogs written from the point of view of a parent, and it’s really nice to find a […]
Guest Post: Andrew Crooks on National Children and Adults Services Conference 2013
Note from Joe: We had such a positive response to our earlier guest post on metal health, that I’m going to try and arrange a few more guest posts on a regular basis. If you are interested then please let me know, particularly if you have a different opinion to something I’ve written – I […]
An interview with Paraclimbing Champion Fran Brown
Today we have our first interview! Fran Brown became a Paraclimbing World Champion in Paris in September 2012, and is we catch her just after winning gold at the Paraclimbing Bouldering International Open 2013, in Laval in France. Fran climbs in the NPD B class classification and you can find out much more about her at either http://www.franbrown.org.uk/ or […]
Guest Post: Risk in mental health by Pickle
Note from Joe: over the last few months I’ve been more and more aware that I know very little about the interaction between mental disability and mental health. (I’ve also been deeply astonished by people in both camps very much ‘washing their hands’ of the other. I’m pressuming I can’t be the only one embassed […]