I have Cerebral Palsy – talk to me!
Airport assistance staff lacking in disability awareness
Mentoring SEND pupils to raise aspirations
I’m using my personal experience of Cerebral Palsy to mentor SEND pupils.
Brilliant start to Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month started well with my first Disability Awareness Assembly.
Cerebral Palsy: An open letter to young people
An encouraging letter to young people with Cerebral Palsy
Diary of a Disabled Mum: Travels & Tantrums
There are extra challenges attached to being a disabled parent and there is very little specialist information and support out there for those in my position. I hope by sharing my stories, other disabled parents might not feel alone.
Free School Assemblies
This year I’ve decided to offer four schools a free Disability Awareness Assembly during March
Wheelchair Services are still failing disabled people
Thirteen years ago, I was working full-time for a small charity in Reading and relying on an electric wheelchair provided by the NHS Wheelchair Services. I remember the day I got the chair – it was one they just had in the department and wasn’t customised to me even though I regularly suffered with back […]
#QuestionMarkWhereYouPark Update
As part of my #QuestionMarkWhereYouPark Campaign, I recently wrote to my MP, Nicola Richards, to ask her to support the campaign and consider raising it in Parliament. Though it took her a little while to respond, Nicola seemed sympathetic and supportive of the issues I had raised. Nicola made me aware of the Traffic Regulation […]
Diary of a Disabled Mum: Experience builds Confidence (slowly)
When my eldest was a baby, I only took him out alone if I was going to visit my parents or close friends, who could offer support if I needed it. I took Jack to a local playgroup but only if my friend was going too. Although there’s very little I’ve been unable to do […]
New Campaign to make obstructing pavements illegal – #QuestionMarkWhereYouPark
Last week, as I took my sons on the school run, I was almost toppled out of my wheelchair as I attempted to pass a car parked inconsiderately on the pavement. There was a grass embankment on the other side of me and the chair got stuck on that and almost toppled over. It was […]