Living with disabilities
Living with disabilities is an adventure. There are so many things in life that give us the opportunity to think about how different people with different needs approach their adventure. Let it be a bus journey, a long weekend in the woods, or a sailing trip across the Atlantic, I like to speculate on one or another journey of my life.
Complete list of posts
The following list is a growing collection of posts in the "Living with disabilities" category.
1. Leadership in self-advocacy - How I won an award
Recently I’ve got an award for leadership in self-advocacy. It was an honour to get this award and be a part of an amazing celebration.
Continue reading leadership in self-advocacy - how i won an award2. Climbing walls and barriers
Recently I Tweeted about my VICTA Driving Break trip to Thetford (England) saying something along the lines of “Difficult to sum up this fantastic weekend in 280 characters…”. It was one of those weekends you just have to experience, enjoy and appreciate without any sentimental overkill. But while jotting down a note to preserve a written format of the incredible memories, I thought I might as well provide some food for thought with regards to topics like fear, obstacle, disability, and a dozen other human virtues that were concentrated into a high density in a few days at the {Thorpe Woodlands adventure Centre](www.thorpewoodlands.co.uk/) – the place I once referred to as “the middle of nowhere, and edge of rational thinking”.
Continue reading climbing walls and barriers3. Travel on the 25 express
To North-South Road? - calls the driver the usual question on the 25X bus from home to work. You see, one upside of taking the same bus the same time on daily bases, and the advantage of being 155 cm tall, blind, with a beret and a funny accent, is that one stands out somewhat from the crowds on a cloudy Monday morning.
Continue reading travel on the 25 express4. Coins of vision impairment
On my way to Sensing Culture, an event held at the Lewes Castle, aiming to make museum and heritage visits more inclusive and multi-sensory in experience, I was thinking the following.
Continue reading coins of vision impairment5. Talking at TEDx Margate
Having survived the excitement of presenting at the British Science Festival, as well as jumping on the wrong train to Manchester (instead of Birmingham), where me and Prof Kathy Romer were attending the INTERACT symposium; now here I am writing about my experience of giving a TED talk.
Continue reading talking at tedx margate6. Living with disabilities - An introduction to this category
Welcome to the first post of the “Living with disabilities” category. Here, I am going to add posts on thoughts and stories, which might not have occurred to me, or happened to me, if I was not living with a disability.
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