Social skills are a cornerstone of a civilised society and includes politeness, manners, respect, common decency and everything we are prepa...

Today I woke up and realised it was exactly ten years since I discovered Secondlife, which has played a significant role in my life personal...

Employing personal assistants to meet social care needs can feel like a complex process and so I am delighted to be able to launch my latest...

I used to equate independent living for people with impairments as the end of Black slavery in terms of liberation politics, but the sad rea...

While I vaguely remember having to wear a swimming hat at Primary School, I did not start wearing a swimming hat until I was 18 when I start...

Stress can kill, in terms of causing suicides and the onset of other conditions, and it would be foolish to say otherwise. Stress has and wi...

We currently live in an environment of label based entitlements. By this I mean many people with impairments feel their labels mean they des...

I read with dismay and frustration the Charity Sector's response to the government's proposal that monies given to Charities by gove...

I think most readers will have heard of and understand the Autism Spectrum, an understand that this 'condition' can vary its severit...

Independent Living has been hailed has one of the greatest achievements of the Disabled People's movement, but has it failed to deliver ...

I have just come back from a nice if not cold break from Budapest, staying with a very close friend I had not seen for a few years. One nigh...

I dislike the term 'carer' for a number of reasons as well as the whole carer rhetoric, although I am quite aware that this is an se...

The Work Capacity Assessment (WCA) for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) has been controversial to many people, and there has been plen...

The Work Capacity Assessment (WCA) for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) has been controversial to many people, and there has been plen...

When I was a child, having an impairment was a very big thing and people did not admit they were disabled unless they really had to, because...

The terms used to describe dysabled people have radically changed over the last 200 years as many terms are corrupted, with many terms endin...

The terms used to describe dysabled people have radically changed over the last 200 years as many terms are corrupted, with many terms endin...

As people celebrate 20 years since the Disability Discrimination Act was enacted, it is worth briefly reminding ourselves that it was not th...

As people celebrate 20 years since the Disability Discrimination Act was enacted, it is worth briefly reminding ourselves that it was not th...

I know if many circles I have a reputation. Some will say it is a bad one, some will say it is a good one, but most will agree I have a uniq...

As it is now generally known, the United Nations are investigating the UK for violations of the 'rights' of dysabled people. This is...

I have been involved in User Involvement in one way or another for the last 20 years and it is important to say I am not against the princip...

A few weeks ago I had a twitter exchange with the Socialist Health Association, where they appeared to challenge my expertise as a dysa...

Last week David Cameron made a great point when he said that Britain was not Twitter. His point was that while Twitter is dominated by left...

I think to start this piece, I believe it is important for me to clarify that I have nothing against people who have learning difficultie...

It is interesting that the day I write this article, I have read a number of other articles that also questions whether the term ‘disabilit...

It is generally assumed that the way to improve the inclusion of sick and disabled people is to focus on providing them access to rights. Ho...

Over the weekend a friend and fellow activist opposing assisted dying, Liz Carr, emailed me with a link to another Huff post  by former UKIP...