Three days ago, Britain voted to leave the European Union. Our news media are full of blaming, horror or delight depending on who you listen to.

What's Brexit (the British Exit) going to mean for us, who are disabled in Britain or anywhere else? And to our carers, workmates, families and friends? I don't yet know. Please tell friendly_crips if you want to.

Have you watched The Theory of Everything yet? It took me a while to watch this biopic about the great physicist Stephen Hawking because he's a role model for me. ( Cut for spoilers )

Those of us who've been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), and who live in the UK, are asked to contribute to the MS Society's campaign in favour of our disability benefits. Here's the survey.

Please note that you don't have to be a member of the MS Soc to fill in this survey. Here's the email I got today. ( Read more... )

Here in Britain, assisted dying is on people's minds. ( Read more... )

Most of the autistic people I know seem comfortable with terms like 'the spectrum' and 'high/low functioning' so I hesitate to give a different opinion. But I'm not comfortable with those terms. ( Cut for mention of self-harming )

i am sick ( Read more... )

I don't recall if she's a member here or not, but this is worth sharing regardless:

http://www.chronicchronicles.co.uk/blog/2014/03/18/five-skills/

Bijan Ebrahimi was an innocent, peaceful man. He was also a disabled man. Neighbours murdered him after false accusations of paedophilia. Here's an article about this crime and others like itThat news report is by Katherine Quarmby. She contibuted to this Equality and Human Rights Commission report (published 2011) about crime against disabled ( Read more... )

There was a storm here in Britain recently, leaving many homes without power. I wasn't affected this time but it led me to follow up a rumour that disabled people can register for priority reconnection. It's not clear to me what this could mean in practice - if a power line's down, it's down until mended - but perhaps individual households get ( Read more... )

I like this blog post about academia and illness.