Here is an article about Chronic illness and the academic career. The link has already been shown on disabledstudent.

This is an edited version of something I wrote for my personal blog ( Read more... )

Here's the kind of laughter that I find we crips just have to take on the chin. A neighbour came to our door. Phe said 'Hi, how are you?' and I replied 'I'm very well thank you,' smiling and making the rather awkward move to sit on our doorstep. The neighbour laughed at the irony and yes, I know that it's ironic. But what else could I have said? 'I ( Read more... )

One of themost Annoying things about most Disabilities is that they grow as time passes. Things that you could do(even easily) a yr or two before now flatten you. Case in point are my two new beds in the garden. That is, I'm putting them in. Even last yr I could have managed one a day. Now, on the 3rd, I'm still not done with the 2nd. At least it's ( Read more... )

Our discussion about the Writer's Block question mentioning memory loss led to a remark by happypurinsu that she saw that question as 'somewhat poetic'. A similar view seems to apply to the Motown song whose lyric I linked to yesterday. And also, perhaps, to the lyrics of this Cat Stevens song. I'm revealing some of my taste in music on this comm, aren't I?! ( Read more... )

Andrew Colgan, the man with multiple sclerosis featured in Terry Pratchett's documentary 'Choosing to Die', continues to be discussed. A few weeks ago this was published online.

Finally. In tonight's Emmerdale episode ( cut for spoiler )

On Monday 13th June BBC2 will show this. Some of the links from that page on the BBC website look interesting, too.

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This week Cat has released a new story about how disability changes lives. You can read it here. It's an entry in the current LJ Idol so, if you like it, you can vote for it here.