Month: July 2020

  • The True Feeling Of The People We call “DISABLED!” Part III Of V

      FacebookTwitterPinterest Pete Langman, 50, Brighton. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Guardian I meet with Cobb, Grant, Langman and Gilding at Nottingham Trent University to talk about their experiences of keeping the diaries. There are regular flashes of humour (while discussing the shocked stares of strangers who don’t expect wheelchair users ever to stand, Cobb and Grant…

  • The True Feeling Of The People We call “DISABLED!” Part II Of V

      Still, I sometimes felt, very occasionally still feel like an outsider looking in. I [wrote] this book for people with disabilities because there is nothing else like it and [also people who are able and feel like outsiders.] I’m fed up with the lack of genuine practical advice around for people with disabilities or…

  • The True Feeling Of The People We call “DISABLED!” Part I Of V

    This a a blog about a group of people that some of us might disregard, or most of us actually might not come in contact with on purpose. They are not a new group to our society and they have been with us all of human existent. They have been deemed a permanent underclass from birth…

  • How To Recoup and Regroup After A Heart Breaking/Break-up. Part V Of V

      8. Or even worse, a social media rampage. Pathdoc/Shutterstock You might find you act in a fit of desperation after a breakup, especially if your ex is ignoring you. This can lead people to be frustrated and, frankly, a bit out of control. Rhodes said one male client she had went on a Twitter…