The transition of moving away from your family home to study in a new town or city can be extremely daunting for any young adult. This can be one-hundred times scarier when you have a disability which makes everyday tasks, or getting around independently, more challenging. Being visually impaired, I wasn’t sure how I would …
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Many of us go through periods of experiencing imposter syndrome at some points in our life. We have these moments of doubt in ourselves, and compare our abilities or achievements against others. However, have you ever heard the phrase imposter syndrome be used in the context of “not feeling disabled enough”? Comparing the severity of …
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Have you come across phrases like ‘person of determination’ and ‘differently-abled’ circulating on the internet in recent years? Well, in 2022, a petition was submitted to the UK Parliament proposing the removal of so-called ‘limiting terms’ such as ‘disabled’ and ‘disability,’ based on the belief that replacing them with terms like ‘person of determination’ would …
Everybody deserves to have the opportunity to be able to travel independently, be that for work or leisure. However, for many people living with a disability, traveling is something of a luxury as it can come with barriers. Those who are registered as blind or partially sighted generally cannot drive. Therefore, often when I tell …
For those who are unaware, I was born missing bone from the right side of my jaw and my right ear is smaller and underdeveloped as a result of a rare condition causing one side of the face to not develop like the other side. While I have had reconstructive surgeries to “correct” my appearance, …
How We See Facial Differences (Badly) Portrayed In Films. Read More »
There is a saying that “a picture is worth 1000 words.” Although, in many senses, this is not true. A photo cannot tell someone’s story at all. You cannot tell from a photo of me, that I was born missing part of my jaw and now have lots of metal in my jaw and chin, …
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The whole of February is Low Vision Awareness month and because of this, I thought I would dedicate a blog post explaining what actually constitutes as being “low vision” as well as the different types of sight loss people can experience. Low vision refers to any eye condition that causes reduced vision which can not …
I never expected that just a few weeks into the new year, such an exciting work experience opportunity would come my way. Between Christmas and New Year, one of my university lecturers emailed me to ask if I’d be interested in attending a BBC broadcast filming. The event was organized by a former university colleague …
Over the last couple of years of me trying to get a part time job in between education, I have had the joys of experiencing the added challenges of getting a job as someone who has a vision and hearing impairment. I spent most of last summer trying to find a part time job as …
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Quite often, whenever someone with a disability shares something about their impairment, what they have been through and a little bit of the daily challenges they encounter, they can expect to receive a comment something along the lines of “you are such an inspiration, I could never go through what you do and still be …
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