As you may or may not know by now, I am a huge fan of period pants. When I first discovered the existence of period pants, after being recommended them by a friend, I took to them straight away… and they have genuinely changed my experience of having a period. So, unsurprisingly, I was overjoyed… More Accessible period pants for the win!
Accessibility. This is something that I mention in so many of my blog posts because, as a disabled person, it is one of the things that has a huge impact on my life – but I have never dedicated a blog post to writing about it! So, today that changes! What does accessibility mean? When… More Why being accessible matters, and 6 accessibility tips!
“She is fighting cancer”! “Such a little warrior!” “She is battling illness”. These sorts of phrases are very common when talking about illness and disability. People often fall back on the metaphor of fighting and battle, or the disability war metaphor. Yet this is something about which the chronic illness community has very mixed opinions:… More Am I an ME warrior? The disability war metaphor
Today’s post is a guest post from blogger Pippa Stacey. She has written an incredibly useful guide to university for chronically ill people – something I wish I had read whilst I was studying. Unfortunately due to Corona a lot of Pippa’s book launch had to be cancelled. So lets try and make this book… More Pursuing Education, University and Employment with a Chronic Illness