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!
One of the hardest things I found about getting sick was the feeling that I had completely lost my identity: who I was, and what made me me. In the first years of being sick I found this really difficult. Turns out, chronic illness identity, the future and dreams, are all big and complex topics… More Chronic illness identity, dreams and the future!
Dear ME, Its been more or less eight years that I’ve spent with you and honestly I still don’t know how I feel about you. At all. I want to say you’ve taken my life away, made me live a half life, and doomed me to rot away in bed. But that’s really only partially… More Dear ME: a letter to my chronic illness
At some point last year I wrote that I wanted to read more books with disabled or chronically ill characters in them, and I posted a preliminary post with five different books. Since then, I have read several more and thought it was about time I shared them with you. So here are four disabled… More 4 chronically ill & disabled books you should read
Many people do not have very much experience interacting with or being friends with wheelchair users and so might not know some of the basic rules of what I am going to call wheelchair etiquette. Whilst a lot of this is common sense, it still seems to need to be said, as I have experienced… More Seven rules of wheelchair etiquette
About three weeks ago my good friend, and fellow disabled person, Alicia Shearsby, contacted me and asked if I wanted to be involved in a project with her. As a sensible person, who knows when they have too much going on, I obviously said yes despite being very busy. For the next week we both… More Branwen and the Hare Moon
Care giving relationships (particularly unpaid) when caring for disabled people can be difficult to manage for both people in the relationship. For the disabled care receiver it requires a trust and a vulnerability to allow yourself to receive care, and for the care giver it can feel as if you have too much responsibility. Having… More Care giving relationships can be tricky
After years of knowing that a wheelchair would be helpful but being too scared to use one, exactly one year ago I bought my first manual wheelchair. So, on my wheelchair anniversary this year, I want to challenge one of the most common things that people are told when they start thinking about mobility aids,… More Using a mobility aid is not giving up
“Yoga might cure you?” “You should try a vegan diet” “Have you tried meditating when you have a panic attack?” When you are chronically ill or disabled, people often try and give you helpful advice or tips on how to get better or how to deal with certain symptoms. A lot of this advice is… More Unsolicited advice can be hurtful
Video version at the bottom of the page – coming soon! Last night I was too sick to get out of bed. I had managed to put some pasta on to boil but had then gone straight back to bed. My housemate, rescuing the pasta from being overcooked, came into my room and offered to… More Asking for help is hard: chronic illness edition