When Disability Becomes Content: Who Gets to Tell the Truth?
I am not a disability creator.
I am a writer who happens to be disabled, lives with chronic illness and pain, and uses a wheelchair.
That distinction...
The Public Loves Resilience Because It Costs Them Nothing
Posted on July 21st, 2026
Resilience is one of those words people like to use about disabled people.
They say it with admiration.
They say it with warmth.
They say it as though it is always a compliment.
But I have become wary of the word.
Not because...
Masculinity in a Wheelchair
Posted on July 3rd, 2026
We are taught that a man's strength is measured by the space he commands and the weight he can lift. But what happens when the body stops cooperating?
There is a particular kind of silence that follows disability...
Why Disability Pride Month Isn't for Me
Posted on July 1, 2026
July marks Disability Pride Month. For many disabled people, it is a time to celebrate identity, community and acceptance. I genuinely respect that. Everyone has the right to decide what disability means to them.
Personally, however, it is not something I identify with...
Finding Freedom Again: My First Week with the Scoozy S800
Posted on June 24, 2026
11th June 2026 is a date I suspect I will remember for a very long time.
It was the day my new Scoozy S800 arrived.
Now, …
The Myth of "Inspiration"
Posted on June 19th, 2026
If you spend enough time as a disabled person, you begin to notice a pattern.
People rarely see you as simply another human being.
Instead, they tend to place you into one of two categories.
You are either a tragedy to be pitied or an inspiration to be...
Missing Memories and My New Set of Wheels
Posted on May 15th, 2026
They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Personally, I think whoever coined that phrase never had to navigate a shag-pile carpet in a wheelchair while trying to remember whether they actually liked olives, or if that was just a pre-aneurysm personality trait …
A World Not Designed For Us
Posted on March 5th, 2026
There is a window in my room. On the days when my body refuses everything else, when getting up is impossible and the world …
To the Doctors Who Titled Me "Too Complex"
Posted on February 7, 2026
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that does not come from illness alone, but from being sent in a circle.
Not …
Welfare Reform and the Language of Suspicion
Posted on February 13, 2026
How rhetoric shapes public perception of disability and benefits
Welfare reform in the United Kingdom is routinely …
When the Clinical Road Ends
Posted on January 15, 2026
There are moments in life that do not announce themselves as turning points until long after they have passed. Others …
Fightback 2026
Posted on January 8, 2026
The New Year is quietly under way. It is Saturday 3 January 2026, and as I write this, snow is falling steadily outside my …