When I was in year 11 I was told to drop out of school. Nine years later I have two university degrees with a full time job. Part of being disabled at school means an assessor comes to check in on you every year to see that you have the systems in place to Read More…
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“I’m a transformer”: How to talk to children about disability
I find the way children respond to my disability is the most interesting part of being in a wheelchair. I’ve been permanently in a wheelchair for almost 10 years now, after 3 years of being partially able to walk. Even when I was a newly diagnosed grumpy teenager, I was always amused at the Read More…
Disaster and disability: what happens to us?
This week, the country’s attention has been glued to Wellington and Kaikoura as they deal with the aftermath of the earthquake. I often wonder what happens to people with disabilities when disaster strikes. What is the evacuation process? Where do we get our information? Because our needs are different. It’s not as if someone like Read More…
How to be a disabled friendly business
Last week I wrote about a negative experience I had in my job-hunting experience, where I was discriminated against because of my disability. If you’re an employer who would like to have a diverse workplace, or you would like to have a disabled friendly business, or you have a colleague that has a disability and Read More…
Disabled and job seeking – what is it like?
We all know how hard it is to find work these days, but what is it like for disabled jobseekers? I’ll tell you. I graduated from my post-graduate journalism degree at the end of 2015, and like most graduates I was told how hard it is to find work. You have to do a bunch Read More…