Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective
I don’t plan to watch the Terry Pratchett assisted suicide show that is on tonight, but I did watch the sequence of episodes in Emmerdale in which Jackson Walsh, who sustained a spinal-cord injury...
This is a trailer for Voices from the Shadows, a film about severe ME by Natalie Boulton, who edited the book Lost Voices (reviewed by me here), and her son Josh Biggs (her daughter,...
Panorama last night broadcast an hour-long exposé of a locked ward for adults with learning disabilities and autism (although I did not notice anyone who seemed to have autism) on which the carers seemed...
I know, ME Awareness week was a couple of weeks ago and work took too much out of me back then. However, the month ends in just under two hours (British time) and I...
This article is an open letter by Emily Collingridge (right), who is best known as the author of Severe ME/CFS: A Guide to Living, a guide for patients and those involved in caring for...
Little Leah’s cerebral palsy dilemma Pictures – CBS News I got tweeted this article by someone who writes a lot on disability issues, and it’s a photo-gallery feature (not mobile-friendly, although I managed to view...
I took a day off work today to attend the Hardest Hit demonstration by disabled people against cuts (some masquerading as “reforms”) to benefits for disabled people. The march itself was pretty short, running...
I've seriously injured a patient — head of nursing at University of Ottawa — because she insisted on the Graded Exercise Therapy programme. We put her in the physiotherapy hospital, which is a great...
This post is part of Blogging Against Disablism Day 2011. I was originally inspired to write this post when I saw Eamonn Holmes's bumbling performance while interviewing Kay Gilderdale, whose daughter Lynn committed suicide...
1st May this year is the sixth Blogging Against Disablism day, and thanks to Claire Wade for reminding me of it — I intend to take part this year myself. (I am composing it...
Yesterday I was having a discussion on Facebook with an anti-vaccinationist who referred me to various websites which outlined the various supposed conspiracies that have gone on to keep parents in the dark about...
Same Difference: review of One Last Goodbye by Kay Gilderdale I wrote a review of Kay Gilderdale’s memoir of living with and caring for her daughter Lynn (also Jessie), who suffered from ME very...
So, I made it to the demonstration yesterday, as I had arranged to meet Riven Vincent who wanted someone to walk with her. I got there late because I was delayed leaving home and...
Anti-cuts campaigners plan to turn Trafalgar Square into Tahrir Square | World news | guardian.co.uk I am planning to attend the march organised by the Trades Union Congress this coming Saturday (26th March), but...
BBC iPlayer – Dave Monk: Essex disability hate crime and Pebmarsh needs a donkey This was broadcast last Wednesday (so you will be able to listen to it until early next Wednesday). The focus...
BBC2 – 23 Week Babies: The Price of Life This was on last Wednesday on BBC2, and is available on iPlayer until next Wednesday. It examines whether it is worthwhile to resuscitate babies born...
Yesterday, I listened to a discussion on Radio 5 (the Victoria Derbyshire show) featuring Riven Vincent, the mother of a disabled daughter who challenged David Cameron on Mumsnet and then said she was planning...
Study finds therapy and exercise best for ME (from the Guardian, 18th February) On Thursday, the results of a trial of various supposed methods of treating what the authors insist on calling Chronic Fatigue...
It is vital these difficult decisions are heard in public | Deborah Orr | Comment is free | The Guardian Recently the UK Court of Protection has been hearing a case in which a...
BBC News – Big Society is my mission, says David Cameron David Cameron gave a speech today in which he claimed that, while reducing the budget deficit was his duty, his so-called Big Society...