Normalising disability one real life story at a time
As a deafblind woman who is articulate and has worked in the healthcare sector, interaction with government agencies is still necessary and can be extremely challenging. In my experience, our system is flawed. One of the fundamental issues lies in the negative and deficit perception of disability often fostered within our society and institutionally in... Continue Reading →
For those of you who are new to my blog, I am a nurse and academic who happens to have a vision impairment. In the last year or so my night vision has decreased and susceptibility to glare has increased. To learn more about my vision, please see my previous blog entries. I have recently... Continue Reading →
Two things are on my mind today, the first relates to immersion in my PhD topic and the second relates to getting around in the dark. I have been so focused recently on completing my PhD that I hadn’t stopped to think about the broader context. When I first started my PhD journey in 2016... Continue Reading →
Tonight I had a phone call at about 1630 hrs asking for assistance with teaching first aid for a group of young people at 1830. If there was no one to help the night would be cancelled for around 80 young people. I agreed and took on a group of around 20 young people aged... Continue Reading →