Welcome to the first in a series of three blog posts – just in time for summer time travelling - called ‘Planes, trains and automobiles’. First up, planes … I have travelled by plane many times, both internationally and domestically. While I realise...

Recently, I’ve read a lot of articles, blogs and the like, highlighting what is often referred to as ‘CP successes’. That is to say, people who have achieved some level of success, personally or professionally, while living with cerebral palsy. The...

Yesterday I did something radical. I took a day of leave just to go shopping and spend time with a friend. I’ve never done that before. It was awesome and I totally recommend it. My brain took a nice deep breath, but my eyes were still on alert and I...

How do you take what should be a happy time and make it ‘suck’ a little? Take that happiness and have it overshadowed by the need to prove a point. Every human knows the feeling of needing to prove the naysayers wrong. Every person with a disability...

It’s a really hard topic to write about. If you have a physical disability, chances are that you’ve needed help (the unpaid kind) from a friend or family member at some point in you life. Have you ever had those instances of help thrown back at you in...