Blog tagged as Disability

A crash course in the social model of disability

They say that neurodivergent people wear a mask. I would call it armour and mine was made from my fierce independence. In May 2021 I received my ADHD diagnosis and slowly began to lose my armour. I began to accept that I had challenges that other people didn't have and that I needed some suppor...

14/06/2023 15:44 - Comment(s)
Learning through crisis

‌Before I set off for France at the age of 16, volunteers from the organisation that had arranged the experience used the term "learning through crisis" to help us to put culture shock in perspective.  Never has that phrase been more relevant to me than in trying to access support fol...

14/06/2023 12:48 - Comment(s)
Is ADHD a disability?

It's come to my attention that certain public bodies are in need of a refresher on the Equality Act.  

I believe that the benefit of considering atypical brains in communications and processes far outweighs the investment. ADHD brains deserve more than home-made workarounds. Let’s work on t...

07/10/2022 13:21 - Comment(s)