Tag: Accessibility
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Time for a change – 5 tips for hair
Hair has always been a battle for me, and just recently I decided to cut it short, back to how it used to be. Over the past couple years, I have been trying to challenge my Cerebral Palsy to see how long my hair can go. As many of you know, I have Cerebral Palsy,…
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How do you live in an accessible world?
Believing in things that aren’t physically there already can be challenging, and sometimes your goals feel virtually impossible. Living with a disability might mean at times your goals might be impossible. But, still, with putting equipment and little things in place your dream can become a reality. Here are four ways you can make your…
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What does it takes to be a young leader?
Growing up, I didn’t know much about disability, and how society sees disabled people. As some of you know, I got into writing and advocacy in 2017 when I built this website, but within saying that I still didn’t know what I was going on about until I graduated high school two years ago. Since…
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See more than my disability
Through the work that the I Weigh Community were doing in 2018; the incredible Nina Tame created her little spin on this work and called it “disabled and …”. This was for a little bit of fun, but also to break down the stigmas and barriers that is associated with disability. As many of you…
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Barriers
Barriers are all around us, and this is caused by people’s prospection. There are physical barriers and social barriers, but there are always ways around them. For me as a disabled person, there isn’t any barriers in my life until it is there. A physical barrier is when someone isn’t able to get into a…
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Ableism is in today’s world
When you’ve got something banging in your head, but you just cannot get it out. Well this is me. for the past couple years, I have got to know the disability community more and what it means to be a disability advocate. A lot of people within the disability community mention the word ableism and…
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Disability Movement: Fight for the Rights
We have had to fight for our own rights, and this have been since we’ve got out of institutions. Throughout the world there has been changes, but we need more. Today I am going to take you through the past of disability rights and why we are so included today. If you haven’t checked out…