Idayah Miller is an 11 year-old black girl with cerebral palsy. She’s being discriminated against not because she’s black, not because she’s a girl, but because she’s disabled. Read all about Idayah’s story at http://bit.ly/fc2vWg After applying to one of the best schools in the country, her application was rejected because her wheelchair was deemed [...]
I’ve just returned from a six-day break in Barcelona. Two things struck me in particular about a wheelchair-using disabled person spending time in this wonderful city. Firstly, the ability to get to so many places is like a breath of fresh air for a wheelchair user – particularly one like me, coming from London. Both [...]
Last week I went to a friend’s wedding party. It was held in the basement health club that was his own small business. I used the elevator to get down to basement level. He half complained about how he had been obliged by the law to spend a fortune for his small business fitting the [...]
I arrived in London to complete my Everything is Possible in Life Cycle ride nearly 3 weeks ago. Back home, when I first sat in my powered wheelchair again (having spent a month on the road without it), I felt like I was being given some independence back. For 32 days, when I wasn’t cycling, [...]