by MM Support | Tuesday, 20 July, 2021 | Uncategorized
Comment by Jase Puddicombe It’s a well-known fact that disabled people have historically been desexualized and infantilised. It’s present in ancient history, in the myths of Hephaestus and Aphrodite, and is still very much an issue in the present day. Take the case of...
by MM Support | Wednesday, 14 July, 2021 | Uncategorized
Comment by Kirsty Ann The excitement and chatter amongst the people in shops and cafes all focus around the fast-approaching ‘freedom Day’, is the light at the end of the tunnel finally in sight ? My 6-year-old is learning about ‘Bastille Day’ at school. She...
by MM Support | Wednesday, 7 July, 2021 | Uncategorized
comment by Jess Muxlow We finally have the return of the Wimbledon Championships after their cancellation last year amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in 1877, Wimbledon offered entrance to men only. This developed into the inclusion of women in the late 1890s....
by MM Support | Thursday, 1 July, 2021 | Uncategorized
Comment by Stephen Mccue I see a lot of information on social media informing us in the dyslexic community that dyslexia is a gift. The majority of dyslexics (those who have actually received an assessment) do not see dyslexia as a gift. Only around 19% of adult...
by Dan White | Wednesday, 9 June, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have just come back from a walk, so what you say, it was on my own, me time! I am two years off seventy and I am still wondering if I will have a life of my own. Why? because I am a carer, albeit a distance one now, so the label says! But I don’t regret it a bit...
by MM Support | Monday, 7 June, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Ami Hook-Ireland Being an in-patient for 9 months, both in a hospital and a specialist neurological rehabilitation centre, I was accustomed to the different standards of care. Fortunately, the majority of care that I received was excellent. Therefore, when it was...