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...
by MM Support | Tuesday, 25 May, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Mary Cole Following the events of the previous year, this is inevitably a time of reflection. There is a sense that when we finally emerge from the pandemic, we can not simply return to the way things were pre-Covid. I believe this is certainly true about how...
by MM Support | Tuesday, 18 May, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Amy Jonson I am a full-time carer for my beautiful 9-year-old son who has Spastic Quad Cerebral Palsy. I also look after my elderly mum when her illness means she has trouble looking after herself. I am proud of who I am, what I do and I have a name, I am not just...
by MM Support | Saturday, 15 May, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Rachel Mewes After having listened to Brendan O’Connor’s interview with Richard Dawkins on RTE I was filled with such rage that I feel the need to write about this. Firstly, O’Connor handled Dawkins’ hateful views towards people with Down’s Syndrome with grace and...
by Dan White | Tuesday, 11 May, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I was 3, I taught myself how to play violin. My grandma Rose had played, and it was hers. I would play it almost upside down with the scroll propped up in a corner. They just assumed I was bored. “They” as in most of my family (I was bored. Don’t get me...
by Dan White | Tuesday, 4 May, 2021 | Uncategorized
Disability is the forgotten sibling of any progressive social movement. Disability is always last in line for political and media attention and deserves better as a talented, multi-diverse, and progressive community bordering on 14 million people. The exact same can...
