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...
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...
by Dan White | Tuesday, 20 April, 2021 | Uncategorized
Political silence. The one thing you would not expect in the charity sector, especially in an era when disability is being ground deeper and sadly further into the dirt by an ableist and unwilling to listen Government. But it is there, and why you might ask. Well, in...
