by Denise Watson None of us would like to be addressed in a negative way or classed as part of a group of people who were seen to be less than perfect yet, before disability discrimination was addressed, vocabulary used to talk about people with disabilities was both discriminative and disempowering. Today, when talking about [...]

by Steff Green For a legally-blind girl, I’ve had an interesting array of jobs in my 25 short years. I’ve been an archaeologist, a museum curator, an examinations officer at the local university, a builder’s laborer and a Braille transcriber, and now a freelance writer. I’ve also been turned down from many jobs – from [...]

This post is by Bonnie, and is one of a series about her quadriplegic brother. One day, I went to visit my quadriplegic brother about a year after his accident. I visited him often; but this day sticks out in my mind.  By now he was in the Rehabilitation Facility, where he would be for [...]

We’re sure you’re already familiar with the brilliant BBC Ouch! website and blog- especially the bitingly funny Disability Bitch articles. Blogging these days is massive – even we at TheDisabledShop are at it! The rise of easy-to-use blogging systems such as Google’s Blogger, and WordPress.com has meant that people can share their thoughts and experiences (and frequently, get [...]