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I am frequently placed in situations where I have to explain the work that I do. More than that, I have to explain why I feel my work is important and relevant to those who choose to engage with it. I thought it might be interesting to share some information on that topic here in …
The final blog post about my reading this year is about the books related to disability, the final category of diversity that I mentioned in my previous post. Below are the books I’ve read that are either by authors with disabilities, with characters who have a disability, or are on the subject of disability. Here …
I have also been trying to read a greater number of books by authors with diverse voices in 2024. These include books written by people from a diverse racial perspective from my own, from the non-binary community, or published originally in a language other than English, as well as stories by people from other cultural …
Great news! My podcast has gone video! A few weeks ago I took the decision to release some of my podcast episodes as videos on YouTube. Naturally, only those episodes where I have permission both to capture and to share the content. There are two primary reasons for me to start doing this. First, so …
A few weeks ago I told you how excited I was to have spoken at the Seeing Ability Mini-conference. I don’t think I will ever tire of the chance to help people see their talents and abilities in a different way, to help them use their passions as tools to overcome challenges. I finally got …
There is so much confusion in society about what disability is and is not. It is easy to find a dictionary definition of disability, and most countries have their own specific definition, or use that developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Where the confusion arises is in the understanding of the definitions as a …
In June I had the opportunity of co-hosting the Seeing Ability mini-conference with two phenomenal women, fellow speakers Brittany McCormick and Princess Lukhele. We wanted to help people discover abilities and talents they currently overlook, and to give them actionable steps to shift them towards making use of those talents to achieve their goals. While …
I wasn’t born with my disability. Nor was I born during a time of war, as was Ghofran Alyass, one of my recent podcast guests. I can’t even begin to imagine what that must be like for a parent, having to care for a child with complex needs at such an uncertain time. Finally, as …
A few years ago much of my work revolved around accessible travel and tourism. At the very least, that was the major focus of my podcast, A Different Way of Seeing. Rather, A Different Way of Travelling, as the show was then called. Yet somehow, apart from my trips overseas, my focus seemed to have …
Isn’t it amazing how a few words can sweep you away to an entire thread of ideas or thoughts? That’s what happened to me recently. I was scrolling through my Facebook feed and a few words on a post caught my attention. The words were these: the gift of adversity. I’ve often considered the gifts …