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TRAVEL AHEAD – WHEN MARTYN MET CORY

On October 18, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Martyn Sibley, Sylvia Mac

MARTYN SIBLEY It’s no hidden secret I love to travel. One of the further places away from Britain that I’ve enjoyed multiple times is the USA. The movies, the music, the magnitude. It really wowed …

LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE WITH OUR NEW ‘BLOGGER’

On October 17, 2017 By Disability Talk In Carrie, Featured

Introducing our new ‘blogger’ Carrie Aimes Hi folks, I’m Carrie, just a regular girl – well a woman – of 28. Yes, I hate to admit that I’m edging ever closer to 30! As people …

DON’T TOUCH

On October 13, 2017 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Guest Commentators

I was always a shy young girl in my teens and didn’t really think about boys that often. I remember my father always telling me and my four elder sisters not to talk to boys …

EILEEN GRUBBA – FEISTY, FUN, FABULOUS .. AND DISABILITY TALK CONTRIBUTOR

On October 12, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Sylvia Mac

Eileen Grubba is a Hollywood Actress and regular contributor to Disability Talk. She visited us last year when we met with Professor Stephen Hawking. She was one of the judges in our “A World of Unfairness” photographic competition and …

TRULY OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONES

On October 6, 2017 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac

Following Penny Melville-Brown OBE on her blind cooking experiences as she travels around the world .. this week she truly is out of her comfort zone. Cook’s nightmare? Long hours, little sleep or food, …

MY PERSONAL STORY

On October 6, 2017 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Martyn Sibley

My personal story by Martyn Sibley It was June 1999. There were wires and tubes coming out of my body everywhere. I was hallucinating. I was sure the nurse was my Irish grandma (who had …

FITZROY – OUR VALUE SYSTEM

On October 6, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Dianne French, Sylvia Mac

I am Diane French, Director of Operations and Business at Fitzroy and as part of how we work we meet with representatives from those we support in a forum called Nationwide. Our value system is all about ‘seeing …

FROM DESPAIR TO ACCEPTANCE – SYLVIA MAC’S JOURNEY

On October 4, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Guest Commentators

Sylvia Mac, aged 49 and mother of three children, had a childhood accident which disfigured her for life causing deep scars to her body. When she was a three year old, she played a game …

MARTYN SIBLEY & PARALLEL LONDON

On October 2, 2017 By Disability Talk In Featured, Martyn Sibley

“Earlier in the year I was asked by Parallel London to be an ambassador for them. The event is an annual inclusive participation challenge. Disabled and non disabled people attempt the 10k, 5k, 1k or …

BLIND COOK AND A POT OF HONEY IS A RECIPE FOR STICKINESS EVERYWHERE

On September 29, 2017 By Disability Talk In Penny

From Penny Melville-Brown OBE, Baking Blind, Disability Dynamics, food, cooking, Holman prize, WRNS 100, recipes, disability, visual impairment, blind, war pensioner, veteran, Lighthouse, honey cake, Steven Edwards, Sydney Ferrario, walnuts, honey. “One of the joys …