Keely Cat Wells – Hollywood Actress, Disability Activist and Studio Head “I grew up in the countryside in England, and my parents trained horses and farmed for a living. It was a child’s dream! I …
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Guest Commentators
AN A-Z LIST OF REMINDERS THAT HELP ME THROUGH LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS
By Elin Williams (My Blurred World) “So many of my blogs are geared towards addressing big, hefty topics and feelings relating to my vision impairment or chronic illness. But now I want to take a …
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WHAT MY BROTHER HAS LEARNED FROM HAVING A VISION IMPAIRED SISTER
By Elin Williams – My Blurred World What lessons can be learned from having a vision impaired sister? This is a question I’ve wanted to ask my brother for quite some time now and, after …
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MARTYN SIBLEY: HURDLES AND MARATHONS
By Martin Sibley I’ve struggled to write an update recently for a couple of reasons. One is that there’s simply not been enough time and energy once I’ve finished everything else. The other is I …
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WHAT I’VE LEARNED ABOUT MY VISION IMPAIRMENT IN 2020, SO FAR.
From ‘Elin Williams’ RP REFLECTIONS: WHAT I’VE LEARNED ABOUT MY VISION IMPAIRMENT IN 2020, SO FAR Elin Wow, well that was a long blogging break. I think we can all agree that 2020 has been, …
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EILEEN GRUBBA: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS AND ADVOCATE FOR PERFORMERS WITH DISABILITIES
Actress Eileen Grubba — physically disabled since childhood, and an advocate for Performers with Disability (PWD) — has always beaten the odds. Her latest roles include: Sons of Anarchy; Watchmen; The Undertaker’s Wife; Stumptown; New Amsterdam; S.W.A.T; Donna On …
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A LITTLE COVID LIGHT RELIEF FROM HOLLYWOOD
No one underestimates the seriousness of COVID-19 and how it’s impacting on everyone’s lives. But, occasionally, a little humour can seep through and momentarily lift the gloom. Eileen Grubba Eileen Grubba is a Hollywood actress …
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5 THINGS I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT LIVING WITH A DISABILITY
By ‘Rebecca Sullivan’ and from an article featured in ‘Disability Horizons’ Blogger Rebecca Sullivan, who has cerebral palsy, uses her writing to express her experiences of living with a disability, and educate others. Here, she …
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HIDING MY CHRONIC ILLNESS BEHIND MY VISION IMPAIRMENT
By Elin Williams – ‘My Blurred World’ “If there’s one thing in my life that I find myself talking about time and time again, it’s my vision impairment. There are a grand total of 32 …
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WHY I CHOSE TO STUDY WITH THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
By Elin Williams .. ‘My Blurred World’ This is one of those posts I’ve been meaning to write for a while but it has only ever existed as a forgotten idea, nestled in the list …
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