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HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD – BY GIVING BACK

On December 1, 2018 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Featured, Martyn Sibley

By Martyn Sibley Giving Back. We do this beautiful thing innately. It’s in our DNA. Just think about that warm fluffy feeling you get from helping others. But do we do enough? Do we do …

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CREATIVE FLOW NEEDED TO CHANGE THE WORLD

On October 29, 2018 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Featured

By Martyn Sibley Without ideas what is there? We’d have a fraction of this world we experience. No buildings. No Transport. No products. No services. No community. Nada. Where does creativity come from then? Is …

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HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD – KEEP TURNING UP!

On October 25, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, Martyn Sibley, Sylvia Mac

By Martyn Sibley I’ve recently been to Valencia for my #accessibletourism work. The following photo is of the inside of the beautiful San Nicolas church. San Nicholas Church This time I would like to talk about consistently …

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CHANGING THE WORLD BY SIMPLE AWARENESS

On October 19, 2018 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Featured, Martyn Sibley

By Martyn Sibley I’m just back from two weeks away. Myself, Kaisa, my PA Eileen and Sunny left on Saturday 22nd September for Poland. Stopping for a night in Essen, Germany – about halfway. Arriving …

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TOMORROW IS WHITE CANE DAY IN THE US

On October 14, 2018 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Featured

By Penny Melville-Brown I bought my latest cane from San Francisco’s LightHouse organisation that supports visually impaired people. I specially chose a strong but collapsible version to be my “back-up” cane as I embarked upon a cooking …

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ACCESSIBLE TOURISM – MOVING FORWARD WITH MARTYN SIBLEY

On October 10, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, Sylvia Mac

By Martyn Sibley After meeting Rita and Daniela Duarte (Portugal 4All Senses) in Lisbon it felt like Kasia (my wife) and I had known them forever. After the airport welcome, we headed to the wheelchair …

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WISHING FOR AN INCLUSIVE WORLD

On September 29, 2018 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Featured

BY MARTYN SIBLEY Through using a wheelchair, I’ve experienced lots of exclusion and prejudice. My mission is to see a world that’s inclusive for everyone. Not only for wheelchair users or disabled people. But for …

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AILSA – I DON’T WANT ANY KIND OF PITY!

On April 9, 2018 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Featured

Introducing our newest ‘blogger’ – Ailsa .. click here for more details When I was born, I didn’t breathe. I was stillborn, but I was resuscitated. As a result of me not breathing, and in that period …

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AMERICAN ACTRESS, EILEEN GRUBBA, ON THE SHAPE OF DISABILITY IN HOLLYWOOD

On March 12, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, Eileen Grubba

Following the Oscars it was generally agreed that some of the World’s finest Actors and Actresses were nominated for the major awards. But as is typically the case, this year’s nominee’s list, with few significant …

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A TWIST OF FATE INTERRUPTS WORLD TOUR

On March 4, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, Penny, Sylvia Mac

By Penny Melville Brown It was an untimely end for me and Baking Blind: in France just before Christmas scoping out more cooking opportunities, I was involved in a serious car accident. Watch the video …

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