Hikikomori: Social Anxiety Or Modern-Day Hermits?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Hikikomori is an interesting phenomenon that mainly exists in Japan, but what exactly is hikikomori and what can we learn from it?
Disability Awareness
<p>This tag will be used to quickly find posts that relate to Disability Awareness. Which may include personal accounts as well as advice and information on the subject</p>
Kindness Matters: Why It’s Good To Be Kind
Reading Time: 10 minutes Kindness is an act of courage, an act of courage that matters, especially in an unkind world. So what can you do to make the world a kinder place?
Race Across The World, With Your Mum
Reading Time: 7 minutes Race Across The World is a BBC 2 reality TV show with a surprising mix of contestants that resonated with me on a number of different levels
What Is Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD)?
Reading Time: 7 minutes A look at what persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) is, it’s symptoms, how it’s diagnosed, treatments, and a little about my experience with it
Why I Hate Atos And Their Assessments
Reading Time: 6 minutes My experience with having to deal with assessments by Atos, be it my medical assessments for PIP or my work capability assessments for ESA
Dementia Awareness And Information
Reading Time: 6 minutes Following on from my Father’s Day post about my granddad who had dementia, I thought I’d help spread awareness of the condition
Invisible Disability: Freedom Pass
Reading Time: 5 minutes My disability freedom pass was meant to help set me free, but I soon found out it caused me some extra anxiety
After The Dust Has Settled: My Weekend With My Mum
Reading Time: 4 minutes I discuss my mum’s weekend visit, disability/cancer, and how society isn’t always kind to those who are disabled due to what they see as “special” treatment
Let The Battle Begin: My Weekend With My Mum
Reading Time: 9 minutes The surprisingly less traumatic weekend experience I spent with my mum when she came down to visit me and my partners parents