Attending a Lionesses match at Wembley Stadium has been on my bucket list since women’s football found its way into my life. It’s the home of the England national team after all. Being at a match at the iconic Wembley stadium is the stuff of dreams for football fans, I’m telling you. At least it…
30 things I’ve learned in 30 years as a disabled person
Disability has always been part of my life. It’s shaped how I see the world and how I understand myself. There’s a lot of things I wish I could have told my younger self – about acceptance, community, identity, setting boundaries, and finding disabled pride. It took me a long time to learn about those….
WSL Arsenal V Brighton: Football match experience
I talk a lot about how accessibility is a part of everything I do. Whether it’s work or hobbies, even the mundane stuff like purchasing everyday essentials. It really is woven into my life in every way possible. That includes being a football fan. I take pride in my work as an accessibility advocate. So…
What I wish I was taught in school as a disabled person
They say that your school years are some of the best times of your life. This might be true in some facets of our lives. From my experience, it was quite the opposite. My time in mainstream education was filled with inaccessibility, ableism and a whole load of barriers. Admittedly, it wasn’t all bad though…
Fitting in vs standing out as a disabled person
When I was younger, I learned to be less disabled. Society told me that I had to appear normal, whatever that meant. I guess you could say that I masked who I truly was, playing down my needs. I became accustom to hiding my true self. All in the name of fitting in. We all…
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![There’s a phrase we hear far too often: “fully accessible”.
Hotels use it. Venues use it. Website developers use it. Event organisers use it.
On the surface, it sounds brilliant. But there’s no one size fits all approach to accessibility.
Because accessibility isn’t a box you can tick once and forget about. There isn’t a magic point where something becomes accessible to every single disabled person.
Our access needs are different. What works for one person might not work for another.
Rather than asking, “is it accessible?”
Ask: “Accessible for who?”
In my latest blog post, I’m exploring why “fully accessible” is a myth. Head to the link in my bio if you’d like to give it a read.
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