Cancer and Cancellation: Why They Feel Strangely Similar
johndabell Have you ever been cancelled? Being “cancelled” has become a buzzword in our culture – a way to describe when someone is abruptly cut off, silenced, or ostracized. It’s usually…
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Having A Cancer Moment
May I have a moment of your time? You will sometimes hear people of ‘advancing’ years declaring they are having ‘a senior moment’. These ‘senior moments’ often refer to a…
Cancer And Crip Time
I’ve been living in crip time for the last 14 years. That’s a long time. Crip time. It’s not the most elegant phrase but what is it? Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril (2024)…
Disability And Voice Recognition Systems
I recently tried phoning British Gas because our boiler developed a leak. I then hit a much bigger problem when I had no choice but to ‘interact’ with their hopeless…
The Ambidextrous Disadvantage
You’d imagine being ambidextrous would give you the edge and you’d have the whole world in your hands. Not so. A little written about piece of work from Corballis, Hattie…
Why ‘Special Needs’ Needs To Go
Do we need to slay the phrase ‘special needs’?
Living With Face Blindness
Imagine being able to see but being blind to faces. There is an unusual condition that some people are born with or can develop as the result of a a…
Teacher Without A Tongue: Being Positive About (dis)Ability
Do you see being disabled positively?