According to the Equality Act (2010), a disability can be defined as an individual who has a physical and/or mental impairment which would have a substantial or long-term...
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How Universities Can be More Accommodating to Disabled Students
Her Campus at Aberdeen
Seven Years of Life Lessons I’ve Learned When Living with Lupus
Last year, I wrote an article with a similar title about what Lupus has taught me. Whilst I still live by those statements, a year has passed and...
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What is Lupus? – Behind the Scenes of Someone with a Chronic Illness and Disability
In recent years, I have been very proactive in spreading awareness about Lupus – an autoimmune condition I was diagnosed with in 2014 (at 14 years old). By...
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Disability: Then and Now
When you are disabled, life is a lot different to “normality”. You are a perpetual child, not in your own mind but in the eyes of others. The alternative,...
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Disability History Month: Dismantling Ableist Narratives and Celebrating Authentic Representations.
Living in a society with a considerably high media intake, it is unsurprising that the film and Tv industry are such an influential force when it comes to disability...