Published in The Guardian (September 15th, 2012) Imagine it was your son or daughter, your brother or sister, your mother or father. They arrive home from hospital and […]
Disability
The best Paralympic legacy: an end to this disabled apartheid
Published in the London Evening Standard (August 28th, 2012) After the wondrous joy of the Olympics, London is preparing for the Paralympics. Another opening ceremony, another 11 days […]
Disability
It’s not just the bad apples – it’s our rotten society’s attitudes
Published in The Independent (August 9th, 2012) The details are disturbing, a horrific blast from the darkest days of the past. Lonely people with learning difficulties punched and […]
Health / Policy
The night that set back NHS reform by years
Published in The Daily Mail (August 4th, 2012) The rest of the world may have been perplexed, but it was 20 minutes that made Britain feel better about […]
Disability
Able and willing
Published in the New Statesman (April 19, 2012) Mark Cooper is struggling to find work. He had a good offer from Lehman Brothers but on the day he […]
Disability
Disabled are at the mercy of ministers and media
Published in the London Evening Standard (February 7th, 2012) What would you think if you heard the Home Office was colluding with newspapers to fuel hatred against gay […]
Disability
The demonisation of the disabled is a chilling sign of the times
Published in The Observer (December 4th, 2011) Peter Greener endured a barrage of hate from his neighbour. Sometimes, it was eggs thrown at his house, stones thrown at his […]
Disability
What my disabled girl has taught me about life
Published in The Daily Mail (October 16th, 2011) My wife came home the other day from a shopping trip to buy presents for my daughter’s birthday. It was […]
Disability / Policy
For our disabled daughter, a way out of the labyrinth
Published in The Guardian (March 11th, 2011) Nothing prepares you for the birth of a child with profound and multiple disabilities. There is the shock, the depression, the […]
Disability / Politics
Cameron is not the villain in this tragic case
Published in The Times (January 21st, 2011) My daughter did not sleep last night. Granted, she is a teenager, so that might not be unusual. But rather than […]
Disability
Must my daughter be bullied because of this callous comedy?
Published in The Times (December 29th, 2010) In my school playground boys refusing to join a kickaround were called “poofs” or “spastics”, those that wouldn’t share sweets were […]
Disability
Idayah is a bright child. One of a spurned minority
Published in the London Evening Standard (December 2nd, 2010) Idayah Miller shares the ambitions of any other 11-year-old girl. A bright and lively child, she hopes to be a […]