Reclaiming The Word Crip: Disability Organisations Using Crip With Pride

To celebrate our first year at Crip Life™, we honour several other disability organisations that are using the word crip with pride and showing crip has positive sass and attitude.

LanzAbility Holiday Guest Becomes First Power Wheelchair User To Experience Timanfaya National Park Accessible Bus Tour

LanzAbility has made history by supporting a holiday guest to become the first power wheelchair user to experience an accessible bus tour of the Luna Tour at Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote.

Disabled Theatre Goer Becomes Latest Access Card Ambassador

Emma Watts, a 34-year-old disabled woman who regularly enjoys trips to West End theatres, has been officially recognised as an Access Card ambassador.

“What It Takes To Be Me!”: A Journey Of Independence And Resilience With Spina Bifida

Disability blogger and advocate Daniella Jade Lowe, who lives with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, shares her determination and resilience to be independent.

Business Leaders Join The Nimbus Disability Board

Nimbus Disability, the Derby-based social enterprise run by and for disabled people, has appointed two new non-executive directors.

How Aphasia Affects Speech And Communication

Wolfgang Wolf, a disabled blogger and counsellor living in New Zealand, shares his experience of living with the neurological conditions aphasia and apraxia that affect speech and communication.

Time To Talk Day: The Challenges And Benefits Of Having Care Support From Parents As A Disabled Adult | Guest Post On Spokz People

With today being Time to Talk Day, Emma – who is a loyal member of the Spokz People community – shares her personal experience of continuing to rely on her parent’s support and how it impacts her both positively and negatively.

Disabled People Also Need To Talk About Mental Health

Today on Time to Talk Day, Spokz People – an organisation that provides online mental health support for disabled people and their families – wants to encourage the disabled community to talk more about mental health and wellbeing. 

GP Appointment Crisis: A Chronically Ill Person’s Perspective

Trying to get a GP appointment can be very difficult, and, in many cases, impossible. Zec Richardson, who lives with ME, shares his personal experience of trying to get to see a doctor and how it affects his health and wellbeing.