By Councillor John Cairney, South Lanarkshire Council I was first elected as a councillor in 2007 just two years after being officially registered as blind. It was the third time I had run for office and losing my sight did lead me to rethink my campaign strategy around purely practical considerations. Whether that change of…

By Seumas Skinner, SNP activist. I’d never heard the phrase “Asperger’s Syndrome” before I was diagnosed at high school. I can’t even say I was really aware of Autism or other neurological disabilities then. Like everyone else at school, I just wanted to fit in, and being told that I was medically, genetically and behaviourally…

by Lesley Maxwell I often read about carers and feel humbled by the job that they do, the challenges the face and compassion they show. Then it hits me! I am a carer too! Yet I don’t necessarily fit the mould. You see I am one of those carers that some other carers look down…