by Scottish Green Party member Sarah Anderson Looking back, disabilities of one kind or another have played a large part of my life. I am disabled in more than one way, both hidden and visible and to greater and lesser amounts. When people ask me to list my disabilities I’m greater for the tick more…

by Shona Graham My mum was 21 years old when she had me, at that age she needed a hip replacement but she was told she was too young.  I grew up with a mum who had arthritis and I thought that was normal. I first started getting arthritic pain in my joints at about…

Kevin Johnson President & CEO Starbucks Coffee Company     Sehr geehrter Herr Johnson Plastik-Strohhalme für Menchen mit Behinderung Es ist bereits länger als einen Monat her, dass Starbucks sein Vorhaben angekündigt hat, bis 2020[1]weltweit auf den Einsatz von Einweg-Plastik-Strohhalmen zu verzichten. Dieses Vorhaben verursachte große Sorgen in der in der Gruppe der Menschen mit…

By Hannah Bettsworth, Campaigner and Liberal Democrat My disability is an invisible one – dyspraxia, also known as Developmental Co-ordination Disorder, a specific learning difficulty. The single most common thing I get asked is ‘is that like dyslexia?’ The answer is – no, not really. It’s part of the same group of disorders, but the person who…