What's it *really* like to be disabled? How can you fight ableism? A newsletter aiming to demystify disability through personal stories and observations, from journalist and card-carrying disabled woman Lucy Webster
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Things I’ve stopped apologising for - and things I haven’t
Hello,
If you’ve read this newsletter carefully over the years, you may have noticed that I haven’t been myself for a while now.
The reasons for this are too complicated, painful and personal to share here. But let’s just say I haven’t be...
Too disabled for the National Diversity Awards?
Hello,
Last Friday I went to the National Diversity Awards.
It was truly an honour to represent the disabled queer community and to have or work with Every Body Queer recognised with a shortlisted nomination.
But unfortunately the event...
Activism works
Hello,
The assisted dying bill was voted down on Friday.
For now, it’s over.
What a relief.
I sobbed in the car when the results came through.
It’s going to take a while to process, I think. It’s been two years of worry and fear and on...
I don’t want to be the only disabled person in the room
Hi,
I spent 26-ish years in nondisabled spaces. Firstly at school, where I was literally the only visibly disabled person around (yep, private schools are wild) and then at uni and work, where there were other disabled people but we were e...
To care and be cared for
Hello,
A friend of mine wasn’t very well last week. London housing being the inaccessible mess that it is, the only way I could be with her was for her to come to me, so we turned the flat into a little sanctuary of calm and good food and,...
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I'm an anti-ableism journalist, writer, campaigner and community organiser. My newsletter tells stories from my life as a queer, full-time powerchair-using woman to demystify disability, challenge ableism and empower you to be a disability ally.
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