Looking at me, you would think I'm a normal nineteen-year-old girl. Which in some ways I am; I go clubbing, I love shopping, I have no shame in being a One Direction fan, I have a boyfriend and I'm studying for a degree. However, all of my life I have suffered from dyspraxia; a condition that provides me with daily obstacles, but it won't stop me from going far.
London's Tube system is not currently anything like fully accessible to wheelchair users or people with mobility problems. Transport for London (TfL) offers many excuses for the lack of accessibility provision on the Tube. But as the Crossrail project has shown, engineering solutions to a wide range of problems can be found and implemented in the most difficult of situations.
Guest post from Chris Welch who is campaigning for the law to be enforced to stop people using disabled parking spaces when they shouldn't.
The Fabian Women's Network invited Disability Rights UK to send someone along to their event to discuss and debate "Disability, Let's Talk About The Barriers", so I went, and I did.
Last week we submitted evidence to the snappily-titled 'fifth independent review of the work capability assessment' - the fifth and final review of the process determining if sick and disabled people are awarded Employment and support allowance (ESA) while they are unable to work.
The last time I went to see a GP I had to explain what a learning disability was. I don't think that I should have to do that - all doctors should have an understanding about it. It can be scary enough going to hospital without worrying about whether my doctors even understand about my learning disability. I have been working as a volunteer for Mencap for 20 years, and I am shocked and saddened that so many people with a learning disability die avoidably every year.
