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Pertti, punk and pedicures
Tweet“I need a little respect and equality in my life” “Decision-makers are cheaters, they suck..they don’t give a sh*t about us disabled” “I don’t want to live in a group home, I don’t want to live in an institution” “They … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, media & communication, Music & arts, Uncategorized
Tagged learning disability, music & arts
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Photo project promotes Roma and new migrant culture
TweetThe intriguing photographs here are from those in a new exhibition created by children from Roma, Slovak and Polish communities in east London, The works, created using pinhole photography, have been produced by 12 young people aged eight to 14 … Continue reading
Posted in Education, media & communication, Music & arts, Olympics, Refugees & asylum, Social exclusion, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged charity, education, music & arts, refugees & asylum, third sector, young people, youth
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Fragile X on film: how Mission to Lars could change attitudes
Tweet“Oh really? But she’s so good at dance” was the response of an acquaintance who misheard my explanation that my daughter Raana has fragile X syndrome – she thought I’d said “fragile legs”. Amusing though this incident from a few … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Learning disability, media & communication, Music & arts, Olympics, Uncategorized
Tagged learning disability, music & arts
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A perspective on the Paralympics
TweetThere’s no shortage of media coverage of the Olympics and Paralympics, but one new online platform offers a unique and important perspective on the games. Games Through Our Eyes is an accessible website for the 2012 Paralympic Games created by … Continue reading
The science of the sofa
TweetIs there a science to sitting on the sofa? Any benefit to being on your backside? An art to sitting on your arse? An innovative new project by one of the country’s leading artists blends science and art in a … Continue reading
Posted in Health, media & communication, Music & arts, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged health, music & arts, young people
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Youth film reveals the hidden gems of black theatre
TweetThe term black theatre might conjure up images of a niche and very 20th century concept, but from Ira Aldridge playing Othello in Covent Garden in the 1830s to the 1990 production of Amani Napthali’s Ragamuffin and to grime star … Continue reading
Posted in media & communication, Music & arts, Race, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged charity, housing, music & arts, young people
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Care home to concert stadium: learning disabled Tom’s rock quest
Tweet Tom Spicer is wearing a huge pair of headphones and an expression of mild anxiety. Backstage at the Honda Centre, Anaheim, California, at one of the world’s biggest rock gigs, Tom is about to find out whether he will … Continue reading
Posted in Learning disability, media & communication, Social exclusion
Tagged charity, learning disability, music & arts
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Face the facts, not the film fiction
TweetIt’s an uphill struggle for those with so-called invisible difficulties (people with conditions on the autistic spectrum, for example,) to achieve mainstream representation or indeed capture the attention of broadcasters, newspaper editors, politicians and the public. So imagine the challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Learning disability, media & communication, Music & arts, Social exclusion, Third sector, Uncategorized, Wellbeing, Young people
Tagged charity, communication, health, learning disability, music & arts, third sector
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Storytelling in senility: revealing dynamic personalities beneath the dementia
TweetOne of my biggest regrets is that I didn’t take down more of my mother’s stories before her slide into dementia accelerated. I would have liked to know more about her brief engagement to a Vietnamese diplomat, or the time … Continue reading
Posted in Health, media & communication, Music & arts, Older people, Social care, Uncategorized
Tagged health, music & arts, older people, social care
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Writing about wrongs: can social affairs journalism make a difference?
TweetAs a journalist writing on social affairs I often wonder if my articles make any difference or whether this kind of journalism is essentially exploitative. The dilemma isn’t original. Journalists and photographers struggle with it all the time. Mostly I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, media & communication, Social exclusion
Tagged charity, communication, health, housing, journalism, media
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