Summer is over and children are back at school in some form or other and as everyone settles back into the school term, it is important to remind parents that they must keep their children’s literary knowledge up to a…
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When my sister got married, I set off excitedly in search for something to wear. I have never been a fan of shopping; negotiating stores in my wheelchair is not an enjoyable experience but on this particular occasion, my feelings…
I rarely come across disabled people who are open and honest about their feelings, and I have to say I am guilty of being one of these people. I generally find it hard to talk about my fears and insecurities…
Every year it is the same cliche people all over the world celebrating the The International Day of Disabled Persons, and for one day everyone is holding events, people talking about disability rights and oh yeah nearly forget IDPD will…
It is 2018, and though we still have myths to bust and stigmas to break, attitudes towards disabled people are slowly improving. Yet there are some who still believe that disability is a form of personal punishment for the disabled…
We often read about the experiences of wheelchair users, visually impaired, autistic or people with down’s syndrome but rarely do we come across articles or blogs about people with hearing impairment. The reason behind this trend is not clear but…
So a disabled stand up comedian named Lost Voice Guy won this year’s Britain’s Got Talent which is a fantastic achievement by all accounts considering all the logistic obstacles that LVG would have had to endure and pass to get to this…
On a daily basis I encounter this baffling irony where people see the wheelchair before they see me, the person, yet fail to ‘see’ the ‘needs’ of the wheelchair to access places and venues, hence I felt the urge to…
This weekend the UK will celebrate Mother’s day; that time of year when motherhood is celebrated and gifts, flowers and special gestures are presented to mothers but as a disabled person nothing that I will do for mine can ever…
We at Careless would like to wish all our followers, volunteers and supporters a prosperous and a ‘content’ new year. We wave goodbye to 2017 with all that it has brought us from joy, struggles and achievements. 2017 has been…