Outsider art – the veiled mirror of an inner world
By Gareth Griffiths, CCS Disability Action Coordinator While idling away hours on YouTube recently, I came across an unusual documentary I...
Time: our most precious commodity
By Roger Loveless T I was speaking to a disabled person recently who has advocated tirelessly within her capabilities on behalf...
Falling into illness, falling into advocacy
By Hannah Pretious My name is Hannah, and I am currently working on my Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies and...
Confessions of a reformed simulator trainer
Matthew Whiting, Regional Coordinator Disability Leadership for CCS Disability Action's Southern region, explains why pretending to be disabled is simply not...
Ian Dury – an epitaph to punk’s lost disability advocate
CCS Disability Action staff member Gareth Griffiths finds an unlikely hero in punk icon Ian Dury. The year was 1979 and...
There’s nothing wrong with me!
As a person who uses a wheelchair it’s a question I hear on an almost daily basis, “What’s wrong with you?”....