Disability and Me – International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Posted on 3rd December 2021 by Fi Brown

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which this year has the theme ‘Not All Disabilities Are Visible’. As the Students with Disabilities officer, I thought I would share my experiences of being disabled in an ableist world.

What is disability?

Posted on 24th August 2021 by Fi Brown

In August 1983, I was almost five years old, and I started school, but unlike my classmates I could not write my own name. I could not write it due to a learning disability called dyspraxia. This meant coordinating the pencil was impossible for me.