As the BAFTA awards are quickly forgotten, BAFTA itself stays in the headlines for censoring the work of a disabled film-maker at the close of a film festival on disability. The BAFTA HQ are to be used for the closing film in the festival this week. When BAFTA heard what the closing film was going […]
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Dear Irish based Cyclist. That yoke I am sitting in is a mobility scooter for people with disabilities/walking difficulties. You are supposed to be on the road or on the cycle path – I am on the footpath. When I cross the road and the man is green and beeps go or indeed am on […]
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While the debates about the ban on traditional lightbulbs continue it’s probably about time that the many people living in Ireland who will be physically and emotionally affected by the move to low energy (CFL) bulbs put their two cents in. For those of you who are not light sensitive or allergic to UVA rays […]
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RTE and the National Lottery could not make the set of Winning Streak accessible for a disabled participant to play the various games. Derek Mooney did the things that she couldn’t do. Equal Status Act how are you! That is my abiding memory of Saturday night telly – after I got over the shock of […]
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Nowt says you. Well I would have said nowt also until I read Vaughan’s entry on the wonderful BBC Ouch blog today. The trust established to own Northern Rock’s assets lists a small (and I mean very small) charity in Newcastle in the UK as a beneficiary. Now nobody told Down Syndrome North East that […]
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