This past week, the world was talking after seeing the image of a little Syrian boy washed up on the shore. Heartbreaking. Three year old Aylan Kurdi, his five year old brother Galip and his mother Rehanna drowned in the sea between Syria and Greece. The family was desperate to … [Read more...]
Facing my own prejudice about disability – Leisa’s story. (And some Peter Dinklage and Hugh Jackman fangirling.)
Earlier this week I shared the story of facing my own prejudices. My friend Leisa, a short statured woman, wrote this piece inspired by me telling her that story. She read it out at the Emerging a Writers Festival Literary Salon in June, and I was wowed. (Leisa is pictured below, … [Read more...]
Facing my own prejudice about disability.
I follow a wonderful blog called This Little Miggy - she writes of her little girl who has a disability, and celebrates other children who have disabilities.It struck me when I read this post where Miggy comes to terms with her own prejudices. Miggy writes: "I met a woman a few … [Read more...]