Penny Pepper debunks the bigoted beliefs held about the Blue Badge, support workers, wheelchairs and more...
Disability
When will the disabled experience be seen and valued in a humane way?
Attacks on disabled people have all too often dressed themselves in the clothes of good housekeeping – as the newspaper's tax calculator suggests
Colorblindness in a color-coded world.
Anna Romandash meets a disabled activist who has led the way in supporting Ukraine's disabled population during Russia's horrific invasion of the country
Vogue Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful understands we have to go beyond stunning photography and glorious clothes – and push for further discussion around the disability narrative, writes Penny Pepper
A new report lifts the lid on the urgent need for a strategy on how this ignored group can be supported to lead fulfilling lives
Penny Pepper shares her thoughts on finally catching the virus as a Clinically Extremely Vulnerable disabled person
Prosecution attempts to pick holes in account of Jewish campaigner for Palestinian human rights and anti-arms industry activist draw groans On Tuesday, Skwawkbox attended the trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court of five Palestine Action (PA) activists charged by the state with planning to damage the Shenstone, Lichfield factory of Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Sytems, when […]
My son’s language is made of a bundle of sounds that do not exist in the Spanish that we speak around the Río de la Plata. He repeats syllables he himself invented, he alternates them with onomatopoeias, guttural sounds, and high-pitched shouts. It is an expressive, singing language. I wrote this on Twitter at 6:30 […]