3 ways to break out of your victim mindset and thrive
Having a victim mindset will stop you from achieving great things in life. Find how to break free of it and THRIVE once and for all!
Disability
Are Disabled People Crap? How to Support Them Into Work
I was delighted to be asked to speak recently to over 80 businesses at the Blaby District Means Business event on the divide between employers and disabled people.
In Support of the Disability Confident Campaign
As someone who has long endeavoured in employment before subsequently working on my own business, I can personally say that the road to professional success has certainly been paved with difficulties. Despite this, the changing landscape of today’s employment scene has been a ground-breaking improvement for increasing the hiring rate of people with disabilities. A …
Rotary & End Polio Now
Rotary, through its End Polio Now campaign, has done a lot of work to rid the world of polio forever. It has been partnered in this campaign by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This campaign has been so successful that as of November 2018 only three countries still have cases of polio. These are …
Being disabled is easy
Being disabled is easy. It is society that makes it hard. As a physically disabled individual it’s fair to society that the “able-bodied” society struggle to fully accept me just as I am. Recently someone shared that “Society accepts physical disability, for example, those in wheelchairs but still struggle to accept those with mental illnesses.” …
The Late Effects Of Polio
So what are the late effects of polio (aka post-polio syndrome)? In a nutshell, Mr polio knocks twice! The first time he comes around, he totally messes you up, or should I be using the F-word? The extent to which you get messed up depends on how lucky or unlucky you are. Some people get …
“The Double Whammy of being Black and Disabled”
The Equality Act’s aim is to protect individuals who fall into the following categories: age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity. I’ve often joked that because I fall into two of the above categories, life should be a breeze. Positive discrimination ought to work …