Turning 18
For most people, turning 18 is a chance to buy a pint in the pub and vote in the next election. For me, it’s meant monumental change. All paediatric services end when you legally become an adult, so I’ve had to say goodbye to consultants who have known and cared for me all my life,…
My Grannie
Today we are having a Service of Thanksgiving for my Grannie. She always thought of others before herself and for my childhood always had her red suitcase packed and ready to come and help. When she arrived the relief was palpable. She and I spent many hours sat together on the sofa, long after my siblings and cousins…
Bereavement at Christmas
This Christmas is going to feel sad for me and my family. In November my grannie was diagnosed as being in the latter stages of ovarian cancer, and on 12th December she died in a hospice. I love her very much and will miss her a lot. Every year I write a Christmas poem, and this year’s…
Good inclusion
What makes good inclusion? After a year as the only non-speaking wheelchair using pupil at a sixth form in a mainstream school, I have had time to reflect on what has made the year so successful. This can be summed up in one word: access. Of course when most people hear the word access in…
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