Crip's Column
View from my wheelchair - Victoria Brignell on life as a disabled person.
Sliding doors
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 06 May 2008
How much being disabled has altered the course of a life - Victoria Brignell ponders whether being in a wheelchair has actually made all that much difference...
Ancient world
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 07 April 2008
Smeared in mustard, paraded naked - the curious and often cruel treatment of disabled people in Ancient Rome, Sparta and Greece
Anniversary
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 05 March 2008
Victoria Brignell celebrates her silver disability anniversary and explains why she wants to celebrate her 25 years as a "Crip."
Architectural apartheid
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 11 February 2008
With a combination of careful thought, determination and technical ingenuity, any building can be made accessible
Bureaucracy
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 15 January 2008
If you have a phobia of forms, I recommend you don’t become severely disabled
Cripsmas
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 18 December 2007
For us crips Christmas isn’t exactly a time of undiluted joy and pleasure
Terminology
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 20 November 2007
Victoria Brignell takes us on a trip across the often controversial territory of language and disability
Dominated by ambulist metaphors
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 30 October 2007
Victoria ponders how English - a language she loves - is institutionally 'disablist'
Envying the Daleks
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 12 September 2007
In her latest column, Victoria Brignell mourns the hours that pass without the beloved Doctor who may be an example for us all and reveals how she envies the Daleks
Being tetraplegic isn't a lifestyle choice
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 08 August 2007
At a time when we are bombarded by news stories about the apparent breakdown of communities, my disability enables me to witness plentiful examples of people's thoughtfulness
Hands off our parking bays
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 16 July 2007
If the police want to catch criminals, the best place to start looking could be disabled parking spaces
Tip of the iceberg
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 12 June 2007
There's more to paralysis than not being able to move. Victoria reveals the hidden medical challenges faced by people with spinal injuries
Bizarre comments
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 08 May 2007
Some strange things get said to people with disabilities. Here Victoria Brignell gives us her top 12 weird remarks
Physical challenges
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 05 April 2007
Being disabled hardly keeps many people from beating records, engaging in extreme sports and completing other equally notable feats
Venerate me and I'll run you over
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- Posted by Victoria Brignell
- 13 March 2007
Victoria muses about the treatment of disabled people in 17th century Spain as recorded by the artist Velazquez and draws comparison with the present day
