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View from my wheelchair - Victoria Brignell on life as a disabled person.

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In sickness and in health

  • 13 September 2010
  • 1 comment

In the third part of her series on social care, Victoria Brignell reveals what can happen when your carer takes sick leave.

The perils of recruitment

  • 17 August 2010
  • 1 comment

In the second part of her series on social care, Victoria Brignell describes the challenge of recruiting new carers.

Care one - overview

  • 09 August 2010

In the first of a seven part series on social care, Victoria Brignell gives an insight into how one disabled person organises her care.

Theatre nights

  • 16 November 2009
  • 1 comment

Theatre facilities for the disabled have significantly improved but challenges remain

The moral dilemmas of a museum visit

  • 12 October 2009
  • 3 comments

Is it morally right that I should benefit from a reduced entry price purely because I use a wheelchair?

Accessible toilets

  • 31 August 2009
  • 1 comment

Why bog standard should be a fully accessible standard

Fashion

  • 30 July 2009

Those involved in the fashion world shouldn't forget that one of the most beautiful women in art is the Venus de Milo - a woman with no arms.

Voice

  • 05 May 2009
  • 1 comment

Victoria Brignell on Chelmsford, the power of radio and a particularly limiting aspect of her disability

Penfriend

  • 30 March 2009
  • 1 comment

How a bond formed at 13 with an Australian penfriend led Victoria Brignell to embark on a deception that has lasted two decades

Assisted death 2

  • 20 February 2009

Helping people who are suddenly physically disabled so they avoid despair and learn to adjust and enjoy life might prevent tragedies like the case of Daniel James

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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