Victoria Brignell
Victoria Brignell works as a radio producer with the BBC. After reading classics at Downing College, Cambridge, she undertook journalism training at Cardiff University. She lives in West London and is 30 years old and is a tetraplegic wheelchair-user.
Articles by Victoria Brignell
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Society
Farewell: the final Crip's Column
- 21 December 2010
- 3 comments
In her final column for the New Statesman, Victoria Brignell reflects on what it has meant to write regularly on disability.
Society
When the disabled were segregated
- 15 December 2010
- 4 comments
In the final part of her series to mark disability history month, Victoria Brignell explores the past segregation of disabled people in Britain and America.
Society
When America believed in eugenics
- 10 December 2010
- 6 comments
In the second of her series to mark disability history month, Victoria Brignell investigates America's past enthusiasm for eugenics and the profound suffering this inflicted on disabled people.
Society
The eugenics movement Britain wants to forget
- 09 December 2010
- 13 comments
In the first of a three-part series to mark disability history month, Victoria Brignell looks back at the way the UK and USA have treated disabled people and uncovers a history that both countries would prefer to forget.
Society
How autism leads to genius
- 29 November 2010
- 19 comments
In the second part of her autism series, Victoria Brignell argues that, instead of wanting to eliminate autism, we need to accept that there really is no such thing as "normal" behaviour.
Society
Two unsung national heroes
- 19 November 2010
- 1 comment
The scientists Henry Cavendish and Paul Dirac deserve to be much better known than they are.
Society
The benefits of care
- 09 November 2010
- 1 comment
In the final part of her series on her personal experience of social care, Victoria Brignell explores the benefits of needing carers.
Society
No robot could replace my PA
- 28 October 2010
- 1 comment
In the sixth part of her series on social care, Victoria Brignell describes some of her worst experiences with carers
Society
It's been emotional
- 12 October 2010
- 2 comments
In the fifth part of her series on social care, Victoria Brignell explains the emotional effects of employing carers.
Lifestyle
How to avoid a communication breakdown
- 04 October 2010
- 2 comments
In the fourth part of her series on social care, Victoria Brignell highlights the importance of good communication.
