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Victoria Brignell

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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Cripsmas

  • 18 December 2007

For us crips Christmas isn’t exactly a time of undiluted joy and pleasure

Terminology

  • 20 November 2007
  • 1 comment

Victoria Brignell takes us on a trip across the often controversial territory of language and disability

Dominated by ambulist metaphors

  • 30 October 2007
  • 2 comments

Victoria ponders how English - a language she loves - is institutionally 'disablist'

Envying the Daleks

  • 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

  • 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

  • 16 July 2007
  • 7 comments

If the police want to catch criminals, the best place to start looking could be disabled parking spaces

Tip of the iceberg

  • 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

  • 08 May 2007
  • 6 comments

Some strange things get said to people with disabilities. Here Victoria Brignell gives us her top 12 weird remarks

Physical challenges

  • 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

  • 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

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