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
Cripsmas
- 18 December 2007
For us crips Christmas isn’t exactly a time of undiluted joy and pleasure
Life & Society
Terminology
- 20 November 2007
- 1 comment
Victoria Brignell takes us on a trip across the often controversial territory of language and disability
Life & Society
Dominated by ambulist metaphors
- 30 October 2007
- 2 comments
Victoria ponders how English - a language she loves - is institutionally 'disablist'
Life & Society
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
Life & Society
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
Life & Society
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
Health
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
Society
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
Media
Physical challenges
- 05 April 2007
Being disabled hardly keeps many people from beating records, engaging in extreme sports and completing other equally notable feats
Society
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
