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Award-winning Author, Poet, Mental Health Advocate, and the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Stamford (2022-23).
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Poem: Jealousy, I See You
When people talk about jealousy, they think about choosing between who's going have the red car and who's going have the green car. But...
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Why I Don’t Feel the Need to Include Disabled Characters in My Writing
As a disabled person, I do believe that there is a certain need to be a voice discussing disability as it is an opportunity to educate...
Feb 87 min read
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Writing as an Outlet as a Disabled Person
Writing also allows for a level playing field, because disability is not the defining factor of anything within writing.
Dec 8, 20249 min read
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Imposter Syndrome: Your Writing Feeling as Though It Is Not a Priority
In calling myself a writer, it puts across this idea that being a writer and writing is all that I am — and without it I am nothing.
Nov 27, 20245 min read
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How Dictation Can Revolutionise Your Note-Taking Process as a Student
What I really like about it is the simplicity. The fact that I could be reading a chapter in a module book, or reading a website...
Nov 6, 20244 min read
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Using Voice-to-text Dictation for Professional or Academic Writing
As my interest in — and use — of voice-to-text dictation has increased, I have used it more and more across my various types of writing.
Oct 26, 20245 min read
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Writing and Performing Poetry as a Wheelchair User
When your movement is restricted, it is important that the words carry more power and do most, if not all, of the expression.
Jun 15, 20244 min read
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Planning With a Chronic Illness Is by No Means Impossible, but It Is Very Difficult
Chances are you know somebody with a chronic illness. Contrary to popular opinion, a chronic illness is not an illness that is extremely...
Oct 16, 20237 min read
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Why and How to Use Voice-To-Text Dictation
Yes, I am writing another post on dictation, but you'll soon get over it. Especially after you read what I have to say. Dictation has...
Sep 15, 20237 min read
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‘Biscuits!’ comes to Peterborough’s Key Theatre
There is an event coming up on Wednesday and Thursday the 14th and 15th of June! Acclaimed arts and disability activists — Touretteshero...
Jun 7, 20232 min read
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A New Essay out Soon
In this essay, I explore what loneliness really means, and apply that in an every day context. As with almost anything that I write, the ess
May 26, 20231 min read
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Who Am I Aside From My Writing?
This is quite an open-ended question, so… I write this blog in the hope that it will prompt you to — within your own circumstances —...
May 6, 20237 min read
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Not All Writers are Millionaires
As much as we'd like to be, not all writers are millionaires. Don't get me wrong — there is always hope there, and I've got my fingers...
May 6, 20235 min read
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In Thirteen Pages or Less, I can Improve your Understanding of Disability.
In thirteen pages or less, I can improve your understanding of disability. Does what it says on the tin. This essay gets real about what...
Apr 9, 20231 min read
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How Bad Are You at Monitoring the Time You Spend On Your Phone?
It's no secret that, over the last 10 years or so, we have got used to walking around with the mini computer in our pocket we call...
Jan 14, 20236 min read
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Why do I Blog?
Of course, I have an answer. I wouldn't be asking the question if I didn't have an answer. There are a lot of thoughts here, so I hope...
Dec 10, 20224 min read
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Being Tired is Not the Same When You Are Chronically-ill
How it can affect writing. Tiredness is something I struggle with as a chronically-ill person. I know, for the most part, that whatever I...
Nov 27, 20224 min read
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The Caveat in Perfectionism
I’ll have a go at this, but I'll probably never finish it, or come to the perfect conclusion. As you may have noticed, through my writing...
Nov 12, 20222 min read
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