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Across the globe, people love sport. Every country has several sports that their population particularly supports. In South Africa, the favourites are cricket, football/soccer, and rugby, though these are by no means the only sports that are both played and supported passionately here. As with so many other aspects of life, somehow people seem to …
As I’ve expressed many times before, often the greatest obstacles we face as people with disabilities are the barriers imposed on us by the non-disabled community. People who have no personal contact with disability are seldom able to understand what we can achieve. They usually assume wrongly that our disability means we are restricted or …
I am frequently placed in situations where I have to explain the work that I do. More than that, I have to explain why I feel my work is important and relevant to those who choose to engage with it. I thought it might be interesting to share some information on that topic here in …
Last time I shared ways in which I am making my content more accessible to people who are blind. This week I want to focus on how I am trying to make my content more inclusive of the people from the deaf community and those living with hearing loss. I am having to think more …
A few months ago I took a long, hard look at the work I’m doing and began to think about ways I could make my content more accessible for all consumers. I totally get it. I understand why most content creators either don’t know or don’t care about the potential needs of the disability community. …
There was a time when it felt like everyone was watching cute puppy and kitten videos on YouTube. I have no idea if that is still a trendy way to use the video channel, but I thought I would let you know about some cute guide dog videos on my channel. There are several of …
Great news! My podcast has gone video! A few weeks ago I took the decision to release some of my podcast episodes as videos on YouTube. Naturally, only those episodes where I have permission both to capture and to share the content. There are two primary reasons for me to start doing this. First, so …
A few weeks ago I told you how excited I was to have spoken at the Seeing Ability Mini-conference. I don’t think I will ever tire of the chance to help people see their talents and abilities in a different way, to help them use their passions as tools to overcome challenges. I finally got …
There is so much confusion in society about what disability is and is not. It is easy to find a dictionary definition of disability, and most countries have their own specific definition, or use that developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Where the confusion arises is in the understanding of the definitions as a …
In June I had the opportunity of co-hosting the Seeing Ability mini-conference with two phenomenal women, fellow speakers Brittany McCormick and Princess Lukhele. We wanted to help people discover abilities and talents they currently overlook, and to give them actionable steps to shift them towards making use of those talents to achieve their goals. While …