Department for Snakes and Ladders?
Fionn critiques the benefits system's failure to support chronically ill, self-employed people I’m exactly the same as anyone else who’s gathered up a lifetime of training and experience. I have…
An empty powered wheelchair waiting to be used
Stairs or stares? Obstacles to using a wheelchair with invisible illness
Ella Sumpter talks about fluctuating mobility levels and reactions to her wheelchair use I have been given a power wheelchair that used to belong to my wife’s grandfather. I am…
Portrait by Susan Kruse
Chronic Illness and Confidence
Marion Michell reveals how chronic illness has stolen her confidence and asks how to resist it Lately the phrase you're just not good enough has plagued me greatly. My art,…
2. EMPLOYMENT Chronic Illness and graduation
Rebecca Boot tackles the painful subject of employment for the chronically ill I'm back at university, studying again after my body threw a fantastic tantrum the last time I tried…
Angus, aged 12, has had ME for 4 years. Unable to attend school, Angus now has a tutor for one hour a week.
1: EDUCATION Chronic illness and social exclusion series
Geoff Jones recalls his experiences of education as a child with severe chronic illness Access to education is often overlooked when considering chronic illness and social exclusion. Education is particularly…
Spoonie Utopia*: an inclusion thought experiment
Jenny Lyus imagines: "Under this Pro-Spoonie* government I still don’t feel well but I do feel better about myself and my role in society." (*‘Spoonie’ is an informal term for…
Accessing Support: A system geared toward physical impairments
Sarah Campbell asks whether chronic illness needs its own set of responses to social security, employment and social care. I have a combination of both a chronic illness and a…
From “sick” to “disabled”: my own journey
Catherine Hale considers how half a lifetime of chronic illness has changed her understanding of the term "disabled" I’ve been sick for nearly 30 years. That’s the whole of my…
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