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The disability diaries


9 January 2018

  • Impassioned pacifist Randolph Bourne was undaunted by years of discrimination.

    Randolph Bourne's 1911 essay on disability shocked society. But what's changed since?

    The American intellectual’s controversial account, The Handicapped - By One of Them, still resonates today. It also begs the question: what progress has been made since his death 100 years ago?

27 November 2017

  • Disability diaries PArt of g2 cover and web story November 2017

    From sexual harassment to hostile colleagues: readers' experiences of life with a disability

    Our Disability Diaries series provoked a huge reaction from readers, many of whom shared their accounts of living with a disability and suggestions for change. Here is a selection of their stories

15 November 2017

  • G2 Disability Diary Frances Ryan<br>For G2 Disability Diary article with Frances Ryan where Guardian readers from around the country have been keeping a diary on how their life is with their disability and met up at Nottingham Trent University to discuss. Pictured (l-r) Craig Gilding-28 from Lincolnshire who is deaf, Nina Grant-31 from London EDS wheelchair user, Pete Langman -50 from Brighton suffers Parkinsons and Shona Cobb -19 from St. Albans and suffers with Marfan Syndrome. Photo by Fabio De Paola

    Stares, glares and internet dating: the harsh realities of life with a disability

    Seven Guardian readers have documented their experiences of everyday discrimination over a month. From inaccessible public transport to ‘helpful’ advice from strangers, it’s a revealing portrait of disabilism in the UK
  • Paralympic wheelchair racer Anne Wafula Strike.

    Seven things you should stop saying and doing to disabled people

    Don’t ask someone what their disabilities are. Don’t give help without asking. Don’t tell anyone they are ‘brave’. Seven people reveal their everyday disabilism bugbears
  • Hassles with public transport are a common theme …

    What is life really like for disabled people? The Disability Diaries reveal all

    We asked seven people to keep diaries for a month to document the reality of being disabled in Britain today. Frances Ryan reflects on the issues that arose – public transport, employment, housing, attitudes – and meets four of the diarists
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