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    How to use the Social Model of Disability in everyday life
    hetalmurphy
    • 4 days ago
    • 2 min

    How to use the Social Model of Disability in everyday life

    Whether you’re disabled or not – learning about the Social Model of Disability can be a real light bulb moment for us. I know for me,...
    62 views0 comments
    Fluctuating Conditions
    hetalmurphy
    • Jun 14
    • 3 min

    Fluctuating Conditions

    One of the things I find most difficult about being disabled, is the fluctuating nature of my condition. A few weeks ago, I was in the...
    75 views0 comments
    What is a Direct Payment?
    hetalmurphy
    • Jun 7
    • 2 min

    What is a Direct Payment?

    In this week’s blog we look at Direct Payments; what they are, what they can be used for and how you can get one. Direct Payments were...
    62 views0 comments
    From Human Being to Human Doing
    hetalmurphy
    • Jun 2
    • 2 min

    From Human Being to Human Doing

    Volunteering can seem like a bit of an unknown and intimidating beast if you have never had a try, but once you give it a go, you will...
    22 views0 comments
    NFST - Our Experience, Our Voice
    hetalmurphy
    • May 24
    • 4 min

    NFST - Our Experience, Our Voice

    Following the news that the Care Quality Commission has warned Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) that the Trust must improve,...
    68 views0 comments
    Dear Legoland
    hetalmurphy
    • May 17
    • 3 min

    Dear Legoland

    Dear Legoland, Recently I visited Legoland Windsor with my family. It was my first full day out as a wheelchair user. I’ve needed to use...
    183 views0 comments
    Volunteering at Equal Lives Shopmobility
    hetalmurphy
    • Apr 27
    • 2 min

    Volunteering at Equal Lives Shopmobility

    Below is a copy of our blog post that we published at the beginning of the year. Since then we have made the decision to loan out...
    20 views0 comments
    Member Story: Contracting COVID-19 as a disabled woman
    hetalmurphy
    • Apr 5
    • 2 min

    Member Story: Contracting COVID-19 as a disabled woman

    Our member Helen shares her story about getting COVID-19 as a disabled woman. Helen had been in hospital for 2 weeks while she was being...
    72 views0 comments
    More about our fantastic membership offer
    hetalmurphy
    • Mar 29
    • 2 min

    More about our fantastic membership offer

    Last week you may have read our blog telling you about our membership magazine. Following on from that we would like to tell you a little...
    51 views0 comments
    Have you read our Membership Magazine?
    hetalmurphy
    • Mar 22
    • 1 min

    Have you read our Membership Magazine?

    As part of our Membership offer, we publish an online quarterly membership magazine. Our recent membership survey revealed that the...
    42 views0 comments
    Membership Survey - Results!
    hetalmurphy
    • Mar 15
    • 2 min

    Membership Survey - Results!

    Our Annual Membership Survey is now complete! In this blog we share some of the results of the Individual Member survey with you. But...
    64 views1 comment
    Have we forgotten disabled people again?
    hetalmurphy
    • Mar 1
    • 2 min

    Have we forgotten disabled people again?

    Boris Johnson announced that all Covid-19 restrictions will end on the 24th of February, including the isolation period for people who...
    103 views0 comments
    Life as a Disabled Mother
    hetalmurphy
    • Feb 22
    • 2 min

    Life as a Disabled Mother

    For a long time I didn’t want children, not because I did not think I could cope with it, but because I wanted a career - it felt like...
    88 views0 comments
    Government Consultation Ruled Unlawful
    hetalmurphy
    • Feb 15
    • 2 min

    Government Consultation Ruled Unlawful

    ‘Unlawful’ – The High Court brands the Government Consultation unlawful after the government failed to properly consult with disabled...
    106 views0 comments
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