Dad keeps going on at me for not blogging more about disability subjects, and told me this weekend that my blog has become more like a diary recently. I see his point, but I’d also maintain that my writing about my day-to-day activities as a masters student will raise awareness, albeit on a very small scale, of what life is like for a person with cp. This is why my blog is filled with so much waffle. I know I should try to blog about wider disability politics, but I guess that, at present, I’m still stuck in the pleasant bubble of academia.

However, some of you may find this interesting. It’s a video, on youtube, about ‘accessing the inaccessible’. It concerns the problems faced by an American high school student with disabilities; even getting through the front door, it seems, was a struggle. Yet it is important to note that, despite these problems, her belief in inclusion never falters. It is better to struggle on against the obstacles than be segregated, for an obstacle can be overcome whereas the damage done by segregation is often life long.