I guess I began my career as a disability consultant today. As I said, I had been invited to this ‘thing’ at the new vic theatre, hanley, about disability. I was reluctant to let my friends down, so I went.

It was certainly interesting. It turns out that it was for the learning support staff at the Newcastle FE college. It was about good practice, acceptable language etc in conjunction with students with disabilities. People used performance to explore these issues. Apart from a lady with dyspraxia, I was the only disabled person there, and was relied upon to give input, pointers and opinions. I felt rather important. In my opinion, you jut have to be yourself in such situations: people call themselves ‘disability consultants’, offering their homespun, poorly thought-out opinions to anyone who’ll pay them, when all you have to do is to be open and honest.

Anyway, it was quite an interesting day. Although I did feel kind of like the token cripple there, I was glad to help. Who knows, maybe this could lead to something.