If anyone would like to read about life from the perspective of (seemingly rather hungry) disabled stand-up comic Ted Shiress in Cardiff, I would advise you to check this blog out. I came across Ted Gets Fed earlier this morning: it’s fairly newly-established and I’ve only read a couple of entries, but it seems like a witty, intelligent blog which articulates some of the issues disabled people encounter when it comes to eating out. Ted’s comments about straws seem especially resonant, and it will be interesting to see if he starts to articulate some of the issues I come across fairly often in restaurants as someone who uses a powerchair, drinks alcohol through a straw and needs to be manually fed by a personal assistant.