Interviewing Jennifer Cassidy

This week, I have the pleasure of bringing you an interview with the one and only Jennifer Cassidy. She is not only my amazing mother but co-founder of Speech Bubble drama which is a UK drama project for children and young people with speech impairments. What was it like first discovering you had a disabled

The power in assistance

Something I’ve learned over time which has changed my perception of being disabled is the power of asking for and receiving help. I’ve always been a headstrong, determined person who will genuinely go all-out to achieve my goals so when it comes to asking for help, I often find it hard to admit that I

Disabled and exam-ready

It’s now officially that special time of year where teenagers are out of school and desperately shoving their faces in text books trying to absorb last minute formulas before their dreaded exams, and this year, one of those teenagers is me!  I’m currently sitting my national 5 qualifications and I thought it may be insightful

Disability & consent

Today I’m going to be writing about a topic that I feel isn’t discussed as much as I think it should be when it comes to disability and that is consent. The definition of consent is permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.  With that definition in mind, I want to explain why

Supporting disabled people at school

How to support disabled pupils at school? Being at school is a generally difficult time of life for everyone but when you are disabled, things are even more interesting. I’ve been at mainstream school for 11 years of my life so I feel pretty qualified to discuss this topic however please keep in mind that I’m

My relationship with CP

Something I’ve been thinking about recently is my relationship with my disability. It’s something that is constantly changing and fluctuating so I thought it would be interesting to try and write about it using chapters to document each stage of my relationship with it so far. Discovery  I was a very happy toddler. I went

My big announcement!

Last year was an absolute whirlwind for so many reasons but there’s one particular reason that I have kept quiet from the blog and my social media.  I have written my first book! This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever had the opportunity to do in my life and I’m so grateful

My achievements in 2021

I’ve taken a much longer break from blogging than I had anticipated to and as much as I think I really needed time to recover from my exams, I have really missed writing and connecting with people. As this is the last blog post I’m doing in 2021, I want to share all of the

Understanding ableism

This week I’d planned to do a happy little post on World Cerebral Palsy Day, however my week has been filled with so much blatant discrimination that I’ve decided I need to put this out instead! The first instance of ableism that I’ve experienced this week is one I’ve found really challenging to deal with.

1 year of blogging

On September the 13th last year, I posted my first blog post to my original website. Since then I’ve written 30 blog posts (including this one), connected with loads of new people, made friends and started conversations that I’ve always wanted to but never had the courage to. This blog has given me a platform