In 2005, after a 26 year hiatus, the BBC brought Doctor Who back to our television screen again. The new Head Writer and Executive Producer of the series was Russell T. Davies. A man with an incredible CV in television and a life-long fan of the series. He left the series in 2010, handing over the […]
Thursday Truths: Russell T Davies and Future Doctor Whos
Thursday Truths: Vimizim For Ireland - The HSE and Irish Government Need to Listen
I am in the north of Ireland, in Greencastle outside Omagh. I am on a managed access programme to access Vimizim on the NHS. I have been on this drug since November 2016. Now, it is by no means a cure of my rare disease, but it has increasingly enhanced the quality of my life […]
Thursday Truths: Toby Young and Mainstream Education
On the 1st January 2018, it was announced that former The Sun journalist and free school advocate Toby Young was appointed by Theresa May’s Conservatives government to the executive of the newly created Office for Students (OfS). This is to help head the government’s drive to apply market forces to higher education in England, as […]
2017 - A Reflective Look Back
Here we all are, at the end of another year, wondering where it has disappeared to. We usually take this time to reflect on the year that has gone back and see what we can do and learn to bring forward with us to the incoming year. I shall be no different. 2017 is a […]
Thursday Truths: Philip Hammond – Divide and Conquer
This month the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond came out with a statement that hurt and angered many people with disabilities in the UK and wider. He said that people with disabilities who are in employment could be partly blamed for the sluggish productivity of the British economy. This is a totally unacceptable […]
Thursday Truths: One Year Later – My Vimizim Story
On Tuesday 22nd November 2016 I started a journey that I thought on many days would never happened. I started my weekly infusion of elosulfase alfa, or as it’s known by it’s marketing name, Vimizim. After years of campaigning across the UK and here in the north of Ireland, the drug was approved and I […]
Thursday Truths: Bringing Disability to Mainstream TV Drama
Despite disabled characters appearing ever more frequently on TV, Raquel Marie Mason and David Wyllie intend to take that to a ground-breaking new level. Turning Circle, a mainstream 3-part TV drama, ensures that disability is not a taboo subject, but a personable insight into that life. This gutsy drama contains strong characters that tackle issues […]
Thursday Truths: Translink to ZZ Top
Last year my friend Rosie and I decided we would hit Dublin in the summer of ’17 to see American rock legends ZZ Top live at the 3Arena. So straight onto Ticketmaster to book our tickets and onto booking.com to get our hotel booked. The only concern I had was transport up and down to […]
Thursday Truths: Doctor Who is a Woman, Dermot Reacts
Everyone here should know by now, my all time second favourite television programme is of course Doctor Who. Quantum Leap of course being number one, if you’re curious. Last Friday the BBC announced that they were going to reveal the identity of the 13th Doctor, after Peter Capaldi regenerates in the Christmas episode. The excitement […]
Thursday Truths: A Right To An Education
My experience as a child going into the school system I learnt of three schools in that are currently being sued by families for refusing pupils with disabilities to attend their schools. They were being supported by the Equality Commission on these cases and the families agreed to settlements against Wallace High School in Lisburn, […]