by admin | Nov 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Earlier in the year I visited a University, as I often do, to talk with OT students during their tutorials. They interview me as someone with lived experience of disability, and I offer feedback on their question-asking skills. I don’t do this at all to...
by admin | Nov 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Since my stroke 20 years ago, I’ve achieved more than my 24-year-old self ever imagined.I’ve written a book. Bought a house. Returned to work. Presented, travelled, spoken up, spoken out, and built a life that I’m genuinely proud of. I feel that so far I have worked...
by admin | Nov 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Recently I travelled to NewCastle to present a keynote at the Midwifery & Nursing Committee’s conference on innovation in healthcare. It was a great moment for me, not just as an occupational therapist, but as a stroke survivor and a person with lived experience...
by admin | Nov 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’m sitting with a hot coffee in my hands just minutes before a meeting is about to start. And once again, I’m faced with a familiar predicament: Do I enjoy this coffee and be late, or leave it so I can get to the meeting on time? Because as a person who uses a...
by admin | Nov 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
My new eye patch arrived last week. Yep version three. Third time lucky, right? After twenty years of living with the aftermath of my stroke and almost two years of battling eye issues, I had dared to hope that this would finally be the solution that made things...
