Year: 2026
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The Social Model of Disability: Its Uses, its Limits.
In my last post I gave an outline and some musical context to The Social Model of Disability. In this post, I wanted to take a moment to share some of the perceived limitations and even criticisms of the model. This is shared not because I dislike the model, but because I think it’s an…
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The Social Model of Disability.
I’ve been delivering Disability Equality training across the music sector since 2018, and if there’s one idea that’s shifted people’s perspectives most profoundly, it’s the Social Model. For most people, it changes the very definition of what we mean when we say we are Disabled. Nowadays, I find many more people know what it is,…
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On Late Diagnosis ADHD.
I’ll get straight to it. So, turns out… I have ADHD. I was not a hyperactive kid, so this came as a bit of a surprise. That says more about my misconceptions around ADHD than anything else. At least, I wasn’t an externally hyperactive kid. And there’s a pretty good reason for that of course; I…