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not short of something to say not short of something to say contact details as well as being a freelance writer i am also a qualified counsellor and i work for a low cost counselling service in exeter and for the nhs gender clinic also in exeter simultaneously i work as a disability member of the first tier tribunal social entitlement chamber sitting on disability benefit tribunals on an ad hoc basis as a writer i specialise in writing about disability and health my articles have been published in the guardian times ouch bbc disability website disability now broadcast lifestyle motability magazine the practising midwife junior pregnancy baby writers news able getting there transport for london magazine junior community care dppi disability pregnancy parenthood international i have also had articles commissioned by daily mail for more information about me and for examples of my writing please see below if you would like me to write an article for your publication about any aspect of disability please do get in touch emma emmabowler co uk tuesday august 11 2015 world s worst place to be disabled bbc 3 programme last night i watched a very harrowing documentary made by sophie morgan a disabled woman i interviewed a while ago when she was a contestant on a disabled modelling programme the programme the world s worst place to be disabled is about the treatment of disabled people in ghana showing how disabled adults are kept hidden inside chained up and subjected to religious healing by some very hideous individuals that is if they are not poisoned as children by fetish priests who are paid for doing this on the happier side the programme featured an amazing man himself disabled who is fundraising for a school for disabled children on his fundraising page supporter wall he welcomes donations for just 5 that s about 3 have a look at the work he is doing who is ark who is ark who is ark barimah antwi better known as mr ark is a native of ghana he lives in a simple home in the town of maase offinso every day he walks view on www arksfoundation org preview by yahoo if you can bear to watch the documentary it will be on bbc iplayer for 17 more days from the date of this post if you can t bear to watch all of it then if you start it at 45mins in you ll see some more positive good bits including an interview with a 17 year old called charles who i just wanted to scoop up and bring to the uk so he can fulfil his dream the world s worst place to be disabled the world s worst place to be disabled sophie morgan visits ghana to uncover the reality of many disabled people who live there view on www bbc co uk preview by yahoo if you are reading this post after the 17 days have lapsed you can see charle s in a video on the ark s foundation website http www arksfoundation org meet the locals html posted by emmab at 4 39 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bbc three disabled people in ghana sophie morgan world s worst place to be disabled wednesday june 17 2015 promoting the rough guide to accessible britain i m quoted in the following publicity for the excellent rough guide to accessible britain i m always happy to promote the guide because as kofi annan once said knowledge is power information is liberating so anything that disseminates information to disabled people has to be a good thing www carehome co uk news article cfm id 1569469 free uk travel guide www homecare co uk news article cfm id 1569469 free uk travel guide posted by emmab at 9 52 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday june 16 2015 national geographic traveller feature on accessible travel as a writer i m normally in the business of finding people to provide quotes for the articles i write but it s always nice to be the other side of the equation and be quoted for a change as in this feature in national geographic traveller about accessible travel www natgeotraveller co uk smart travel features accessible travel posted by emmab at 6 02 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday march 24 2014 the power of the can do attitude i ve come to the conclusion that it is essential for children to find something they can do and want to get into when they find that thing it not only boosts their confidence and happiness while they are doing it but those positive effects permeate into other areas of their life too this is particularly important for a disabled child because so often they are comparing themselves or are compared to their peers and focusing on all the things they can t do so i was particularly pleased when my son archie who also has kniest recently won the 2013 on the move national competition for photographers with disabilities which is jointly organised by mobility choice the charity responsible for delivering the mobility roadshow and the disabled photographers society dps he was so chuffed and last week even made it into the local paper so that won him some additional kudos at school too posted by emmab at 11 31 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels disabled children disabled photographers society kniest syndrome the mobility roadshow saturday january 25 2014 east midlands trains winner of my 2014 can t do attitude award will anyone beat this well all i wanted to do was book a train from where i live to loughborough to attend a training course for a job i ve just got just how hard can that be a non disabled person s experience of booking a train ticket a non disabled person would go to a train website put in the details of where when they want to travel pick the appropriate tickets and pay for them bingo job done time taken less than 5 mins a disabled person s experience of booking a train ticket a disabled person would go to a train website put in the details of where when they want to travel pick out the appropriate tickets they d like to book armed with this information they would then have to ring to book the tickets and assistance on a special assistance line they would have to go through all the relevant details bit by bit in my case i d have to argue for a while about needing to take a mobility scooter on the train something i ve done numerous times without an issue at the station once they d gone through this then they would book the tickets then they would have to go back over all the details again to book the assistance bit by bit time taken about 30 mins but the problem with the journey i wanted to do was that it involved a leg with east midlands trains the man at south west trains who i use to book my tickets and assistance with insisted i called east midlands trains before booking so i call east midlands trains i m immediately told they have a very stringent scooter policy health and safety and all that however i explain that i have a very small scooter confident they can t possibly have an issue with it as soon as the scooter name comes out of my mouth the man at the end of the phone says no can t take that one he goes on to explain that he personally has seen one tip over on the ramp i say ok i can walk it up the ramp no not possible apparently too dangerous he suggests i get a wheelchair but i don t have a wheelchair i don t want a wheelchair i already have a scooter which i feel very comfortable and confident on i would not feel either in a wheelchair he then suggests that i could pack the scooter into a carry case my scooter doesn t have a carry case and carry it on to the train the scooter is 30kg i m 4ft tall about 42kg in weight all my joints are stiff and deformed i find steps difficult i find train steps impossible as you can imagine carrying a scooter onto the train would be very difficult for me and what about my health and safety east midlands rules clearly doesn t apply to me cheers i m told the trains weren t built for taking scooters and that the man s own partner has a disability and can t travel on her scooter on the trains as if though that will make me feel better it doesn t it makes me feel angry so she s not allowed on the trains either there s another name for this discrimination under the guise of health and safety so thank you east midlands trains for pulling out all the stops so i can t travel on your trains you ve been so helpful i m going to drive posted by emmab at 4 45 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom twitter le louvre april 2010 about me emmab i guess one of my most defining features is that i m 4ft tall due to a rare disability called kniest syndrome like most short people i ve not let the little issue of height stand in my way and i went to mainstream school university work and all that i ended up working at the bbc for over 10 years before bailing out to have children i now have 2 boys one has my disability the other doesn t it s an interesting journey of joy worry guilt pleasure fear normality difference view my complete profile on becoming a writer after over 10 years as a bbc tv programme maker working on disability documentary entertainment and children s programmes i left to have 2 children having decided that the full on lifestyle of programme making and being a parent wasn t for me i decided to utilise the skills experience and knowledge gleaned from my bbc career to became a freelance writer because of my personal experience of disability i chose to specialise by writing about all aspects of disability from parenting to sport clothes shopping to legislation what s in the news to specific aspects of particular impairments all too often the media portrayal of disabled people and disability issues doesn t quite hit the mark the tone is off the language is wrong the overall effect leaves the public none the wiser as a disabled writer my aim is to be positive informative and accurate that doesn t have to mean dry and boring a bit of humour can go a long way examples of my writing guardian how will i cope with a normal baby guardian article about young carers times newspaper co wrote this supplement on disability for the times through the publisher mediaplanet devon life dunsford show diary disability now disabled naturists disability now compensation for disability disability now young campaigners disability now getting fit bbc ouch website disability pregnancy and parenthood international coping with a normal baby republication of guardian article disability pregnancy and parenthood international a disabled inheritance motability lifestyle magazine article on the cost of bringing up a disabled child motability lifestyle magazine support for disabled parents article motability lifestyle personal shopper article blog archive 2015 3 august 1 world s worst place to be disabled bbc 3 programme june 2 2014 2 march 1 january 1 2013 13 december 1 october 1 august 1 july 1 june 1 may 2 march 2 february 2 january 2 2012 20 december 1 november 2 september 3 august 2 july 3 june 1 may 3 april 1 march 2 january 2 2011 7 november 1 june 1 may 1 april 1 march 1 february 1 january 1 2010 4 december 1 september 1 february 1 january 1 2009 18 december 1 november 1 september 1 august 1 july 2 june 1 may 4 april 2 march 1 february 2 january 2 2008 39 december 1 november 1 october 1 september 2 august 3 july 5 june 4 may 2 april 4 march 5 february 5 january 6 2007 1 september 1 simple theme theme images by luoman powered by blogger