Imagine having the freedom to go out alone in the evening. Imagine knowing that the transport system would get you home safely. As a disabled London resident that’s not my reality. The…
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The Guardian: As coronavirus hits, Britain’s ‘vulnerable’ are terrified to see our rights removed
Before Covid-19, both the NHS and social care were already in crisis. Overstretched and underfunded, hospitals were overwhelmed by winter flu and a backlog of people needing community care were waiting for…
RED PEPPER: THE POLITICS OF COVID-19 – GOVERNMENT CONTEMPT FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
As a disabled adult, I’ve been epidemic-watching for a while, getting increasingly worried about Covid-19 as it came closer. Now that wave is about to break over the UK, and intensive care…
Dissembling Nature @ Deptford Literature Festival
I am very excited to be leading a workshop titled Dissembling Nature as a part of Deptford Literature Festival – it’s going to be great, and I really encourage you to book…
The Guardian: I’m stuck in a hospital that’s starved of funds – let’s not forget the NHS when we vote
Over the summer, the NHS quietly saved my life several times. On each occasion, it caught a rapid worsening of my underlying condition, allowing me to be treated quickly and efficiently. Yet…
The Stage
My show went from ‘coming to terms with dying’ to ‘coming to terms with living in the world’ Jamie Hale for The stage
Wheeled – a poem for International Wheelchair Day
Wheeled I am wheeled. My weightin legs as flesh made solid ashalf dead and halfalive as weakness but I. I – my movement joy. Myleap up jagged kerbs. Myspeed. I trail people;…
Assisted suicide: a shift to neutrality is not a neutral move
The views in this article are entirely my own and do not reflect that of any organisation I work with. They should be considered reflective of my position at the time of…
Icarus
Icarus, by Jamie Hale, published in Poetry Quarterly – Winter 2018 Icarus is told as a tragedy But to love life that much For one perfect moment – he soared And his end obscures…
The Guardian: We’re told we are a burden – no wonder disabled people fear assisted suicide
Opposition to assisted suicide – also called assisted dying – is characterised as being the preserve of the religious, stuffy and outdated, like religious opposition to gay marriage and abortion. In reality,…