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Category: Articles (page 5)

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A Poet in London? Not if you’re travelling by wheelchair!

Posted on: July 23, 2018 Last updated on: January 18, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles, Arts
Building a career as a poet in London is hard enough – doing it while relying on wheelchair accessible public transport is almost impossible The problem with trying to build a performance…
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Assisted suicide: a shift to neutrality is not a neutral move

Posted on: June 29, 2018 Last updated on: January 19, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles
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…
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The Guardian: We’re told we are a burden – no wonder disabled people fear assisted suicide

Posted on: June 1, 2018 Last updated on: January 19, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles, Newspaper articles
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to assisted suicide – also called assisted dying – is characterised as being the preserve of the religious, stuffy and outdated, like religious opposition to gay marriage and abortion.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,…
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Performer, exhibit, excluded. Who’s on stage and whose stories are suppressed?

Posted on: November 23, 2017 Last updated on: January 18, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles, Arts, Poetry
When we see performers on stage, what bodies are reflected in front of us – and what does that mean for the future of performance? Transpose is an evening performance at the Barbican…
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Shape Up on Wheelchair Access (seriously)

Posted on: November 4, 2017 Last updated on: January 18, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles, Arts
Wheelchair access isn’t an optional extra, and ‘the left’ needs to stop treating it as if it is Stop pretending wheelchair access is optional, not essential We need to talk about left-wing…
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How to respond when you’re asked about wheelchair access

Posted on: November 4, 2017 Last updated on: January 19, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles
When ostensibly ‘social justice’ or ‘left wing’ events don’t put access details on their websites, they’re functionally excluding disabled people – but how should you respond when asked about wheelchair access? When…
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The massacre of the disabled: Sagamihara, infanticide, abortion and assisted suicide

Posted on: September 1, 2016 Last updated on: January 19, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles
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…
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Loss, Anger, and the Cheerful Cripple

Posted on: September 1, 2016 Last updated on: January 19, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles
Coming to terms with acquired impairment is a process that takes time This is probably far more about acquiring disability than being born with it Becoming disabled (or a significant change in the…
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