Articles Archives : AndyHat Disability

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

Things Disabled People Know

Imani Barbarin ( known as Crutches&Spice on Twitter ) started the hashtag #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow. It was a response to Hollywood not having disabled roles played by disabled people. She discussed her hashtag with the BBC in January 2019.

Her aim was to illustrate the similarities and subtle differences between disabled people. She also wanted to show the knowledge gained from lived experience. The hashtag has now grown in both number and scope of posts. It now shows the humour and intelligence of people often forgotten, ignored or demonised by the rest of society.

I decided to pick some tweets that I feel sum up #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow. They help illustrate the life, challenges and character of the disabled community.

January 26, 2020April 27, 2020

8 things you loose when disabled

There are some things that you loose if you become disabled or chronically ill. They aren’t necessarily related to your impairment or illness.

It’s important to realise that every disabled person experiences these to some extent. With the correct support the impact of these losses can be reduced.

August 18, 2019December 17, 2022

7 reasons why I don’t ask for help

Many independent disabled people get asked why they don’t ask for more help. I have decided to write this post to explain the reasons why I don’t always ask for help.

April 27, 2019April 27, 2019

Emergency information on your smart phone

Many of us with long term health conditions carry around emergency information. The information could be a simple list of contacts or medical information. This information can be in bracelets, pendants or notes in our pockets.

Most people have a smart phone now. It was an obvious to put this type of information on the phone. Most smart phones now have In Case of Emergency (ICE) systems. They vary from a list of contacts to storing important medical information.

October 5, 2018

Things only an assistance dog user really knows.

Here are 13 of the things that you can only really appreciate if you have an assistance dog. While some of these will sound familiar to many people especially dog owners or wheelchair users it’s more noticeable for assistance dog users. Continue reading “Things only an assistance dog user really knows.”