"Incredibly fashionable to be disabled"

"Journalist Rod Liddle has been at it again. This time the subject of his attention is the disabled. He writes in his column in The Sun newspaper, which has since "disappeared" online but Rod's cause has been picked up here in The Telegraph,.Rod had said that his resolution for 2012 is to "become disabled". He believes that it has become "incredibly fashionable" to be disabled of late. His reasons for this: the disabled don't have to work, they get to live off benefits and get a parking badge....

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"Living with the less obvious"

Read my latest article about the prejudices you may face living with an invisible disability "Living with the less obvious" Follow us on twitter: @hideandsee...

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Our latest article...

Check out our latest article published on the patients voice website. "Invisible Disabilities: Ehlers Danlos Syndrome" Want to share your views? Comment, like and sha...

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Social Media!

Click below to like us on facebook:HideAndSeek Disabilities FB Click below to go to our twitter page and follow us:@hideandseekid...

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Writing Articles..

I have started writing articles for various sites and publications. As said in a previous post my article "Don't judge a book by its cover" will feature in the February issue of Disability Now Magazine. I am also currently writing an article "Life with EDS" for The Patients Voice for them to feature as a guest blog. Another article is also taking shape.. details...

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Hypermobility discrimination in football..

The Independent Newspaper published this article online today: Outside the Box: Warning to managers - quadruple jeopardy of signing the double-jointed. "Clubs about to sign players may want to make sure they are not double-jointed, which according to research from Leeds Metropolitan University almost quadruples the risk of injury. The study found that of 54 Premier League players surveyed throughout a full season, the "hypermobile" ones suffered a rate of 22 injuries every 1,000 hours, whereas...

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Your Blogs...

A list of blogs - see what its like for a person to live with an invisible disability or seek advice! Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and Gastroparesis http://www.helpme-minx.blogspot.com/ Living with Ehlers Danlos Syndromehttp://jmurphx11.blogspot.com/ Parallel Episodeshttp://wakingtwice.blogspot.com/ The Myasthenia Kidhttp://themyastheniakid.blogspot.com/ Bad Gluehttp://badglue.blogspot.com/ Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - Deal With Ithttp://b-u-b-b-l-e-girl.blogspot.com/ Would you like...

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Dom's link - What is the single best thing we can do for our health?

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Break through!

The UK magazine publication Disability Now approached me and said that they'd be interested in me writing an article about invisible disabilities and what prejudices you face living with a hidden disability.. The article i have written mentions prejudices i have faced and many others with invisible disabilities have encountered. So make sure you have a read! The...

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2012!

Happy New Year! The countdown is finally over, 2012 is here! I wish you all a happy and hopefully pain free (wishful thinking I know) New Year! However you saw the new year come in I hope you enjoyed it and heres to 2012, a year of happiness and hope! 2012 in the UK The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Olympic Games  And of course .... The Paralympic Games...

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