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Wedding Blues

November 16, 2010 by Mik Scarlet

So, Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting married eh? The country goes Hooray. As Philip Scofield said today on This Morning, “Everybody loves good news”. But then isn’t that part of what the Royal family is there for in the modern UK? To take our eyes off times of

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Disability, Kate, media, press, Royal wedding, this moring, TV, William

Pride… and Prejudice.

October 19, 2010 by Mik Scarlet

In my last blog I wanted to further explore some of the press I had done around my choices not to go ahead with trying to walk. I was shocked, and a little saddened by some of the replies and comments I received in reply to that blog. The idea

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: choice, cure, Disability, discrimination, envy, paraplegia, pride, walk

Anatomy Of Addiction

October 6, 2010 by Mik Scarlet

While I am out of the woods on the pain front at the minute, the drugs I took to cope with my last episode has left me thinking about addiction. You see I am currently going through withdrawal from high doses of Codeine, which is a medical grade drug and

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Disability, drugs, Pain, pain killers, withdrawal

Still Ill

September 14, 2010 by Mik Scarlet

Hi there everyone. No big rant today. Just a very short note to say sorry for going quiet. I’ve been struck down an attack of nerve pain that has stopped me from doing anything. Been laying in bed going OUCH!!!!! for nearly a week. It’s finally stopped now, but I

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Disability, Pain, pain killers, torture

The Paralympics, the Portrayal and another word beginning with P.

August 30, 2010 by Mik Scarlet

This week all of TV land has marked two years to go before the launch of the Paralympics with massive coverage of the event. Most London news programs spent the week featuring stories on Paralympic sports and the start of the build up to the historic event, and Channel 4

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Channel 4, Disability, inside incredible athletes, medical model, paralympics, portrayal, social model, that paralympic show, vexed

Here we go again… or watch out for the slippery slope.

July 20, 2010 by Mik Scarlet

Yesterday’s ITV national news at 6.30pm ran the story of Tony Nicklingson, who, after having a stroke, suffers from “locked in syndrome”. This means while is mentally he is fully functioning, physically he is only able to move his eyes and head. He cannot speak but communicates via a spelling

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Disability, illness, Mercy killing, mik scarlet, murder

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