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Going Live! Welcome to DHTV!

May 15, 2021 by Mik Scarlet

Yes, website, I’m back. After over 3 years! To announce that later today, Saturday May 15th I am proud to be joining the new online TV channel Disability Horizons TV. I am joining an amazing team, with my co-presenters Zec Richardson and Dan White. We’re going live later today, May

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Disability, Disability Horizons. Pain, LIve TV Television, Online, TV

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My PIP Diary Part Two – The Battle Through Paperwork Mountain

April 10, 2017 by Mik Scarlet

First published Huffington Post 06.04.2017 In the first of my PIP Diaries I explored how finding myself thrown into the process of being reassessed for the new Personal Independence Payment made me feel. After being placed on an indefinite award for the so called “disability benefit” Disability Living Allowance that

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Filed Under: On the Huffington Tagged With: benefits, Disability, Disability lvivng allowance, DLA, DWP, huffington post, medical, NHS, personal independence payment, PIP

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Sit Down/Stand Up

April 7, 2017 by Mik Scarlet

OK, I know I’ve been terrible about putting stuff on my website. To be honest I’ve had an awful year so far with technology. My computer died on me, thanks to a Windows 10 update that killed my Windows 7 operating system. I was also still recovering from my broken

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: BBC, Comedy, Disability, sex, stand up, wheelchair

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My P.I.P. Diary – The Saga Begins

April 7, 2017 by Mik Scarlet

This the first in a series of diaries charting my journey as I am assessed for the new Personal Independence Payment. In 1981 my spine collapsed, leaving me paralysed. After I came out of hospital I applied for two benefits called Attendance Allowance and Mobility Allowance. I was assessed by

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Filed Under: On the Huffington Tagged With: benefits, Disability, Disability lvivng allowance, DLA, DWP, government, personal independence payment, PIP

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Cybernetics – I explore the Could, Should and Would of the World of Tech

February 26, 2016 by Mik Scarlet

After a while waiting for this series of stories to go live, I am proud to announce that Disability Now has published a special series on the subject of Cybernetics what I have wrote. I spent a long while rushing around the country meeting experts, builder and users of the

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: bionics, cybernetics, Disability, disability now, podcast

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Huffington Round Up

February 26, 2016 by Mik Scarlet

Oh dear, I’ve been rather remiss on my website updates recently but I can blame it on being too busy actually writing stuff for publication. My Huffington Post column has been a hive of activity so if you haven’t seen them be ready for a lot of reading. Trust me

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Filed Under: On the Huffington Tagged With: art, Disability, Graeae, huffington post, Imagine, Numan, Sounthbank

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