Disability writes
- 9 Sep 05, 12:00 AM
Here's an interesting online project for ya. comes to you from Just Services in Leicester, with funding from Arts Council England.
You know what they say - if you're disabled and can't do anything else, well, you could always write! But that isn't quite so easy if you don't have guidance or decent feedback from others.
This newly launched website is hoping to grow a community of disabled writers who can give real tips and real support. "Oh yes darling, that's a lovely poem" and other patronising non-help is banned here! This is for people who really want to get on and write with a purpose.
So if you have been planning to write a short story, a poem, or that novel that you just know is inside you, why not register today?
Comments
Looks all very good, but then they spoil it by being all Medical Model.
"If you're disabled, why can't you write?" That's not true for the proportion of people who have aphasia - a communication disability following a stroke, brain tumour etc. Among other things they can't write or read. I have aphasia and I am lucky - thousands aren't.