So, you know me I’m going to try not to ramble my way through this blog but it’s fair to say the first quarter of 2024 has been pretty rubbish and yes, I want to update you but part of me wants to vent too! I knew that this year was going to be tough,… The post Health Update, Book Update, Life Up appeared first on Georgia Vine ..read more

A few weeks, ago I wrote about the simple changes that can be made within healthcare to reduce everyday ableism I also linked this to previous blogs about systemic ableism. Therefore, this blog isn’t going to be anything new, it’s just going to hopefully link everything together.  As said before, sometimes noticing ableism isn’t easy,… The post Ableism on Micro, Meso and Macro Levels Within Healthcare  appeared first on Georgia Vine ..read more

Being a disabled child is very hard, the world of disability doesn’t come with any instructions it’s just left for you and your family to navigate its ableist structures. I know this was hard for my parents at the beginning, their world had turned upside down when I got my diagnosis of cerebral palsy without… The post If Only I Knew What I Know Now appeared first on Georgia Vine ..read more

Often when we talk about ableism we talk about it being systemic, integrated within the systems we work in on macro, meso and macro levels. It important to understand this and see the bigger picture, and how important it is that we act acs anti-ableist allies. Yet, sometimes looking at this bigger picture can be… The post Do You Notice Ableism Around You? appeared first on Georgia Vine ..read more

Me again! As promised I wanted to make a real effort to not try and abandon my blog his year! Therefore, I thought I would go back to my old student blogs where it all started and reflect on what it feels like to be a student now whilst working. Last September I spoke about… The post Being a Student Whilst Working With Cerebral Palsy appeared first on Georgia Vine ..read more

5 years of Not So Terrible Palsy, I can’t believe the platform my blog has given me over the last 5 years. Last year I barely blogged, and although that was through my own choice it caused me mixed feelings. On one hand, it was great to be doing different pieces of work such as… The post 5 Years of Not So Terrible P.A.L.S.Y  appeared first on Georgia Vine ..read more

That’s right you read the title right, I finally caught the train on my own!! Catching the train independently is something that I’ve been working towards for a while, as I’m not the most confident of drivers so it was something that I knew I needed to do to visit friends who live in different… The post My Experience of Catching the Train Independently  appeared first on Georgia Vine ..read more

Hello! Sorry it’s been longer than planned, bugs and getting back into uni all the usual chaos at this time of year! But, I’m back and I want to talk about something that I do a lot of work on yet I’ve only casually mentioned it on my blog and that’s positive disclosure. Positive disclosure… The post Is Positive Disclosure Talked About in Your Workplace? appeared first on Georgia Vine ..read more

Going up to full-time work with chronic fatigue, I know my long term readers are thinking…Georgia we read your struggles on your last full-time placement, what are you thinking?  I know, I know and 6-months ago when I started having the conversations of increasing my hours to working full-time it was scary and truth be… The post My Reasons for Going up to Full Time Work With Chronic Fatigue appeared first on Georgia Vine ..read more

Hello! Firstly, before we get into this blog apologies for the slight delay – I am back doing regular posts I promise. I’ve just had some leave and then book edits came up right before leave which was so exciting. Yet, it was hard a spoon levels whilst I was trying to tie my loose… The post My Tramlines 2023 Experience appeared first on Georgia Vine ..read more