On 13th January Newsnight featured a segment on disabilities in acting and film making. The debate focused on criticism of the recent Stephen Hawking film, 'The Theory of Everything' where the lead part of Stephen is played by Eddie Redmayne. The complaints were about disabilities - how could Eddie, an able bodied healthy actor who does not have ALS possibly know how someone … [Read more...]
If being obese is a disability so is having allergies
I couldn't quite believe what I was hearing on the news today, that being fat can constitute a disability. The EU court ruling means bosses of obese staff who meet the criteria of the ruling would have to provide them with larger seats, special parking spaces and other facilities. What? This is crazy. I am totally in agreement that if someone needs a bigger chair, or special … [Read more...]
Lower quality of life in children with peanut allergy
Having allergies can be scary but you grow to learn to live with them, to grasp control of your life and get your own processes and checks in place to make sure you stay safe when shopping, eating out, snacking etc. It's all about the preparationg and planning. And it does get easier with time, but you can never let your guard down and become complacent. That danger is … [Read more...]
Do you hate the term ‘allergy or eczema sufferer’?
How do you feel when someone refers to you as an eczema sufferer or an allergy sufferer?We have to live with it but we don't have to suffer. Well, apart from the eczema flare-ups and the allergic reactions which plague us; but we can choose to take a positive stance, get on with life and live with it as best we can. We don't suffer our allergies, we live the best, … [Read more...]
Are serious life threatening allergies, severe eczema and asthma a disability?
Now here's an idea for you all. Should people with life threatening allergies, severe eczema and asthma and coeliac disease be claiming disability allowance? This isn't something that I would ever have considered before but someone suggested that I should be claiming disability allowance recently. I didn't agree. Why should I? I'm completely alright, I live a very fulfilled … [Read more...]