
Boccia and AAC
I’ve been thinking about the skills I needed for boccia at Tokyo 2020. Especially, how being a communication aid user helped me to achieve my dream of representing my nation...

To verbalise or not to verbalise - choosing to use AAC
This has been on my mind for several months now. Back in February, I found something wrong with my mouth, I had a lump in my cheek and it was...

Life is an adventure
I’ve been having adventures every day of my life for as long as I can remember. Sometimes they have been exciting and exhilarating or occasionally they’ve been scary. Some we...

A new look
I'm getting excited, on Tuesday this week after months of work I will be relaunching my website. It has a whole new look but still with a focus on lived...

How I communicate
I was doing some work on my website and found this video made 'some time' ago. It is about how I communicate. These days I often refer to myself as...

Pathways to Leadership Webinar
I'm delighted to have been invited as a panellist for the ISAAC Pathways to Leadership webinar which took place on Monday 21 September, 2020 at 8pm GMT The LEAD committee...

Learning to say No!
Everyone likes to be liked, and for some people it seems that saying no is harder than for others. In the past I’ve been made to feel bad, that saying...

Thinking time or a mind blank?
Do you ever get asked a question and like me feel put on the spot and react like the ‘rabbit in the headlights’? I always thought this was something to...

AAC, video conferencing and communication partners
Due to the pandemic I have been doing a lot of video conferencing with people I normally see in person. In face to face conversations some people understand my speech,...