BBC - Ouch! (disability) - articles in the "Opinion" section

Disability Bitch v International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:00:00 +0000

It's a special day for special people. International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3 every year. Few celebrate it or know what it's for. Least alone DB.

Caught in the madding crowd

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Tom Shakespeare couldn't abide crowds when he was a walker with restricted growth. Now a wheelchair user, he harbours an even higher level of hatred for "the huddled masses".

Disability Bitch hates David Beckham

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

So it's been revealed that David Beckham has a disability - asthma, but Disability Bitch is sick of hearing about his medical conditions and proposes an amnesty.

The Staring Stalemate

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

We all know that hospital appointments can be dull, but Liz Carr has found a solution. Find out how staring at people and and being stared at in return helps pass the time.

Disability Bitch v surveys

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Have you seen the facially disfigured newsreader on Five's lunchtime news this week? DB has ... but she also saw a related survey which is causing her heart-wrenching grief.

Will 3D make TV and films less accessible?

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

3D film and TV has never caught on but now might be here to stay. Ouch editor Damon Rose is visually impaired and gives a personal history on how it never worked for him.

Disability Bitch hates ice

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Some say there's no disability community but one thing unites many of us: falling over. This week DB is heartened to hear the NHS has a unique solution to wintry icy slip-ups.

Disability Bitch hates food fascists

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Disability Bitch is put in a bad mood by a new report suggesting that eating processed foods can cause depression, and argues that wholefood is not 'simple' for all.

Lessons In Love

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

As the 2009 university term gets under way, Liz Carr takes a moment to remember September 1990 and the roller coaster ride that was her first weeks on campus.

Disability Bitch hates being offended

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Disability Bitch isn't annoyed by Jimmy Carr's controversial joke, but thinks that it's high time that we put discrimination into perspective.