Dr. Nell Munro deemed one of my favorite panelists at the conference. One thing that first interested me about her was when she began to label her epilepsy as a disability. I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with her after hearing what she had to say, but that’s definitely different than the way we classify it in the United States. Continue reading →

We took a tour bus to Northern Ireland on Saturday and I was stunned by many things, in good and bad ways. We took a black cab tour through the city of Belfast where we learned about the strict divide between the Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods. That was very alarming, but what was cool was that the small black cabs that we squeezed 6 people into are handicap accessible!! Continue reading →

Coincidentally we ran into some of the panellists at a restaurant. We introduced ourselves as attendees of the conference and told the woman from the Netherlands (also known as the lady with the Mohawk) how impressed we were with everything she had to share. However, I grew more impressed with a woman from Norway she was with, Liv Skree. Continue reading →

It has come to all of our attention that Dublin Castle was certainly not built centuries ago in order to accommodate people with disabilities, and it has not been changed since. In fact, when we were pointing out all of the parts that were not handicap accessible, Christina informed our tour guide that we were on a class trip studying international disabilities so it was our duty to take note of the places that were not accessible to a person with a disability. Continue reading →