Alex Squire - The Life Quadriplegic

Noisy Restaurants Are Alienating Hard of Hearing Customers

Have you ever noticed that restaurants are usually really noisy? People go to restaurants or cafes to socialise with friends and family, and consequently these places are usually quite …

Persuasion Has Failed As a Way of Changing Attitudes

This article from Disability Now hits the nail on the head. Legislation such as the equality act is not enforced, so Restaurants or music venues will not make themselves …

Why can’t disabled people book tickets for music events online?

Ticket providers and music venues are discriminating against disabled people by not letting us buy tickets online for music events like everyone else can.

Mud, Mystics, Music and Hippies

On 1 July I went to a local music festival called Shanti Fest, which was organised by a charity called Lincs2Nepal. All the money raised from the festival is …

Trying out the UK’s first Virtual Reality Centre

So, the other day I tried out the latest Virtual Reality technology at the new VR entertainment centre in Lincoln, opened by Tension Exit Games – the very first …

“Dismay, horror and heartbreak” over where “Leave” leaves disabled people

The referendum result is not good for disabled People’s rights

Music festivals: Let the summer festivities begin!

Summer is here, and that means music festivals!

EU Referendum: Disabled people better off if the UK remains

On 23 June the UK will vote in a referendum to decide whether to remain in the European Union. There has been an interesting and sometimes heated debate going …

Stephen Hawking’s profound advice to disabled people

This is Stephen Hawking’s timeless advice to disabled people about how they should live their life. Every disabled person should read his wise words.

Lagos, Portugal: Accessibility Review

The Algarve in southern Portugal is a mecca for tourists who flock to its beautiful sunkissed beaches. With lush green rolling hills, buckets of sunshine, stunning scenery and pretty …

Naidex 2016: My Five Favourite Exhibits

The other day (27th of April) I went to Naidex at the NEC in Birmingham. For those that don’t know Naidex is the U.K.’s largest disability, rehabilitation and home …

Me, myself and Anxiety

The most recent UK Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (2009) found that 3 million people in the UK suffer from some form of anxiety – and I am one of them.

What today’s budget means for disabled people

ESA benefit cuts only push the poor further into poverty

The UK government have recently continued their policy of kicking the most vulnerable people in society by cutting the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) by £30 a week, from …

Being Disabled Does NOT Mean You Can’t Be Happy

People are sometimes surprised that I am a cheerful person. They expect me to be constantly miserable just because I am disabled. They believe that if they were in my …

Lipreading lets the deaf “hear”

I saw a fantastic video the other day about Lipreading which helps to show what it’s like for a deaf person to try and communicate. It shows how difficult …

Flirting with the World’s Deadliest Poison

Today I was injected with the most potent poison known to man. One gram of it (about the mass of a raisin) is enough to kill over 5.5 million …

Don’t Be a Dick

Believe it or not, I can be a bit of a dick sometimes. I know what you’re thinking: “NO Alex! I won’t have it said. A more saintly person …

My favorite YouTubers (who caption!)

This is a great post about YouTubers who use subtitles on their videos by Ellen Parfitt: Source: My favorite YouTubers (who caption!) I find it really frustrating when there is …

Could you live without a computer? I couldn’t!

This is a response to the Daily Prompt “Life After Blogs: Your life without a computer: what does it look like?” If computers all over the world suddenly stopped working …

Author: Alex Squire