Hello, Little Lady

It’s hard to believe that it has been 6 years since I wrote the blog post ’13 Must-Follow People in the Dwarfism Community’. It’s still consistently one of my most-read when I look at my site statistics, and for a while now, I’ve been thinking it’s time for a new… Read more

I don’t mean a 15-minute one here, an hour there, or even a week or two of holiday, but a deep, life-pausing rest. The type that makes you have to stop, whether through illness, family challenges, or burnout. Perhaps all three collide at the same time (holds hand up). Life… Read more

There’s a general election happening here in the U.K. on Thursday 4th, July. Over the past 14 years of Tory rule, the country has been a very challenging place for disabled people, some of which I have documented on this blog. If you don’t follow politics, this post outlines how… Read more

Hello, it’s been a while since I wrote a post.  Despite the silence on this blog, there’s been quite a bit going on. There have been several creative projects and work; one of them was this wonderful bursary awarded by Sunderland Culture called New Encounters. The aim of the bursary… Read more

As a disabled person, you have to wonder if BBC Strictly Come Dancing, despite its best efforts, is an inherently ableist show. Strictly has been on our TV screens for two decades and, thankfully, we are increasingly seeing a more diverse set of contestants. Yet having watched the show each… Read more

Well, what a week for the #Dwarfism community (week 10th January). From Paralympian, Will Perry, raising awareness about the abuse we face as a community, to Dr Erin Pritchard’s successful campaigning to asking Marks and Spencers to rename their Midget Gem sweets to Mini Gems. Public reactions have been telling… Read more

My writing has taken a back seat over the last 6months or so.  Firstly, due to major challenges in my family and personal life, but also professionally.  It’s taken me quite a while to be able to articulate why. One of the frustrations experienced was questioning my role in the… Read more

Towards a Takeover is a mini-commission by Disconsortia – a consortium of disabled artists in the North East of England. A Little Pondering by Hello Little Lady Hello Little Lady is an artist and creative practitioner using visual, written, audio and participatory practices to explore the Dwarfism community’s lived experiences. Her… Read more

Hello, Little Lady was delighted when Angela Muir Van Etten, author of ‘Dwarfs Don’t Live in Doll Houses’ approached to read and review her latest memoir, Pass Me Your Shoes: A Couple with Dwarfism Navigate Life’s Detours with Love and Faith. Angela, who has been one of the leading figures at… Read more

Post contents Abusive behaviour has not changed in 15 years – it’s worse! » The first time a non-disabled person tried to photograph me without consent » Devastating Impact » A picture paints a thousand words » Aiming to Empower The Dwarfism Community » How to support #StopDwarfismHate as an… Read more

Artists and Immersive Technologies March 2020 seems such a long time ago, yet some days, a blink of an eye ago. There was talk of COVID-19, yet is seemed a continent or two away. Within the next two weeks, the country would go into lockdown. Before we retreated to our… Read more

We are now into the third month of the lockdown and I have found a few unexpected benefits of social distancing as a Dwarf person. I don’t aim to detract from anyone’s personal experiences. It’s affected many aspects of life and brought about much stress and anxiety for many people,… Read more

When the lockdown measures were announced because of COVID-19, one of my instant worries as a Dwarf person was with food shopping. Ordinarily, shopping as a Dwarf person is a challenge. Mix social distancing measures, shopping and Dwarfism together and you have a nightmare. Why? In ordinary times shopping is… Read more

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s been the week that the world changed… The C-word is most definitely on our shores and for us as a family have been hunkering down in the house. There’s nothing like a pandemic to put your life and the way you live… Read more

It’s half-term for us and it feels like we’ve packed a load of fun things in already. We’ve been to Tynemouth Aquarium, St Mary’s Lighthouse, Roker beach, Pizza Hut and trying out the local community swimming pool – thankfully not all in the same day! The week has also been… Read more

Last year,  at the beginning of 2019, a group of emerging artists and creative activists gathered at ChapelFM – Arts Centre for East Leeds. The first cohort arrived for the beginning of a new, year-long, course called UNION – The Northern School of Creativity and Activism.  The same weekend,  52… Read more

Wow! It’s the end of the 2010s!  I’m not sure it’s a decade that people will forget lightly. There has been much upheaval all around the world.  Personally, I feel like I’ve only had a chance to catch my breath in the last month or so to really take in… Read more

Over the years, and what informs most of my work is the silencing of the Dwarfism experience.  Incidents happen and more often than not,  an average-height, non-disabled person, whether that be friends, family and well-meaning acquaintances, will tell you to just get on with it. It’s all meant well, that… Read more

To celebrate Dwarfism Awareness Month 2019, I’m sharing some of the photographs from the ‘You’re Just Little’ exhibition which debuted in 2018. The exhibition shows the challenges, obstacles and societal assumptions that Dwarf people face on a daily basis. THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTOGRAPH Ah, the humble public toilet. That… Read more

To celebrate Dwarfism Awareness Month 2019, I’m sharing some of the photographs from the ‘You’re Just Little’ exhibition which debuted in 2018. The exhibition shows the challenges, obstacles and societal assumptions that Dwarf people face on a daily basis. THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTOGRAPH A kind friend let me borrow… Read more

To celebrate Dwarfism Awareness Month 2019, I’m sharing some of the photographs from the ‘You’re Just Little’ exhibition which debuted in 2018. The exhibition shows the challenges, obstacles and societal assumptions that Dwarf people face on a daily basis. THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTOGRAPH In this photograph, you can see… Read more

To celebrate Dwarfism Awareness Month 2019, I’m sharing some of the photographs from the ‘You’re Just Little’ exhibition which debuted in 2018. The exhibition shows the challenges, obstacles and societal assumptions that Dwarf people face on a daily basis. THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTOGRAPH The photograph shows my coat hanging… Read more

A year ago to the date, 4th October 2018, the You’re Just Little exhibition launched at Spectrum Cultural Hub with nearly 30 people, including my local MP, in attendance.    The photographic exhibition sought to reveal the challenges, obstacles and societal assumptions that people, like me, with Dwarfism, face on… Read more

  On 19th October 2019, the first of the fully-funded workshops for the Dwarfism will take place at ChapelFM Arts Centre in Leeds.  The What’s Your Story Podcasting workshop aims to allow  Dwarf people to develop their confidence in telling our stories and narratives. In the video above, Steph Robson,… Read more

This time last year I put a call out on social media asking people from the Dwarf community to participate in the You’re Just Little exhibition. It’s very rare, if it happens at all, that we get to see our perspective of the world and society reflected back at us. … Read more

I’d been very much looking forward to this weekend and did some a major baking on the Friday to make cakes and treats for the sessions to share for the get-together that night, and for the Saturday.  It was another fantastic weekend. You may have read about how I was… Read more

Are you fed up of how our bodies are portrayed in arts, culture and media? Would you like the opportunity to tell your story, and learn about podcasting, in a safe space, in a workshop specifically for the Dwarf community? To coincide with Dwarfism Awareness month 2019, Steph is running… Read more

The You’re Just Little photographic exhibition reveals the challenges, obstacles and societal assumptions that Dwarf people face on a daily basis. Episode Three talks about identity and the difficulties and obstacles, that dwarf people face in order to be recognised and respected as adults. Sharing my own experiences of being… Read more

The You’re Just Little photographic exhibition reveals the challenges, obstacles and societal assumptions that Dwarf people face on a daily basis. Episode one talks about accessibility and the daily difficulties dwarf people face moving around the environment, including public spaces.   Join in the conversation To talk about the exhibition… Read more

Saturday The Northern School for Creativity and Activism held its second residential weekend in Hull at the beginning of April 2019. The weekend was kindly hosted by ArtLink – an arts centre located in the west area of Hull. The main theme of the weekend was about Creating Connections:  The… Read more

Ruminating has been the name of the game for the beginning half of the week. I’ve been feeling out of sorts again and pondering why. There was an anniversary of the passing of my Nanna last week and a difficult test at the hospital which confirmed my tingly fingers, but… Read more

This post has been in the draft section for over a month, but I still wanted to publish it.  Over the years I’ve had loads of support for the various activities I’ve undertaken and the weekend in Leeds was no different. It’s nerve-wracking going to new places and walking into… Read more

Over the weekend of 11-12th January 2019, 20 creatives, artists and activists from the North of England met at a converted chapel for the commencement of UNION – The Northern School of Creativity and Activism. UNION is a sector-based coaching programme for emerging community artists and social activists across the North… Read more

There’s a plethora of the best of 2018 coming through the Facebook feed and I thought it only right honour the blog and write about the achievements of the year. I was also talking to acquaintances when one commented that I had had a great year and stopping to think… Read more

The video is a silent tour around the You’re Just Little exhibition at Spectrum Cultural Hub from October 2018. It starts by looking at the promotional postcard with the exhibition’s details on, moving around the corner to take a look at the participant’s photos. Continuing onto the wall description about… Read more

What a great way to start Dwarfism Awareness Month! On Monday 1st October, I joined presenter, Jay Sykes, and Kathryn Barnett, Spectrum Cultral Hub’s Studio Director, to chat about the ‘You’re Just Little’ photographic exhibition on Arty Parti, Spark FM’s participatory arts programme. We talked about what has influenced the… Read more

One of the aspects that is incredibly important to me as part of the ‘You’re Just Little’ exhibition is having a participatory element.  My world of dwarfism is not unique to just me, there are many of us out there seeing and interacting with the world and I’d love to share… Read more

I am absolutely delighted (and slightly terrified) to announce the launch of my latest project “You’re Just Little”. It’s a photographic exhibition taking place during Dwarfism Awareness Month at Spectrum Cultural Hub, in County Durham. The exhibition seeks to reveal the challenges, obstacles and societal assumptions that people with Dwarfism… Read more

In the UK we have a scheme that provides those with mobility difficulties accessible and on-street parking. These parking bays are usually wider than average parking spaces, and generally located nearest to a particular building or area of town or city. To quote the gov.uk website… “The aim of the… Read more

Erm, well, it was quite nice to find out a month or so ago that this lovely little blog of mine has been shortlisted in the ‘Chronic Illness and Disability’ category for the Northern Blog Awards. I think I accidentally nominated myself..!? Apparently, nominations occur through someone who has nominated… Read more

Hello, I keep meaning to blog more regularly, best intentions and all that. I have, however, been working on some rather exciting projects and received quite good news. Blog Shortlisted at the Northern Blog Awards 2018Last month I found out that a Hello Little Lady was shortlisted in the ‘Chronic… Read more

This blog post has been about two months in the making. I’ve put it down, been a bit on the scared side to make it public. A few weeks ago there was mention of self-care on a Twitter chat. This made my mind up to put this out there. Self-care… Read more

The motivation behind Hello Little Lady has always been to provide a platform and give a voice of the day-to-day experiences of living with dwarfism. Over the 9 years this has primarily been achieved through my own writing.  However a number of years now I have held creative ideas to… Read more

It’s been nearly 4 months since I received my new reward in the transition from DLA to PIP. It has given me much time to reflect, even though we now find ourselves in a midst of a snap general election with the Tories in course to win by a significant… Read more

About a month ago I received the decision from the DWP regarding my PIP award. I had received an indefinite award for the higher rate mobility over 10 years ago, but due to the changes in this particular benefit and the Government’s insistence that everyone, regardless of how long someone was… Read more

…since I’ve written a blog post here! 2015 has not been a dwarf year for me, or maybe it has and I’ve not had the energy to write about the experiences I’ve had.  It’s been a strange year. Challenging on many levels, rewarding too. Realised my own strength, started to… Read more

It’s dwarfism awareness month this October. I love the idea of helping your average person known a bit about what it is like living life from a physically different viewpoint. But, I wonder, what does dwarfism mean to us? The people with the conditions, the syndromes? How do we view… Read more

Baby, Nathan Phillips, was born with two types of dwarfism inherited from both parents.  I remember reading about Nathan in the paper and thinking what’s this double dwarfism about and being pretty amazed by the story. I’ve never heard of this being possible! You might remember Nathan’s Mum, Laura from… Read more

He! There are times when being little does give you a good giggle. Me, the hubby, the in-laws along with LO were dining out at the local cavery. Now for anyone who doesn’t know what a carvery is, it’s where one can get a full English Sunday roast literally every… Read more

Hello there dear readers, how’s your Dwarfism Awareness month going so far? I found these posters created by Samantha of Samantha Designs to help celebrate the campaign! Aren’t they great! Read more

Hello there readers, I hope you’re still popping by once in a while to see if this here blog is still ticking away. I must apologise for a lack of posting, time does a fly by these with a young toddler in tow. So, how are you all? How’s life… Read more

Oh man, just when I think I’m in a roll again, it feels like life conspires to make you realise you’re not. The Beau has been working loads lately, meaning I’ve been doing the majority of the child care. It’s great, don’t get me wrong and I’ve come to a… Read more

… I froze. Me: “Sorry, what did you say…” very cooliy, with one eyebrow raised in the “you really didn’t just say what I think you said did you?” manner. Fella: “erm, oh, erm… for reaching lower shelves…” Me: “… if you’ll excuse me…” Well, that was a first. I… Read more

Really, fellow people of restricted growth, what’s it like?  You can go say a few days, maybe a week or (if you’re lucky) a month or two without getting any sort of unwanted or unwarranted attention… and then – bam! They are like buses, they’ll all come at once. The… Read more

…in a daze of nappies, weaning and all things baby and toddler.  This last year and half has passed in such a blur.  I’d like to say it was a happy blur, but alas it’s been quite the roller-coaster ride. On the one hand, I’ve been seeing Little One grow… Read more

Check out Kiruna Stamell and Gareth Berliner’s Dave’s Leicester #ComedyShorts video » Given me a bit of a giggle this Monday morning 🙂 Read more

…no not because I’ve had a baby, but because I might lose my DLA, thus my Motability car and access to getting to work. The criteria is apparently getting more stringent so the government can cut this particular benefit bill. It scares me. Not only will it mean I won’t… Read more

I haven’t had my head completely in the sand this last few months and I’ve been increasingly despairing at the looming changes to Disability Living Allowance into Personal Independence Payments. Thankfully the disgraceful treatment of disabled people at the hand of ATOS and their Work Capability Assessments are finally beginning… Read more

….er hello, do you remember me?  I used blog around here! I can’t believe it was May 2012 that I last published a post.  It’s been one hell of 9 months!   Let me fill you in on it over the next few weeks. So how are you? Read more

Ooooh exciting news ladies and gentlemen, book some time in front of your TV this coming Monday 7th May as Jasmine and her Mum, Bev, return to our screens with ‘Small Teen Turns Eighteen’ on BBC Three at 9.00pm. The documentary follows Jazz planning that all important 18th birthday party… Read more

Looks like common-sense has prevailed and the legislation has been revoked.  Yippie-do!  One for the greater good.  Here’s the Little People of America’s statement on the matter (on Facebook).  Such legislation protects and goes to offer dwarves, like myself, protection from the idiots who use our disability for their own… Read more

Talking About Disability The wonderful and frank ‘Talking about disability’ series on The Guardian website.  Disability campaigner Nicola Clark chats with Warwick Davis, Baroness Tanni Gray-Thompson and Sally Bercow about their experiences of disability. From the dwarf perspective, I love Warwick’s recounting his P.E. frustrations at school, something I gladly… Read more

Goodness where has the time gone and it’s February already!  I know I’m a little late in the write-up for the remaining Life’s Too Short episodes, but the series has provided me with some food for thought since finishing. Generally speaking it’s seems the sitcom limped to the end and… Read more

I would like to wish all my readers and supporters over the last year or so of Hello Little Lady blog a very Happy Festive season! I hope you all have a wonderful time and wish you all the best for 2012. Keep reading! Little Lady x Read more

LL: “Pardon me? (Eh! in my brain – did I just hear that right?)” “Well, your car only needs adaptations to help you drive the car, it doesn’t need, like a smaller engine though does it?” a work colleague (WC) asked me the other day. LL: “…Er, no, they don’t… Read more

So the upper part of the great British Isles have been battered by rain and gales over the last few days and don’t I know about it!  Regular readers of HLL will know of my intense, intense hatred of high winds/gales. This weekend’s blustery times left me literally housebound and… Read more

Oh-oh I thought when we opened with a scene with dwarf-tossing, but alas the most excruciating and embarrassing moments where left for the main character Warwick.  Once again we were treat to Warwick’s lack of social and self-awareness, this time, not just to life in general, but also within his… Read more

…oops!  Have fallen behind on the reviewing of this series, but more of why later.    I caught up with the second episode of ‘Life’s Too Short’ on BBC 2 with the Wednesday repeat with the full intention of finding the show not funny.   While I could rile at why on… Read more

Damon Rose has written this excellent article about dwarfism and acting and thoroughly recommend that you read it.  I have often thought and felt down that the majority of roles available to people with restricted growth tend to be of the fantasy kind or that we are used for entertainment… Read more

I love the NHS, to the bottom of my heart and am incredibly worried by the current legislation and what seems the march of privatisation into our health system.  I feel proud to have been looked after and continue to be so by some of the most caring, knowledgeable people… Read more

I really, really wanted to hate this programme and there were a few toe-curling moments. But not because it was a gag about a dwarf or poking fun at a dwarf.  What really comes through is the strength of (or more like the lack of) character played by Warwick Davis. … Read more

Warwick Davis’ new comedy series with Ricky Gervais is due to start soon – I’ve caught the trailer on BBC 1 on a number of occasions over the last week or so.  The Making of the Series is due to air on BBC 2 this Saturday (5th November) at 10.15pm… Read more

I’ve blogged about this before, but I am always apprehensive when I go to the petrol station to fill up the car.   On more than one occasion I have been either stopped or had an issue with pressing the pump.    Thankfully it doesn’t happen so often these days, but if… Read more

Hello lovely readers, you might notice a change or two around here. I’ve installed a Google Ads banner in some of the more popular posts on a 3-month trial basis.  This is mainly to try and cover the running costs of this blog… anything else is a bonus. While I… Read more

Ok, so I haven’t been a great fan of the title of Channel 4’s Seven Dwarves, however tonight’s episode has been exceptionally good.  This week following, Laura Whitfield from Sunderland and her poignant story of having lost her mum and her problems growing up and the obstacles that she’s overcome… Read more

Why hello there dear readers, it’s been a mad year so far with various things that I have been going on in my life (all good) and now it is time for me to take a metaphorical and actual break. I’ve got my clothes nearly packed, am going to go… Read more

I’ve loved watching Small Teen, Bigger World as much as the people who have been commenting on this blog, but I’m sorry to disappoint but I am neither of these wonderful ladies.   If you would like to find out more about their show, head on over to their official website… Read more

Wow!  Lots of comments and emails over the last 24 hours with the end of the airing of Small Teen, Bigger World on BBC 3 last night. While it is heartening to see so many people passionate and inspired by the programme, I would like to clarify once again I’m… Read more

Small Teen Bigger World now has an official website where you can leave your own comments about the show for Jazz and her Mum, Bev. You can find it over here at: www.smallteenbiggerworld.co.uk » Read more

Jasmine and her mum, Bev Burkitt joined Phillip Schofield on the This Morning Show on Monday for a chat about their new documentary ‘Small Teen, Bigger World’ on that aired on BBC3 that evening. Watch the video » (opens new window to the This Morning website) Read more

Jasmine and her mum Bev joined Jenni Murray on this morning’s edition of Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4.   They talk about the up and coming documentary that will be aired on BBC Three on Monday, their views on living with the attention that we small-than-average-people receive on a daily… Read more

I subscribe to the wonderful BBC Ouch programme through my Facebook account to keep up to date about when the latest disability news when an article on their blog caught my eye. The season of the dwarf Turns out that there are few programmes that are going to aired in… Read more

Goodness it’s been a while again.  What can I say it, it’s been a very eventful 6 months so far and I wish I could I tell you it’s all been positive that’s kept me away from the keyboard. So far it’s been a year with 3 funerals, job interviews… Read more

It’s come to my attention that an Early Day Motion has been drawn up to challenge the unfair attitudes and prejudices that we, people with various forms of dwarfism are subjected to in the media, by some professionals and more so on the street going about our day-to-day lives. To… Read more

Blimey, just looked at my blog here and realised it’s been a while since I’ve posted.  Bad Little Lady ha ha.  In all seriousness, life has gotten rather busy since the end of January with some rather major events and other major events me and the beau are planning for… Read more

I’ve mentioned Warwick Davis a number of times on this blog with his interview on Able Radio and his interview in Disability Now and have been anxious to get hold of his autobiography Size Matters Not for some time now.  Imagine how glad I was to find a copy of… Read more

I was having ‘that’ conversation at work the other day.  You know the one where a person who is curious or has a particular view of you wants to validate what their attitudes towards disability/restricted growth. It usually starts with ‘I don’t mean this to sound like it does, but… Read more

Hope you are all having a wonderful time over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Here’s to hoping you having a happy and prosperous new 2011. Keep a reading 😉 Read more

The ‘comedian’ Frankie Boyle’s been at it again, and I say comedian in the loosest sense of the term, because really, this guy seriously isn’t funny.  Not content with picking on kids with Down Syndrome, he’s now picking on a specific disabled kid. Good on Katie Price for sticking up… Read more

Since watching BBC Question Time that inspired a previous post it got me wondering about the visibility of dwarfism/restricted growth in society. From my own personal perspective, there appears to be little understanding of the day to day lives that we lead, the problems we face and the experiences we… Read more

Congratulations to Bev and Jasmine Burkitt and the production team for winning the Royal Television Society North West Awards 2010 – Best Single Documentary, for Small Teen, Big World, that was aired on BBC 3 and BBC 1 earlier this year. Watch the fabulous ladies accept their award » (YouTube)… Read more

So there I am, stood in front of the library doors, waving my arms around like a prat in the wind and the rain, trying to get the damn sensor to pick me up. Funny, when looking back, yes. At the time – not at all… and it’s a recurring… Read more

I made the mistake of going shopping during half-term this week, though I agree this would send the calmest of person into a rage, for me it’s a heart in the mouth moment from entering the store to leaving it. Why? The.Stares. We restricted growth people are used them yes,… Read more

Anyone see the actor Kevin O’Leary on Harry Hill TV Burps on Saturday 23rd October 2010 episode? Most of Harry Hill’s sketches are tongue-in-cheek, but this particular sketch didn’t sit too well with me, but then again neither did the one where they had the girl from the service station… Read more

Having been roaming around the web this evening I found the link below. http://celebrity.uk.msn.com/news/gossip/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=154888199 Is this true?? * Head slumps onto laptop keyboard in exasperation * Why? I get the fact that people with restricted growth should make their money however they wish, however, I can’t help but feel this,… Read more

I indulged in some retail therapy today and was pleasantly surprised rather than the usual depressed state it leaves me.  Being an odd body shape where you fit somewhere between children’s and petite sizes is rather frustrating on the fashion front.  I found this morning, that I could get back… Read more

…is going primetime!! The documentary that was initially broadcast on BBC Three and features the life of Jasmine Burkitt and her mum, Bev is being shown on BBC One at 9.00pm.  This is great news for the restricted growth community. I’ve already watched it twice and thought it was an… Read more

…I’ll be returning in the fall. Keep safe. Read more

I was walking down the street with a friend who also has restricted growth, we were quite happily talking away when my friend went quiet.  She’d clocked that a young man was taking too long to pass us and our small strides.  We turned around and sure enough, he was… Read more

…can I stand next to you to see the difference? Well it’s been the week of attracting attention.   This comment was made by a member of the public at work.  I tried the ‘we all come in different shapes and sizes’ route, but the poor person didn’t look like they… Read more

Label for me, Label for you.…we all get them given, we all give them.  I imagine even the nicest person in the world without prejudices will at some point make snap judgement about the people they meet…  whether it’s about someone’s manner in which they present themselves, how they behave… Read more

It’s probably been just over a year since my beau had this rather horrible comment said to him while he was at work. To the uninitiated, some idiot thought it would they would try and get a rise out of him, thankfully beau was moved on quickly by his workmates… Read more

There comes a point in most restricted growth person’s life or for parents with kids with a form of dwarfism when you need to reach out to people who are going through similar experiences.  This is where charities like the Restricted Growth Association (RGA) and the Child Growth Foundation (CGF)… Read more

Aloha!  Guess who’s just back from their holidays?!? Moi!  Had a fabulous time, ate lots of nice food and saw lots of interesting places.  As ever, I always get a bit nervous about visiting new places, which is odd considering I love to travel.  The nerves stem mainly from how… Read more

…the animated US series that is shown (usually) very late on an evening on BBC 3 is like Marmite.  You either love it or hate it. Me? I.love.it. Huh? How come? Some readers maybe wondering considering my usual aghast at the world and it’s portrayal of people with restricted growth… Read more

Check out the interview with the short actor Warwick Davis as he talks about his career and up and coming series called ‘Life’s To Short’  which I discussed being rather apprehensive about in a previous post. Warwick admits that the sitcom will probably ‘strike a few nerves’  though insists that… Read more

A friend of mine told me that this programme that takes a look at how disability is portrayed on TV in the last 50 years.   While planning our evening timetable of TV, my beau asked me if this was going to one of those programmes that upset me and would… Read more

The Guardian Article – Last week The Guardian published an article by Leo Benedictus featuring 3 people with restricted growth and their life experiences. Hats off to that newspaper for giving the community a voice in national platform in a national paper. Re-reading the article I’m still in agreement with… Read more

Unfortunately, I lost the early posts when my web hosts changed. Below is what I have been able to retrieve from web.archive.org. — …seriously! One minute it was the beginning of the new year and now I’m into the first week of Feb! Time is a certainly flying! I’m wondering… Read more

Unfortunately, I lost the early posts when my web hosts changed. Below is what I have been able to retrieve from web.archive.org. — It’s that time of year when everyone see the time as a new start and make lots of resolutions about how they are going to tackle the… Read more

Unfortunately, I lost the early posts when my web hosts changed. Below is what I have been able to retrieve from web.archive.org. —- Have felt better and… December 30th, 2008 So here I am, sat wrapped in a blanket, full of the cold virus that’s been kicking around for the… Read more

Unfortunately, I lost the early posts when my web hosts changed. Below is what I have been able to retrieve from web.archive.org. —- Thankfully the third and final issue is not so much of a problem since I’ve started becoming a more curvaceous lady, but in my youth and early… Read more

My first top thing you shouldn’t do to a person of restricted growth is say: “You’re small!” Really?! No!? I hadn’t noticed!? No s**t Sherlock! Really, you’re not the first person to point out the bleedin’ obvious and guess what sunshine, you won’t be the last. Ok, maybe I’m being… Read more

Over the past 10 years I experienced a few forms of employment. I’ve worked for a small agency, for a large organisation and freelanced (though not necessarily in that order). Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The small organisation; you get to know people quicker and it takes a… Read more

This was comment I received this week. I don’t particularly want to explain in what situation I was in, but needless to say it made feel quite mad and it had the “Oi” effect of how can you say that? Yes, I’m a disabled person and I need to have… Read more

Here’s the deal. I have a blue badge – I love it, it’s one of my favourite possessions. Not because of the feel of the cool blue plastic on my hands, but because it helps get me nearer to destinations I would think twice of visiting because of the distance… Read more

This question was presented to me the other day and it left me feeling flummoxed. It’s not that I’ve not heard this sort of question in various guises in the past; I think it just hit me, that regardless of all the good intentions of raising awareness of restricted growth,… Read more

My heart dropped today as I walked through the shopping centre (albeit in my own small radius). Why? Look at the posting date. Yep, restricted growth people have probably guessed it – it’s the school holidays. And yep, it was stares-galore from the kids, young kids, teenagers and today even… Read more