Adaptive Skiing and Disability Snowsport with Snozone Castleford, Yorkshire [AD]

pippa and coach adam standing up and talking on the edge of the slopes, with sit-ski placed in front of them

[AD] Thanks so much to the team at Snozone Castleford for inviting me to visit and for sponsoring this post: more information all about disability snowsport can be found on their website. As always, thoughts and opinions, along with adaptive skiing fangirling, are entirely my own… It’s safe to say that blogging and writing have […]

Aids and Equipment for Managing Fatigue [AD]

pippa sat cross legged on bed holding up sign that says 'it takes me twice as much energy to achieve half as much as my peers'

[AD] This piece is sponsored by CareCo Ltd and features affiliate links. More information can be found at the bottom of this post! Something that comes up a lot in conversation is how I negotiate living independently whilst dealing with long-term chronic fatigue. And whilst that’s a broad topic to tackle all in one go, I […]

Blue Badges and Invisible Illness – My Experiences

pippa in powerchair with back to camera, looking at colourful flowers along side of path

This piece was previously commissioned by UNITE Magazine (April 2019). Society knows that people with invisible illnesses exist, but how much do they know about people’s experiences? If others can’t see people’s symptoms with their own eyes, how do they know that they’re there? Taking our word for it apparently isn’t enough, as has been […]

Disney Made Me Question My Disability

pippa and izzy stood either side of and posing with mickey mouse

This piece was originally written for Scope’s online community, but I never got around to sharing it on my blog. It was this time last year that we were in Disneyland Paris living our very best lives, so here’s something of a throwback… Something I often consider is at what point an invisible illness becomes […]