Attending University with a Physical Disability
More and more people with physical disabilities are attending university, but it's surprising just how many times people don't know how to act around someone with a physical disability!
Disability Pride Month
July is Disability Pride Month, which celebrates everyone who has a disability. This post looks at just how important the month is and what you can do to celebrate.
Portrayal of physical disabilities in television and movies
Are people with physical disabilities always portrayed in the correct way in the TV shows and movies? This post looks at 5 TV shows and movies and how they portrayed physical disabilities.
My Blogging Journey
In this post, I reflect on my blogging journey this past year and share a few highlights that I've experience along the way!
The Face Behind The Velvet Court
To mark my one year blogging anniversary, I reintroduce myself to my new readers, putting a name to the face behind The Velvet Court!
5 Positive Things to (Hopefully) Come Out of COVID-19 For People with Disabilities
There is certainly nothing positive about COVID-19 at the moment. Perhaps in the future there could be, including our hygiene practices and ability to work from home. All of these will help those with a disability!
5 Wheelchair Users to Follow On Instagram
In this post, I share five of my favourite wheelchair users accounts that I follow on Instagram and who you should be too!
Entering Fashions on the Field in a Wheelchair
Someone who uses a wheelchair is rare enough at the races, let alone in Fashions on the Field. This post highlights my FOTF journey and what I've experienced so far.
Representation vs Revenue
By not including people with disabilities in advertisements, companies are missing out on a key group of consumers. So why is there this absence of representation in marketing and advertising campaigns?
Life Isn’t All About “Likes”
While this is not new to people living in Australia, Instagram has recently removed the ability to see how many people have liked posts in the USA, so the debate has started up all over again. With this move bringing up other topics such as mental health, I feel like…