In the next few articles, John Davis connects his experience of being in hospital to the current Corona virus crisis and explores issues such as loss, survival, friendship and hallucinations. Today’s article […]
Don’t Let Me Die In Phoenix Article 2: ‘He Was Aye Working!’
Following on from Article 1 In today’s article John Davis continues to recount his harrowing story of being admitted to hospital with gangrene in Phoenix and analyses his experience of having to […]
Don’t Let Me Die In Phoenix Article 1 An 8-1 Dog In A Two Horse Race
This is the first of a series of articles where John Davis recounts his experience of receiving life-saving surgery whilst on holiday in the USA and explains how the Social Model of […]
Accessing an assessment of access; The ironic outcome of a meeting to discuss the accessibility of the Edinburgh Fringe By George Low
Now that August has come and gone Edinburgh is no longer the centre of the arts world; the stalls are all packed up, posters have been removed and the streets cleared to […]
Oh Dear Me, A Childhood ‘Thrawn’ and ‘Chided’, Requires An Education System Less Ill-Divided! By Christina Milarvie Quarrell and John Davis
Christina Milarvie Quarrell is a Poet Photographer Artist born and raised in the Govanhill Gorbals communities. Her work celebrates the values of people before profit. Art is her passion and she utilises […]
Collaboration v Compulsion: Minimum Intervention v Child Protection, Participation v Preventative Early Intervention, Redistribution v Sticking Plasters – What Are The Hall Marks of a Socially Just and Rights-Based Child and Family Support System?
John Davis and Harla Octarra examine the implications of the Supreme Court decision on the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. Professor John M. Davis has written two books on […]
Purposeless Movements: Stories of Humanity, Identity, Love and Paradise
On Friday, we went to the Traverse Theatre to see the Birds of Paradise production ‘Purposeless Movements’. The play is written by Birds of paradise co-Artistic Director Robert Softley Gale and stars […]
The Budget Review: Smoke, Mirrors And Westminster Sabre Rattling.
It’s been 40 days since any text was posted in this blog. So thanks to Wordathlon for her blog, ‘the opposite of war’ for helping with a beginning and stimulating this post. Thinking […]
Sandra Bland, Samuel DuBose and Sheku Bayoh: The Police, Class, Disability, Ethnicity and Gender
Keven McKenna, in his article for The National on Saturday the 1st of August, likened the current Westminster establishment to aliens in a movie who have no concern for the fellow human […]
Cavemen With God On Their Side: Hope, Equality and The Politics of Change
Many years ago I worked in the North East of England and was lucky enough to have digs with a couple who were involved in the Disability Movement and who were incredible […]