I want to make a difference through writing and disability awareness
Being disabled is all I've ever known, and due to complications at birth, I was born having cerebral. I have suffered from epilepsy, had...
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cliftop123
- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
Max And The Magic Wish – The Audiobook
I can now reveal that over the past few months. We have been working on something extraordinary. Yes, you have guessed it, we’ve had ‘Max...
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cliftop123
- Jun 28, 2021
- 4 min
Disability aids and apparatus were pivotal whilst I was learning to walk, and look at me now.
Believe it or not, it took me the best part of seven years to learn and be able to walk on my own. I spent many years shuffling and...
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cliftop123
- May 25, 2021
- 2 min
Is it acceptable to offer help to a disabled person?
From my perspective, I am a very stubborn and independent person whilst I'm going about my everyday life, but there are some chores I do...
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cliftop123
- May 11, 2021
- 4 min
BLOG TAKEOVER! With award-winning songwriter and my friend DARREN PARRY!!
It is time for award-winning songwriter DARREN PARRY to take over my blog! With Darren’s cheeky sense of humour, I had to proofread what...
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cliftop123
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
During the pandemic, I have had time to reflect, improve my communication and even my everyday life!
Looking back on the past. What has gone is gone. It is engraved in history, and I now endeavour to look forward and forever be...
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cliftop123
- Apr 27, 2021
- 2 min
This blog is not for pity, and I am not looking for it.
Some of you reading this blog may feel sorry for me. If you do, please refrain from feeling this way. I am writing this blog to educate...
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cliftop123
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
My disability is a physical one, not a learning disability or a mental illness.
One of the things that always gets me frustrated about the kind of disability that I have is when I meet people for the first time, some...
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cliftop123
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
You are too handsome to be disabled
'You are too handsome to be disabled.' Thank you, I know that I am. In all seriousness, though, comments like these get said to me now...
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cliftop123
- Apr 7, 2021
- 2 min
Having cerebral palsy does have its perks, so take advantage!!
Having cerebral palsy does have some perks, such as jumping queues, accessible parking, free bus and train pass, fast track airport...
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cliftop123
- Mar 31, 2021
- 1 min
Never feel like you are being a burden! Chill out!
Up until now, I have pushed myself to my limits not to become a burden, such as when I go away with my family or friends, I have walked...
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cliftop123
- Mar 27, 2021
- 2 min
Thank You NHS For My Vaccine!!
I am pleased to tell you that I had my first vaccine on 27/03/2021. Having cerebral palsy and being classed as clinically vulnerable, it...
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cliftop123
- Mar 24, 2021
- 2 min
Always be true to yourself. You are a writer, so write!
‘Always be true to yourself; you are a writer, so write.’ I saw this as an article header on a website I stumbled across some time ago....
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cliftop123
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
Advice for first time Authors
My first-time authors' advice is that you need to be highly passionate about what you write about, have a clear subject and writer plan,...
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cliftop123
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Excuse me. Where is your Carer?
For those of you who know me well, despite having cerebral palsy and a speech impediment, I am a very independent person. My motto has...
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cliftop123
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
ATTRACTION OR JUST BEING NICE? How do you treat or approach a disabled person on a night out?
Attraction or just being nice? This issue has probably been another difficult one for me, especially growing up and going out with my...
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cliftop123
- Feb 25, 2021
- 2 min
Having cerebral palsy makes me an impatient person......sometimes!
I tend to think that most of the time I live ‘in the fast lane.’ I am full on at times and can be very impatient and come across as quite...
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cliftop123
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
FINDING LOVE WITH A DISABILITY
Up until this point finding, ‘The One,’ has proved to be a very difficult subject for me. Again, it comes back to my self-confidence, and...
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