My first-ever Author School Visit has shown me another way to be able to communicate helping others.
Along with being diagnosed with cerebral palsy very early on in my life. I also have a severe speech impediment. If I'm being perfectly...
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cliftop123
- Dec 21, 2022
- 4 min
THANK YOU for your incredible support again this year and for helping to make a difference.
I want to say a HUGE Thank You to everyone for supporting me in 2022. I haven't published more new books this year, but it doesn't mean...
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cliftop123
- Oct 19, 2022
- 4 min
Please stop infantilising the likes of other disabled people and me.
I am an author, songwriter and disability blogger with two published books and another two in the making. My first one is a children's...
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cliftop123
- May 16, 2022
- 2 min
A milestone to celebrate. Jet-setting, partying into my 40s. All with a little bit of creativeness.
Hello everyone, I am still here, and I’ve been busy writing. The next few weeks are set to get even busier with a personal milestone on...
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cliftop123
- Apr 1, 2022
- 5 min
I’ll let you in on a bit of a secret. I haven’t always been confident seeing myself in the mirror!
Keep reading for two tips on becoming more confident in your disabilities. Living with cerebral palsy has sometimes been challenging....
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cliftop123
- Jan 10, 2022
- 2 min
Fancy winning a signed copy of my new children’s book 'Paddy The Polar Bear Teddy?'
The love and support that I have received for my children’s stories have been incredible, and because of all your unconditional support,...
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cliftop123
- Jan 6, 2022
- 2 min
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
- Dec 22, 2021
- 4 min
2021 has been a year of the writer! Well, it has in my case anyway!!
The past few years have been difficult for many, and with coronavirus still taking hold of our lives, adapting to a new way of working...
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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
- Jun 10, 2021
- 4 min
Having an accessible social life can become much easier for everyone, with the right mindset!
An active social life has played an essential role in who I have become. My parents were so determined to set me on the best path they...
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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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