My MS Bully and Me

Copyright: C King In the late 1980s, a well known pop duo sang "She's got the look". This song came to mind as I stood at the bus stop waiting for my bus which is notoriously devious in not announcing itself via the destination board. Why was this song in my head? Because today, silly me, I don't look sick.  Apparently, if you wear a stonking, great badge saying 'Please offer me a seat', this actually means you must be absolutely fine, as well as having a predilection for the colour blue or large badges, or playing an April Fool's joke on anyone you meet. This badge seemingly provides an excuse to raise the newspaper over your face or stare intently out of a dirty window at traffic. If you're not doing any of the above, you're suddenly finding the floor extremely interesting. In fact, I'm pretty sure that someone once even had a pretend conversation on their phone to avoid the overwhelming awkwardness. Are we having a rant today? Y...

Travelling on public transport with a chronic condition can be off-putting and soul-destroying for many reasons. When you marry the words 'accessibility' and 'travel', many travel operators and media outlets automatically (and seemingly only) associate this with wheelchair access. However, for many passengers with non-visible conditions and disabilities, this isn't the case as we often have some, if reduced, mobility. Our mobility issues tend to centre around how far we can walk, how long we can stand and the fatigue associated with travel which knocks us for six. What does this mean for a mobility-compromised traveller in practical terms? 1. You have to build in longer amounts of time to negotiate all of the inaccessible routes and paths within a station (never mind the other side of your journey). This article mentions time set aside as four times longer for a daily commute than for other commuters. 2. You have to pre-plan your journey to the 'n...