Author: Anna Wall

Mid-twenties PhD student based in East Anglia (the bulge about half way up the right-hand side of the U.K). When I'm not writing my doctorate on British theology in the 17th century, I enjoy tackling the wearisome ableism of the film/ television world, going to the pub, and sailing around the world as crew on a Tall Ship (no, I'm not sure how I blagged that one either). I've been a full-time wheelchair user for all of my 24 years but won't bore you with the details mostly because my condition is really hard to spell.

My New Favourite Stuntman

Disabled athlete Justine Levene has found himself plastering the newspapers and internet in the last few days as a video of him dragging himself through Luton airport from 2017 appeared online. Levene is paraplegic and, like me uses a wheelchair full time. As happens far too often when flying, his wheelchair had been left behind. […]

The World on Wheels: Traveling with a Disability

Image Description: A photo of a subway train, and blurry subjects moving towards and from the subway. So I’m off to America for three weeks – starting in New York, then working my way down to New Orleans via Washington, Memphis, and Jackson.  I’ll be honest with you, I’m a real food lover and impulse-booked […]