Scarlett Murray
Hemiplegia: Being "Half Disabled"
Hemiplegia: paralysis of one side of the body. “Hemi” – Greek for half. My hemiplegia is a form of cerebral palsy. I have left-sided...
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Scarlett Murray
An exploration into my experiences of having a physical disability.
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Scarlett Murray
- Jul 8, 2022
- 5 min
Cerebral Palsy and Companionship: No Longer Feeling Alone
Scarlett describes how sharing lived experiences of having cerebral palsy can counteract how lonely the experience of disability can be.
Scarlett Murray
- Mar 27, 2022
- 3 min
Mummy's Arms
When Scarlett's daughter was born, she did not see her as disabled, she just saw her as Mummy. This changed how Scarlett viewed herself.
Scarlett Murray
- Jan 27, 2022
- 5 min
Dating and the Hide-the-Disability Mode
I remembered his dark hair falling in front of his face when he wrote: turned totally inwards, a left-handed elegant scrawl. He was...
Scarlett Murray
- Nov 18, 2021
- 4 min
'I Did It': How My Disability Has Made Me a More Compassionate Parent
‘I did it!’ shouts my two-year-old daughter. She does a vigorous jig to the music the doorbell emits. She presses it again, ‘I did it!’...
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