Mary Russell, of Dwarfism Beautiful, is looking for participants for her fantastic new campaign #mysilhouettematterstoo. Mary says, “#mysilhouettematterstoo Day is just a group of women with short stature spreading awareness about not having easy access to the fashion market like our counterparts (average height). Contrary to how we maybe perceived we enjoy fashion too.” The#mysilhouettematterstoo …
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Dwarfism and the Blue Badge Scheme
In the UK we have a scheme that provides those with mobility difficulties accessible and on-street parking. These parking bays are usually wider than average parking spaces, and generally located nearest to a particular building or area of town or city. To quote the gov.uk website… “The aim of the Blue Badge scheme is to …
39 Lessons Learnt
Sometimes, ok, a lot of the time I don’t feel qualified to impart life advice. That I haven’t experienced enough to write down words of wisdom to pass on. I turned 39 in July. One year from the big 4-0. The last year of what has been a very challenging decade. It’s battered me more …
Hello Little Lady Shortlisted for Blog Award
Erm, well, it was quite nice to find out a month or so ago that this lovely little blog of mine has been shortlisted in the ‘Chronic Illness and Disability’ category for the Northern Blog Awards. I think I accidentally nominated myself..!? Apparently, nominations occur through someone who has nominated you or if you’ve done …
Can I Ask You A Few Questions? Dwarfism, Art Spaces and Representation
Fellow people with dwarfism – I need your help! In October I’ll be showcasing the photographic exhibition, ‘You’re Just Little‘. The aim of the “You’re Just Little” exhibition is to reveal the challenges, obstacles and societal assumptions that being a dwarf does not impact on how we engage with people and the places around …
Little Lady News – July 2018
Hello, I keep meaning to blog more regularly, best intentions and all that. I have, however, been working on some rather exciting projects and received quite good news. Blog Shortlisted at the Northern Blog Awards 2018 Last month I found out that a Hello Little Lady was shortlisted in the ‘Chronic Illness and Disability’ category …
13 Must-Follow People With Dwarfism in 2018
The Dwarf community is full of amazing, talented people. I have connected with some amazing people since I’ve picked up the metaphorical pen again. This has been especially so through Twitter and mostly has influenced the list of people I’d recommend you follow below. As a child, I never had any role models to …
5 Self-Care Tips For People With Dwarfism
This blog post has been about two months in the making. I’ve put it down, been a bit on the scared side to make it public. A few weeks ago there was mention of self-care on a Twitter chat. This made my mind up to put this out there. Self-care is a popular term for …
The ‘joys’ of buying car insurance as a disabled driver
It’s been that ‘delightful’ time of year to renew my car insurance. My current insurer had sent me a renewal that put my quote up over a £100 than what I paid last year. I felt a bit hopeful that access to different insurance brokers may have widened since before I went back on the …
Statement and Intentions for Hello Little Lady in 2018
The motivation behind Hello Little Lady has always been to provide a platform and give a voice of the day-to-day experiences of living with dwarfism. Over the 9 years this has primarily been achieved through my own writing. However a number of years now I have held creative ideas to create ‘Dwarf’ arts and culture …