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Frances Ryan

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Guardian journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? (pre-order) and Crippled (out now). E: [email protected]

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The Sunday Times refer to a man with MND as “wheelchair bound” and then report he was so ashamed to use one when he became disabled that he fractured his skull trying to walk. Do they see how these two things might be linked? Media depictions of disability matter.

The Sunday Times refer to a man with MND as “wheelchair bound” and then report he was so ashamed to use one when he became disabled that he fractured his skull trying to walk. Do they see how these two things might be linked? Media depictions of disability matter.