Independence is something that most of us take for granted. This is because it’s so ingrained into the lives of able-bodied people, it’s the sort of thing we rarely appreciate until it’s gone. For people living with disability though, independence is everything. For them, being able to access the resources and information required to achieve and maintain independence can often feel like an uphill struggle. Access to Information Perhaps the most important concern for disabled individuals is Read more […]
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Best Holiday Reads for Summer 2014
You’ve packed everything you need and there’s one book-shaped hole in your suitcase…but what to go for? Here a four of this year’s best summer reads: A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride Recently awarded the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing is the debut novel by Eimear McBride and one that she’s been fighting to get published for nigh on a decade. Among a host of glowing reviews, the work has drawn comparisons to Joyce and Beckett for its experimentalism, Read more […]
Jimmy, Steven, Seth: Who Will Be King of Late Night?
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon has quickly become the late night program to beat. Yet this success could be only momentary. Fallon will face some stiff competition in 2015 when Stephen Colbert will take over for David Letterman. Not to be discounted is NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers which has also earned solid ratings. Fallon’s Tonight Show has aired on NBC since February 17, 2014. His debut episode scored 11.3 million watchers in the U.S with a 3.8 rating for adults in the coveted Read more […]
Selling Your Car? How To Make Sure You Get The Best Price
There comes a time in every car owners life when they have to part with their beloved motor; whether it be because it’s time to help free up some cash, time to make room for a new arrival, or maybe just because you feel it’s time for a new one. And when that time does eventually come around, it’s likely that aside from wanting to make sure your lovely little car goes to a loving home, you also want to make sure you get the price for it – after all, you didn’t spend all of those Sundays Read more […]
A Woman’s Ever Changing Priorities: Which One is Yours?
Recently, a slew of friends and relatives have gotten married. In fact, I’ll be attending another wedding this month, the fifth one for this year. Two more friends are tying the knot later this year. I must be near that age when women start to feel their biological clock ticking and make that mad dash down the wedding aisle. Despite all the wedding hullabaloo happening all around me, I still don’t don’t feel the pressure to settle down–at least not just yet. Talking to different female friends, Read more […]