Simon Minty's recent thoughts and more

In the summer of 2017 I hosted an event for the Business Disability Forum  in London. Below is the significantly modified speech I made there. It's a thought piece really, me trying to work something out. It got people talking and I'd love to hear what you think.  Hello, my name is Simon Minty, I am your host this evening.  If you don’t know me, I’ve been an associate to the Business Disability Forum for twenty years.  Asda toilet sign - disability is very broad these days but have those identifying as so, kept pace? It’s great that you are here and great that you do the job you do. I suspect some of you came to this disability or diversity role by accident, or maybe it was on purpose as it looked interesting? Maybe some of you are directly affected so have a personal interest. Dare I suggest, maybe one or two of you are after an award from the Queen!  I know most of us do this work because we want to see change. Working with the Forum, such...

There's a new talkshow out from BBC Ouch and this one is an eclectic mix of subjects. Fortunately the guests were all up for conversation so it happily bounces along. I should warn you, it's got some adult content. There's an exploratory conversation about  devotees (people who find a physical impairment sexy in itself) and we sail close to the wind with that. Another guest suggests capitalism inherently discriminates against disabled people and Marxism might be better and so has written a book about it. We also continue the ever evolving debate over what's the correct terminology when talking about disability and why do some people who have one, (a disability or impairment) still struggle to say the word 'disability'?   Hope you like it. BBC Ouch Talkshow From L to R - Roddy Slorach, Simon Minty and Kate Monaghan-Cocker