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In our most recent podcast we were joined by Chronic Pop Shop owner, Christina Lucille, for a unfiltered account of what it’s like to run a business when you are chronically ill. She talks about the realities of profit margins, fatigue, and social media algorithms. Christina spoke about the inspiration behind her business, how she originally created the open top to-do lists as a tool for herself, and then realised she could help others by selling them. Christina lives with en

Looking for gift giving inspiration? Here’s our guide to gifts from business ran by disabled people. Sarah Colliver [Image description: Book cover for When the War Came to Laundry Cottage by Sarah Colliver. Featuring a woman with brown hair holding a bag and looking at a cottage] Sarah Colliver is a chronically ill author, who will be joining us on the podcast for our December episode. She has written a number of novels including ‘When War Came to Laundry Cottage’, set in WW2

For this months episode we are joined by Maria, patient and doctor, who shares her experience and hopes for a more inclusive future. We unpack many key issues in this episode, that challenge the way disabled people are perceived. Starting with the word ‘disabled’ itself, a term many in the community use with pride, but one which is still seen as negative by society. We talk about the importance of challenging terms such as ‘differently abled’ which don’t represent the experie