Hey everyone, It’s about time I announced what may already be painfully obvious: I’m taking a break from Walkingisoverrated.com. Not forever, just for a little while. Time to recharge my batteries, brush up in some other areas of my life, and work on a brand new project, which could be even more exciting than this! So if I don’t update for a while, don’t panic. It won’t be long before you hear from me again, I promise In the meantime,

Video blog #3: Travel!! from Red Nicholson on Vimeo.

Yesterday I received an email through this site, and whilst I don’t usually do this sort of thing, I was so astounded at its content I just had to share it with you. For privacy reasons, I’ll omit the sender’s name, email address etc. Amazing. Hi ‘Bright’ (Red.. get it?) um, no? Do you speak normally, or do you have a speech impedament? Doesn’t matter either way, I just wondered, tryin to imagine it, I guess. You look like a

It’s being reported that those distasteful Cadbury dyslexia advertisements I mentioned a few days ago have been pulled, as a result of numerous complaints. Good to hear Cadbury’s listening, but let’s be honest: these never should’ve gone up in the first place. Link to NZ Herald story

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So. I was driving to Uni yesterday when I saw a bus up ahead with an advertisement for Crunchie chocolate bars on the back. The advertisement read: 10 out of 9 dyslexics prefer Crunchie Ha. Ha. Get it? Dyslexics? Back to front? Yeah, groan. Now, I know the dyslexic joke has been a staple of comedy routines for years. But laughing at a disability in order to sell a chocolate bar – isn’t that a bit rough? More to the

Morning folks! As you can tell, my blogging activity has been a wee bit sporadic lately, thanks to Uni going back and me galavanting around this beautiful country of ours. So it is at this time that I ask – would you like to contribute to walkingisoverrated.com? It could be anything – a review, opinion piece, video blog, poem?! Whatever floats your boat. So please get in touch!

Firstly, apologies for the tone of this but I’m annoyed. Trust vernacular to bring me back from blogging oblivion. Now, call me what you like, but when I last checked, the dictionary definition for the word ‘invalid’ read something like this: invalid 2 |inˈvalid| |1nˈvøləd| |ɪnˈvalɪd| adjective not valid, in particular • (esp. of an official document or procedure) not legally recognized and therefore void because contravening a regulation or law : the vote was declared invalid due to a

I’ve already posted a wee bit on my thoughts around the Big Day Out festival’s “disabled platform“, but check out my latest video blog below to hear what I really think

Here are some sweet link-drops to brighten up your day! The first is a link to self-professed ‘Wheelchair Junkie‘ Mark E. Smith’s blog, who responds to any sympathy-inducing questions around the impact of his disability with two simple words: so what? I really like this. Here’s an excerpt from this particular post: Often when it comes to the presumed limiting factors of our disabilities, they’re based almost entirely on our own negative thinking – our embracing victimhood – instead of