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

We’re all aware that council-officiated mobility parking spaces are reasonably well monitored (or are they?!) but what about those mobility parks which are on private property? Those in malls, restaurants, or in Honor K‘s case, supermarkets? What happens when people abuse them, or even worse, when those paid to keep tabs on them, don’t seem to give a toss about who’s parking where? It’s a problem that Honor found first-hand upon a recent visit to the Pak ‘n Save on

Apologies for the somewhat convoluted heading. However as it turns out, the below image depicting a (presumably) able-bodied guy sitting in a chair with wheels attached to the sides, is far from a quirky gimmick to attract customers. In fact, it’s part of an advertising campaign by Australian agency JAM to convince punters that drinking and driving is a bad idea. This ambient portion is backed up by a print campaign, which you can read here or by clicking on

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