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Why I’m taking a break from BabyCenter

May 24, 2013 at 12:27

Mama Lewis

So, we all know about May’s surgery on June 3rd. This isn’t a post about that, but it goes a long way to explaining why I need a break from BabyCenter and can’t write to deadline for a bit. BabyCenter and it’s community of women, especially the bloggers that I write alongside, has been a [...]

Councillor expounds further on why kids like May “should be put down”

May 12, 2013 at 12:41

Mama Lewis

Earlier this week, I wrote about the councillor in Cornwall who thinks disabled babies should be “put down”. Not satisfied with his new policy to save the government money by euthanising children, Colin Brewer has made further statements to the press. Here is a segment of his interview with Disability News Service: Brewer said: “If they [...]

“Disabled children should be put down” says re-elected councillor

May 6, 2013 at 21:54

Mama Lewis

Collin Brewer said children like May should be "put down"

Re-elected. That’s what happens to politicians in Cornwall who say disabled children should be killed off. (Sorry, Cornwall but if you live there I imagine you are even more enraged than I am.) Collin Brewer, Independent councillor for Cornwall, made the comments to Disability Cornwall at an information event at County Hall in Truro in [...]

7 things “so-called experts” never say, but should

May 3, 2013 at 16:46

Mama Lewis

You wanna fight me?

After a collective 24 hours in therapies, medical appointments and general ‘Team May’ meetings this week, I have had my share of so-called experts. Because I don’t swear on my blog – and a big hello to my students reading this right now – I’ve decided to imagine a world where so-called experts didn’t make [...]

Mother of disabled child leaves her alone in the car

April 7, 2013 at 15:03

Mama Lewis

Would it shock you any less if you knew that the mother who left her daughter alone in the car was me, and that child was May? Parents of disabled children have to make many adjustments to their lives, and some of those are to do with ideas of what is acceptable with children and [...]