14/09/2026
Disabled people do not need fixing. The way society sees us does.
When I started The Justice Journals, it was to shine a light on the dishonesty used by some of the UK’s biggest employers in the way they treat disabled employees—when they believe they can get away with it.
Now, I’m on a mission to change how disabled people are perceived by others.
But to change that perception, we must also change how we have been taught to think about ourselves.
You are not lazy because you are disabled.
You are not incompetent because you need reasonable adjustments at work.
You are not “playing the system” because you understand your rights and entitlements.
You are not a liar because you have a chronic illness but posted photographs from your Saint-Tropez holiday on social media.
You are disabled—and you are still allowed to live.
You are bloody fabulous for getting through it ALL, every single day.
For fighting back the tears.
For swallowing the disappointment.
For carrying the weight of how OTHERS have made you feel.
But it stops here. Today.
I’m not going to sugar-coat it: my experience with the DWP scarred me almost as deeply as the car crash did.
But I will not apologise for being disabled.
And I will not apologise for calling out organisations like the DWP when they use every facet of the “system” to avoid being held fully accountable for their failures.
Part of taking back my power was becoming undeniably strong in my sense of self:
How I thought about myself.
How I spoke to myself inside my own head.
The respect I gave myself before waiting for anybody else to give it to me.
That is where the real work was for me—and where it is for so many of us.
And throughout that entire process, I journalled.
I journalled the points I needed to raise next in court.
I journalled what my employer was doing before they dismissed me.
(And yes, I have created a Red Flag Employer Journal.)
I journalled the errors I believed were being made during my Employment Tribunal case.
I recorded the judge rolling her eyes when I spoke about the failure to respond to 15 emails requesting reasonable adjustments when I was unable to stand.
I compared my own recording and transcription of my PIP assessment with the version initially sent to me—and documented the differences until they were corrected.
I wrote it all down.
Because when you are exhausted, distressed or repeatedly made to question your own experience, a clear written record gives you something solid to return to.
It helps you remember.
It helps you evidence.
And it helps you take back your power.
That is why the journals at The Justice Journals are not simply attractive notebooks filled with blank pages.
They contain guided pages designed to help you record, organise and evidence the things that are too important to forget.
Each journal draws upon years of lived experience and has been created with one goal in mind:
To help every Justice Journaller become unapologetically themselves.
Do not hide your disability.
Do not hide the red flags at work.
Do not hide institutional failures.
Do not allow anyone to persuade you that your experience did not happen simply because they failed to record it.
You are not invisible—and neither is your disability.
Your disability and your struggles do not have to become your weakness.
They can become your strength.
And with a Justice Journal in your hands, I am with you in mind and spirit—helping you document what happened, protect your position and journal your way back to your power.
Unapologetically.
Ali - The Justice Journals
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(Meet Maggie—my unapologetically fabulous Justice Journalier. She’s been helping me bring the new collection to life. What do you think of her? 💖 Feel free to share your pics with me to feature when you are ready to seen and heard)
