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This page is designed to promote Be Aware Be Clear. I will also add regular posts to help people to gain a greater insight into living with a disability

I set up Be Aware Be Clear back in 2001 as I felt, from personal experience that there was a lack of disability awareness. I have Cerebral Palsy, which affects my speech and walking and when people first see me they often make incorrect assumptions. These incorrect assumptions then form a barrier which I have to knock down. When I set up Be Aware Be Clear, I was working 20 hours a week so I invest

ed my spare time in setting it up. My vision was to go around Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire giving talks about living with a disability - and I was fortunate enough to go into Schools, Colleges and Businesses. Unfortunately I did not get as many talks as I would had liked and when I was made redundant from my paid job I knew I needed to work full time. I am now working full time, however, I sometimes take Annual Leave to give talks - every year a local school invites me to go into a PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) lesson to talk to their Sixth Formers, a talk which is always well received. If you would like me to do a daytime talk then please do contact me and I will be able to let you whether this would be possible. I would very much like to do some evening talks but due to working full time, I do not have time to publicise my work. I therefore thought I would give social media a try!! (I also have a website - www,beawarebeclear,org)

If you are local to Hemel Hempstead and are connected to a group such as a Youth Group, a WI group, Brownies, Guides, Scouts etc. and would like to invite me to speak - please do get in touch. I do not charge for my talks but would need to claim travel expenses, I do not drive so I am forced to use taxis. I would also enjoy the opportunity to speak at church groups as I myself am a Christian

I look forward to hearing from you soon

25/07/2026

As Disability Champion at work , I'm doing my best to mark Disability Pride month. (A month people often link to LBTQ+ but these two are not linked at all) Personally Disability Pride to me means being proud of the things I'm able to do although I'm disabled
This evening I had the privilege of truly celebrating this month by watching the fabulous end of year show by Theatre Shed in Chesham. Blown away by how this theatre company enables disabled children and young people to achieve whatever they want to. A mission which is very close to my own heart. Watching this just epitomizes the true essence of Disability Pride https://youtu.be/muILv_-mDeg

So proud also of my friend Alison Moore who volunteers. Looking forward to the 2027 show already

https://www.facebook.com/share/1H3p11MpTX/
https://youtu.be/muILv_-mDeg

Theatre Shed is all about raising the aspirations of local children and young adults irrespective of their background or ability.

15/07/2026

I have just published my latest blog post which focuses on Technology and how it assists me. Please click on the below link to read all about it!

Since I have been very young technology has been a great help to me. I have been very fortunate to have a brilliant big brother who himself has always been very IT literate and has helped me to bec…

22/04/2026

An afternoon well spent - spoke to three classes raising awareness of disability and the importance of inclusion a total of 240 children.

Although I mainly spoke from personal experience I also mentioned that there are disabilities which are invisible and the importance of the sunflower badge

Lots of good questions from the children including what is the hardest thing about being disabled

As I was a pupil at Tudor school 40 plus years ago I especially enjoy visiting this school
I used to have the T shirt I don't think I would get into it now

16/03/2026

When I first set up my Be Aware Be Clear page I did it to raise disability awareness and to share the ‘lighter’ side of life with a disability. ‘Infrequent posting’ has become ‘rarely posting at all.’ Today however, not only do I have a funny story to share but I have FINALLY completed a blog post. Funny story first….

I needed to find my IT dept at work I therefore went into the building which they had moved to and asked where the IT team was. The receptionist said, sorry it is not in this building ITU is… Admittedly I did have my coat zipped up so she could not see my staff badge but maybe I looked more stressed than I was and she thought I needed ITU. It definitely made me have a good laugh to myself

You can read my long-awaited blog on ‘The Spoon Theory’ by clicking on the below link:

I was never planning to take over a year off from writing my blog – I’m still not quite sure how that happened! Time definitely goes quicker the older you get! Procrastination may have also had a p…

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