Tags: Moving Up

Christina Lee has SLE and paraplegia. She is from Kent and has just finished her MA in English Literature at King’s College London, specialising in disability in literature.

Roya Sattari, Iranian international student at Brunel University.

Hema Shan, aged 24, has Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSH)  and lives in Newham.

On Saturday 9th July, I was invited to speak at the most recent Trailblazers “Moving Up” employability event.

Jack McLellan, 24, from the London Borough of Havering has an undiagnosed form of muscular dystrophy. He’s spent two months on a placement in the Care, Information and Advocacy department as part of the Trailblazers work experience project Moving Up.

Ronit Himatlal, aged 23, has Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. He is spending the summer with the Trailblazers campaigns team as part of his work experience placement on the Moving Up project.

Ronit Himatlal, 23, who lives in the London Borough of Harrow, is spending his summer at the Muscular Dystrophy UK office on work experience with the Moving Up project.

Jack McLellan, 24. from Havering, has an undiagnosed form of muscular dystrophy. He’s on a two month work experience placement, as part of Trailblazer’s Moving Up project, with Muscular Dystrophy UK’s Care, Information and Advocacy department.

Omar Foster is 22, from Croydon and has Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III. He spent three days with the Trailblazers campaigns team at the Muscular Dystrophy UK Head Office in London, as part of the Trailblazers Work Experience Project.

Vivek Gohil, 25, lives in Leicester and has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. He’s been involved with Trailblazers for years and is a regional ambassador for the organisation.