Yes, even disabled people like me have their day! Take a moment: you almost certainly know someone with a life-changing condition. After all, we make up about a quarter of the population hence People Like Us!
There are more facts, figures, ideas and stories of many different PLUs in my book, “It could be You…”
And readers have said:
“I wish my own parents had read it as they tried to navigate heart failure and Parkinson’s disease, they both would have been PLUs … I loved it, simple to read. Made me laugh, made me feel guilty for dismissing sometimes the challenges including when my father had to give up work due to his disability.”
“It has got all the ideas for anybody, who would like help themselves, as it talked about business, economics, politics, science, healthcare, debts, education, skilled workers and non-skilled ones, then employment and non-employment… Being in control of your own life is better … It can be difficult to be told that you are no longer able to do your job due to health problems. But Penny’s advice is to be positive.”
“It really opened my eyes to the problems encountered by people with disabilities, young and old – funding not keeping up with inflation but more about how many people give up and withdraw into themselves. Reading your experiences was in itself inspirational … really easy to read.”