Want to hear disabled people's experience of getting married - the good, the bad the indifferent?

novascotia23
novascotia23 Community member Posts: 11 Listener
edited March 2018 in Relationships
Hi all! This is my very first post - so i am not sure if I am posting in the right place.  I would love to hear your experiences of wedding planning here in the UK.  I'm a diversity advocate and used to work as a disability and mental health caregiver.  I now work in the wedding industry (I know!) as a diversity consultant and writer and have discovered we have some real challenges with being physically and attitudinally more accessible in media and the industry to better include wedding couples where one or both parties (or guests) have an unseen or physical disability.  
Genuinely just want to hear people's experience of getting married - the good, the bad the indifferent? 


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  • iza
    iza Scope Member Posts: 690 Empowering
    Welcome to the community, I hope lots of members will come forward to share their experience with you. Would be nice to read lather your article. 
  • novascotia23
    novascotia23 Community member Posts: 11 Listener
    Thanks very much kind Iza. I hope you are well and thank you for the warm welcome
  • iza
    iza Scope Member Posts: 690 Empowering
    Hi,  I am fine. 

    Let me ask @Sam_Scope  if your post can be moved to another category to get more of attention. 

    @Sam_Scope  can you move it so more members of the community can notice this post. 

    Thanks 






  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,605 Championing
    Thanks @iza

    I think this category is a good fit for the post :)
  • Pippa_Alumni
    Pippa_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,765 Championing
    Hi @novascotia23, and welcome to the community!

    This sounds like a really interesting area of work: I've shared this post on Twitter so hopefully we'll see some more responses soon. 
  • novascotia23
    novascotia23 Community member Posts: 11 Listener
    Belated thank you so much @PippaScope -  I'm going to do a keyword search on your twitter now.  I've been having some really truly insightful conversations about this  and its something not talked about enough.
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  • novascotia23
    novascotia23 Community member Posts: 11 Listener
    And so it should be ;) Wow 35 years! What an inspiration. I know it was a whole ago - but can you remember inspired / excluded by the wedding industry during your planning?
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  • novascotia23
    novascotia23 Community member Posts: 11 Listener
    @Victoriad
     -  I cannot tell you how much I have enjoyed reading your account of your wedding day :)  I love the detail you recall. And planning in two weeks! It's quite possible isn't it! Loved reading this thank you for sharing!

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