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

novascotia23
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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?
Genuinely just want to hear people's experience of getting married - the good, the bad the indifferent?
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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.
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Thanks very much kind Iza. I hope you are well and thank you for the warm welcome
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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
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Scope
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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. -
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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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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@Victoriad
- I cannot tell you how much I have enjoyed reading your account of your wedding dayI 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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