“One Big Family” on World Book Day 2023

“One Big Family” on World Book Day 2023

For World Book Day 2023 I was invited as guest author to a few schools and childcare facilities in Fermanagh to read ‘A little bit EXTRAORDINARY’. I felt very welcome everywhere I visited. I loved meeting so many children and having the opportunity to chat with them,...
The Mad and Sad Age of Preposterousness

The Mad and Sad Age of Preposterousness

As we approach World Book Day, what we need is bullies to stop bullying and people with no emotional resilience to build some and learn to stop being affected by what other people think and say by understanding that a person’s nastiness is a reflection of their own...
Words Can Hurt and Words Can Heal

Words Can Hurt and Words Can Heal

Today is the start of Anti-bullying Week (14th to 18th November 2022). Bullying has got out of hand. It’s spreading like a virus that society needs to wipe out before it destroys society.  I was bullied at primary school and my older brother Martin was bullied...
Let’s Give the Message to the People We Meet

Let’s Give the Message to the People We Meet

Today, 3rd December, we celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities, which was established by the United Nations in 1992 to create ‘diverse and accepting communities’. Imagine what could be achieved if everyone around the world worked together as...
Celebrating World Down Syndrome Day on March 21st

Celebrating World Down Syndrome Day on March 21st

March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day, which has been marked officially by the United Nations since 2012, although it was first launched in 2006 by Singapore. The date of the 21st day of the third month of the year was chosen to represent the triplication (trisomy) of...