How disability freed me to live unconventionally (By Lucy Webster)

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Oct 27, 2024

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One of the best things about having a newsletter, especially on Substack, is the community that you can build around your writing. I feel so honoured that The Single Supplement community is just so great. Your supportive words and insightful comments through email, the Substack app and over on Instagram following my comeback newsletter last week meant so much to me. I haven’t managed to reply to everyone yet but please know I have read every message and am really grateful.

I’ve written before about the importance of community and the power of knowing you’re not alone (this link takes you to a newsletter I wrote at the start of the pandemic so read with caution if you don’t like remembering that period). I remember being fine about being single until my last best friend partnered up and then suddenly I felt more single than ever… that is until I made a new brilliant single friend and th…

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A guest post by

Lucy Webster

Lucy is a journalist covering disability for news outlets such as the FT and the Guardian. Her Substack, The View From Down Here, uses stories from her life as a wheelchair user to challenge ableism. Her memoir of the same name is out now!