Melissa Mostyn-Thomas
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Melissa Mostyn-Thomas is a journalist, editor, blogger, and film-maker. For ten years she has enjoyed a portfolio career in the arts including writing and directing her first drama short (CODA), giving art gallery talks, and managing her own grant-funded visual arts organisation.

Melissa's journalism has been published in Vogue, Esquire, The Independent and Disability Arts Online, among many others. In her spare time, she blogs at The Mostyn-Thomas Journal about parenting a disabled child, living with a cochlear implant, and other related matters. She lives in the Home Counties as part of a family of four.

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Blog Entries by Melissa Mostyn-Thomas

How Jenny Sealey's Award Affirms Disability Arts as a Life-Giving Force

(1) Comments | Posted 21 November 2012 | (11:23)

I was thrilled to learn that Jenny Sealey, artistic director of Graeae, had won the Human Rights Arts Award in Liberty's annual awards ceremony on Monday night.

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To quote Sealey:

"This is such an important award to win. It is...

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What a Little Girl Taught Me About Humanity

(0) Comments | Posted 2 November 2012 | (23:41)

Disability has much to teach us about humanity - much more than science or religion ever could, because of the way it tests our character. As the disability rights campaigner, model and athlete Aimee Mullins points out, Darwin has been misquoted. He actually says it is not the...

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Help Scope Keep Us Close

(0) Comments | Posted 16 October 2012 | (18:06)

Last month, instead of moving house in order to accommodate our growing family, we decided to stay put and build an extension instead. We had very good reasons for this that were nothing to do with living in a much-sought-after Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

We had managed...

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The David Bowie Legacy

(15) Comments | Posted 13 October 2012 | (01:00)

By the first day of autumn, 2012 was already a big year for David Bowie.

First there was the unveiling of a plague commemorating his iconic alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, on London's Heddon Street, heralding the 40th anniversary reissue of his concept album, The Rise and Fall...

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