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Award winning freelance journalist, cover girl, columnist and other C-words. @CosmopolitanUK @RadioTimes @digitalspy @MetroUK E: melissakparker4@gmail.com
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People feel entitled to comment on my disability – it's exhausting

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By Melissa Parker 
| MSN Malaysia
Melissa Parker During my university graduation, as I proudly made my way toward the stage to receive my degree, a woman organising the event casually called me ‘wheelchair-bound.' Walking behind me and talking into a walkie-talkie, checking the ramp was in place, her words hung in the air – simple and unthinking – yet they struck me deeply. My throat tightened, and my heart beat faster. She didn't mean to hurt me, but her thoughtless words made me feel so small and exposed.
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The date was going great – then he asked the question disabled people dread

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By Melissa Parker 
| MSN Malaysia
Melissa Parker ‘The date was going great – then he asked the question disabled people dread' : ‘Can you have sex?' That was the question my date Simon* asked in a pub making me realise just how hard dating and being disabled was going to be. He said it so bluntly that it took me by surprise and I almost choked on the rum and coke I'd been nursing. It was 2009, I was 18 and I had never been asked that question before.
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The date was going great – then he asked the question disabled people dread

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By Melissa Parker 
| MSN South Africa
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