New blog explores lived experiences of disability, stigma, age and place

This Housing LIN guest blog, written by Dr Dianne-Dominique Theakstone, Paula Rogers and Vikki McCall from the University of Stirling’s Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing (ISPA) project, explores how disability, stigma, age and place intersect to shape everyday life.

Marking 30 years since the Disability Discrimination Act (1995), the authors argue that while legislation was a landmark achievement, rights on paper do not always translate into equality in practice.

Drawing on lived experience, Paula Rogers shares her personal story of navigating inaccessible housing, transport and community spaces. The blog calls for co-produced, intersectional change that genuinely opens doors for disabled people.