The writer and disability activist has died at the age of 29, having faced the excrutiating pain of her condition with bravery and humour. But she also had first-hand experience of how welfare rules are making life tougher for the most vulnerable
Scrolling through the articles by writer and campaigner Lucy Glennon is like flicking through an index of her personality and passions. There are the witty posts about her love of food – one recalling how she almost blinded herself with a Yorkshire pudding, another listing the worst substitutions from online supermarket deliveries (Twix instead of tampons). There are fiercely argued opinion pieces on disability, and slamming welfare cuts (“bullies in power … have no clue about the lives of those they are damaging”, she wrote) – as well as nods to her obsession with technology and Twitter. But it is the first article on her Guardian profile that explains why there will be no more.
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