Melissa Parker

Melissa Parker | Freelance Journalist

Freelance journalist passionate about disability rights, coffee and achieving the Nancy Meyers aesthetic.

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Things were going well - then he asked the question disabled people dread

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle 2 days ago
Melissa Parker smiling.

A stranger grabbed my wheelchair and silently started pushing me

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle August 25, 2025
Welfare protest posters saying 'Personal Independence payments are vital for your survival!'

The stress caused by welfare reform flip-flopping left me feeling sick

Channel: Politics Politics July 2, 2025
Melissa Parker smiling.

I dehydrate myself so I don't have to use public disabled toilets

Channel: Health Health June 30, 2025
Melissa Parker - SHDIG

I overheard a woman and her friend chatting - one word crushed me

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle October 15, 2024
Melissa Parker - SHDIG

I went on an amazing date - but one thing was missing

Channel: Sex Sex August 26, 2024
Soap composite picture shows Zain from Hollyoaks in hospital, Aidan in Coronation Street looking sad and Hayley Cropper dying in Roy's arms

TV soaps need more trigger warnings, not less

Channel: Soaps Soaps May 5, 2024
Melissa Parker - SHDIG

I went on the best date with the perfect man. Still, I was happy to never see him again

Channel: Sex Sex August 23, 2024
Melissa Parker: Speech-to-text software allows me to have a career (tech series)

School photographers told me to hide my wheelchair

Channel: UK UK April 1, 2024
Penny Branning grins in EastEnders

EastEnders' Penny Branning is refreshing - I know disabled women just like her

Channel: EastEnders EastEnders January 19, 2024

I stopped travelling for years. Tech helped get me flying again

Channel: Tech Tech December 16, 2023
Billy and Paul smiling at each other in Coronation Street

Paul's story in Corrie delivers vital insight into disability and sex

Channel: Coronation Street Coronation Street November 23, 2023
Strictly Come Dancing live blog update 09.08 (Picture: Shutterstock/BBC/Metro.co.uk)

Wheelchair users can dance - so where are they on Strictly?

Channel: TV TV September 23, 2023

'We have full lives': Disabled soap fans speak to soap stars who represent them

Channel: Soaps Soaps August 2, 2023
Hollyoaks picture from What's Your Normal episode shows Tylan Grant, Noah Holdsworth, Rory Douglas-Speed, Annabelle Davis and Haiesha Mistry on set

Soaps are starting to show the messy reality of coming to terms with a disability

Channel: Hollyoaks Hollyoaks July 12, 2023
BAFTA TV Preview: "Am I a Retard?"

I've been called the R word, I know the pain it causes - why is Rosie Jones using it?

Channel: TV TV July 4, 2023

Accessible tech is growing - and these Samsung gadgets are helping break more barriers

Channel: Tech Tech May 19, 2023
Chas and Samson in Emmerdale behaving wth nastiness

Emmerdale risks isolating fans with Chas and Samson becoming so unlikeable

Channel: Emmerdale Emmerdale March 5, 2023
Izzy returns to Coronation Street after shielding

Corrie's slow re-introduction of Izzy gives disabled shielders a voice

Channel: Coronation Street Coronation Street January 20, 2023

I struggle to write - speech-to-text software is the reason I can do my dream job

Channel: Tech Tech January 15, 2023

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