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Paula Knight 🎨✒️♿
@paulaknight.bsky.social
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Author, illustrator, comics creator
THE FACTS OF LIFE (Myriad) Kidlit Books x3
Writing illustration comics poetry photography

https://linktr.ee/paulajknight
https://www.redbubble.com/people/PaulaJKnight
https://ko-fi.com/bedscapepaula

Bedridden pwME ♿
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Paula Knight 🎨✒️♿ @paulaknight.bsky.social · Oct 25
I have two original framed pencil drawings of plants for sale in my Kofi shop.

#Drawing #Art #DisabledArtists #ArtForSale

ko-fi.com/bedscape/shop
Visit Paula Knight's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
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aspiraldance.bsky.social
Okay friends, I need ideas!

Thea asked what I want for Christmas, and I really want cute clothing & accessories that reflect my identity.

I'd particularly like to support disabled & spoonie run small businesses here in the UK, so feel free to tag your favourites (self recs are more than welcome).
An illustration of a silver spoon with a red ribbon wrapped arpund it on a dark blue background. There is white text below it which says "I need some spoonie friendly gift ideas".
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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germainehypher.bsky.social
@paulaknight.bsky.social is completely bed bound. Slowly, she creates digital images that she sells as cards, stickers, clothing & phone cases on her Redbubble shop. Take a look & support a disabled artist this winter.

#Christmasgifts #disability #art #me/cfs #chronicillness #mecfs #digitalart
A Christmas card design by Paula J Knight featuring digitally drawn cyclamen, holly and mistletoe against a black background with bird footprints in snow around the edge. A black T-shirt with a white design by Paula J Knight depicting a person lying propped up in a hospital bed with the words Total Badass changed via a red letter E to Total Bedass.
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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elhopkins.bsky.social
Well worth taking the time to just read these few paragraphs on brain damage from COVID from Harvard. It should leave you with no doubts why I am wearing an ffp2. www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
Does COVID-19 damage the brain? - Harvard Health
Most people who get COVID-19 don't suffer damage to the brain. But some do, and even people who initially get just mild COVID symptoms are vulnerable. COVID's potential to damage the brain is anoth...
www.health.harvard.edu
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
paulaknight.bsky.social
Trying out digital watercolour brushes by Naomi Simbolon. Need lots more practise but they are lovely to use.

#ArtSky #Illustration #DisabledArtists
Digital watercolour of a pink plant pot and dark green leaf to plant on a lime green background Sample page of the digital watercolour brushes in different blobby reds , some with dry edges some more splashy and wet
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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hopefullizzy.bsky.social
Here is the transcript for yesterday’s APPG for ME debate in parliament

hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...

With a big thank you to @tessamunt.bsky.social for organising, @kerrymp.bsky.social @joplatt.bsky.social and all the MPs who attended and/or spoke during. We so desperately need you.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Myalgic Encephalomyelitis' on Wednesday 19 November 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
paulaknight.bsky.social
Great resource here with links to where you can buy gifts created by people with chronic illnesses and disability.

#ChronicIllness #Disability #GiftIdeas

chroniclivingtherapy.com/seasonal-gif...
Seasonal Gift Suggestions - Chronic Living Therapy
Seasonal gift ideas for 2025 - all made by chronically ill people, often raising funds and awareness for research and support...
chroniclivingtherapy.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
paulaknight.bsky.social
The word 'accessible' is used freely by non-disabled people often for things that aren't truly accessible at all. It's like a buzzword that people don't think through before using.

#Disability
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
paulaknight.bsky.social
My 2000 word essay has turned into 6000 words and become about much more than I expected. It all happens when you turn up to the page.

Now to grapple with its structure 😂

#WritingSky #Writing
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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francesryan.bsky.social
Before she died, Alice Wong was kind enough to give me an interview for my book, Who Wants Normal?

Here’s her wonderful advice to disabled women (from the Guardian extract): www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Alice Wong, activist and writer: Try not to feel the need to keep up or be as good as your non-disabled peers. Focus on doing what you love and knowing who you are and what kind of person you want to be in the world. Life can be messy and shitty and it’s totally OK to be full of rage and pain. Don’t do something because it’s what others expect – please yourself first and take your time. You don’t have to follow the typical path. You can find freedom when you let go of what you think success, perfection or happiness is supposed to look like. Asking for help and needing help doesn’t mean you are a failure. You have power, whether you realise it or not.
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
paulaknight.bsky.social
Drew this yesterday, not knowing what to do with the immediate sadness over Alice Wong passing. Going to reread Year of the Tiger - I highlighted lots of that book!

(Sorry, don't know the name of the photographer whose image I used as ref)

#AliceWong #Disability #DisabilityVisibility
A pink, grey and black ink line illustration of Alice Wong holding a sign saying 'don't let the bastards grind you down'.
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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paulaknight.bsky.social
"To be a disabled oracle is someone who tells their truths in a hostile ableist world that does not believe you. The pandemic reveals an attitude that disabled, sick, poor and immunocompromised people are disposable." Alice Wong
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

#disability
Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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elea.fyi
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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sbagen.bsky.social
Oh, my god. This is such a loss. Alice was a wonderful person who did so much to advance the cause of disability justice. The world is a much better place because she was here.
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
paulaknight.bsky.social
I'm in that gnarly stage of writing where things need to be ironed out and made clearer, but I don't know how to do it yet. It's making me want to avoid it because it's hard. I know that if I turn up to the page, solutions will happen.

#Writing #WritingSky
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
paulaknight.bsky.social
Some recent designs I've listed on Redbubble. Available on apparel, wall art, stickers and homeware. There are lots of items on sale at the moment if you're looking for Christmas gift ideas.

www.redbubble.com/people/Paula...

#GiftIdeas #Illustration #Wildflowers #DisabledArtists #ArtSky
Yellow and green dandelion design with banner and the word dandifiant on a black background Pink, red and green radial floral design Dandelion and leaves and root on a white background Symmetry bindweed design White and green on A black background.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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kitdewaal.com
Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply.

Link below.

Please share :)
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open! £200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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sidhepress.bsky.social
The writings of Shahd Alnaami have arrived! Another beautiful zine by @coastallinespress.com , do check them out. Shahd will be reading as part of our #WeKeepTelling series on 7th December at 7 pm GMT.
a black and white zine, The writings of Shahd Alnaami, Gaza, Palestine.. The zine is lying on gold, crinkled paper. it depicts buildings, palm trees and a fountain and in the foreground there is a drawing os Shahd wearing a hijab and traditional clothes and holding a book with the title there is always hope
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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paulaknight.bsky.social
Christmas design on Redbubble. It's available as cards, postcards, magnets, stickers, notebooks, wall art and an apron. The cards are priced more for one-off greetings cards than for Christmas, but they do have a sale at the moment and they're cheaper the more you buy.

#Christmas #Holidays #Art
Mistletoe cyclamen and Holly illustration on a black background surrounded by snow and bird feet trails.
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
paulaknight.bsky.social
Lemon truth.
30% off posters today on Redbubble
#ArtSky #DisabledArtists #GiftIdeas

www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Whe...
Poster art which says when life gives you lemons it sucks showing a yellow lemon with two green caterpillars eating it and pulling a face surrounded by leaves
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
paulaknight.bsky.social
I've discovered that, almost without fail, left nostril breathing successfully brings down my heart rate. It activates the parasympathetic nervous system.

#POTS #MEcfs
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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longcovidadvoc.com
🔥This is a killer quote by @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social in 'Awakened':

👉denoting when the CDC 'renamed' ME to CFS in 1988 after the outbreak in Lake Tahoe.

#pedanticzebra
Text in image: 'Pedantic Zebra Bookclub. I've always hated the name chronic fatigue syndrome for its total manipulation of perception. Myalgic encephalomyelitis described the intense pain of its sufferers, and recognised Ramsay's discovery of brain inflammation at the onset of illness in a number of his patients. These patients, like my mother, weren't simply fatigued; they were incapacitated by the most basic exertion. Laura Elliot, Awakened. #pedanticzebra LONG COVID ADVOCACY' Below the text is a stylized, dark image of a crow with bright blue eyes, partially obscured by the text. A large blue/purple circle is in the upper left corner. A logo of a purple hand is in the bottom right corner above the text "LONG COVID ADVOCACY".
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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abrokenbattery.bsky.social
After a number of requests I’ve made all of the TV clips on my YouTube channel public. They’re now searchable on and will appear on my homepage and in the videos tab.

youtube.com/@brokenbattery
Broken Battery
Severe ME patient currently on a 10% battery, the gas goes out more than I do. I also compile ME/CFS Awareness videos.
youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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hayleygullen.com
Fuck cancer

#cansky
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘November Farm Work’
Farm Crops in Britain - Puffin Picture Book, 1955
Artist: SR Badmin
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
paulaknight.bsky.social
Babies can get away with being 'too koala for school' because they don't go yet. Maybe a baby in your life needs this t-shirt fur Christmas?

#GiftIdeas #Redbubble #Illustration
#DisabledArtists

www.redbubble.com/i/baby-t-shi...
"Too Koala For School - Cute baby koala illustration" Baby T-Shirt for Sale by PaulaJKnight
A cute animal pun on ‘too cool for school’ to adorn any self-respecting lunchbox. Adorable baby koala wearing cool sunglasses sits in a eucalyptus tree with mama in this charming illustration. Featu...
www.redbubble.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM