About the Author

Samantha Renke is an actress, presenter, disability activist, inclusion and equality consultant and keynote speaker. She is a columnist for the Metro and often writes about what it is like to be disabled in a disabling word. She was born with a rare genetic condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (or more commonly known as Brittle Bone condition) and is a fulltime wheelchair user. Samantha has never walked and quite frankly has never wanted to. She lives in London with her Sphynxes, Bruno and Lola.