Muscle Owl Magazine: Issue 1, Aug-Sep 2015

Letter from the editorFirstly, thank you for turning the page. The MuscleOwl has been on a long journey, from a Twitter feedthrough the audio waves and onwards; togetherwe can push it further still. Maybe this is our firstencounter, maybe you’re a seasoned listener, but I feelit appropriate to begin this issue by outlining our keyobjectives and highlight why we do what we do.Disability is still not a norm in our society. If possibleit is avoided, where not, it is often gazed upon in a fairly saccharine light. For me andmy co-hosts, however, disability is simply ‘being different’ - nothing else. Nothing toshy away from, and certainly nothing to fear.Nevertheless, we remain firm too, in our focus to support a healthier and pioneeringsociety; one where treatments and cures are funded and given every opportunity toflourish.This is our duality: normalisation of disability, alongside the empowerment of medicalinnovation.This magazine will act as an additional outlet, to feature our material through theprevious month, and look ahead to the next. On the airwaves, through the socialspheres, we are all in this together; joining the fight for a better and a fairer society.So thanks for coming along,PeterContentsCommunity Calendar | 3 - 4Michaela: The SMA Diaries | 5Martin Hywood: Blog Excerpt | 5 - 6Podcasts & Video Section | 7 - 9Sulaiman: Why Not People? | 10Tweets of the month | 112