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Grace Spence Green

@gracespencegreen.bsky.social
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PRE ORDER MY BOOK: www.waterstones.com/book/to-exist-a… Junior doctor with a passion for paediatrics, public health and disability. she/her. media: dreweoffice@Curtisbrown.co.uk

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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Just finished listening to #ToExistAsIAm by @gracespencegreen.bsky.social Brilliant writing and I always love it when audiobooks are narrated so authentically by the author.
Front cover image of the book To Exist As I Am by Grace Spence Green. It shows a doctor wearing dark pink scrubs with a stethoscope around her neck, sitting in a wheelchair facing forwards. Her dark brown hair is just visible on her shoulders but her head is out of shot of the photo.
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 30/06/2025
A pleasure to share some of my favourite recent reads in the @theguardian.com - @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social’s No Straight Road Takes You There, @gracespencegreen.bsky.social’s To Exist as I am & Yael Van Der Wouden’s sublime The Safekeep 📚 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June
Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments
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Rhiann Johns @serenebutterfly.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I might have finished this a couple of days ago, but it’s one I’m still thinking about. #ToExistAsIAm by @gracespencegreen.bsky.social is a powerful, life-affirming book and is a beautiful testament to the resilience and strength of the #disability community. Must-read book! #BooksWorthReading
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Thrilled to be one Waterstones Junes Best Books List! Out on Thursday! www.waterstones.com/blog/the-wat...
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The Waterstones Round Up: June's Best Books | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones
As we run headlong into the summer sunshine, check out our pick of the very best publishing this June.
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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Thread. I have read what resulted, and so should you.
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
if you read anything today, read this article by @archiebland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
So disappointing to hear- these cuts affect real people. Jess does such fantastic work.
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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Join a conversation between @gracespencegreen.bsky.social and Kyla Harris, as Grace explores her journey from spinal-injury patient to qualified doctor and disabled activist. When - 05 Jun Where - Wellcome Collection, London Cost - Free disabilityarts.online/events/radic...
A portrait of Grace Spence Green looking directly at the camera. Grace sits crossed legged in her wheelchair and wears round, pale yellow glasses.She has dark brown hair, with a fringe, and is wearing a navy blue jumpsuit and stripy top.
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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · 07/05/2025
Definitely one to look out for. Super so far. Out 5/6/25 @gracespencegreen.bsky.social
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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
My #nonfiction Titles Not to Miss for June in @thebookseller.com are by @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social @dwhitehouse.bsky.social Barbara Demick @gracespencegreen.bsky.social Jay Griffiths @itaob.bsky.social Pria Anand @jeremyathertonlin.bsky.social Krystal Evans
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Happy World TB Day. Grateful for all the work global TB Fighters pour into preventing this curable and preventable scourge. Together, we can end TB.
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
As usual, Rebekah Taussig finds a way of speaking so eloquently on things I didn't realise I was feeling too but had no words to verbalise. Grateful for her voice here; time.com/7225536/disa...
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I'm a Disabled Woman. Is That My Brand?
"Am I squandering the power of my voice when I speak about anything else?"
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Beautiful article; www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
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My Dad Had Dementia. He Also Had Facebook.
At first, I worried about his erratic posting. Then I realized it was his lifeline.
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 11/02/2025
Great prize here for writers who are also carers. Please share :)
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Nathan Day @nthndy.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
My partner in crime has written a deeply personal book on her unbeileveable experience. I (perhaps biased) feel that it is a profoundly important insight into medicine and disability which, at it's core, serves as a beautifully effusive paean to all things inclusive: bsky.app/profile/grac...
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
On the 25th October 2018, from my hospital bed, I began to write. 1/5
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I asked a very quiet older patient to write a sentence for a Mini-Mental State Examination, and he wrote 'this test is a bit silly'. Have kept the scrap paper in in my notebook ever since!
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 01/02/2025
‘The great children’s writers trusted children with irony and with sophisticated ideas: they trusted them to see in language a set, not of rules, but of possibilities.’ Katherine Rundell on children’s literature: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books?
Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...
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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
When you use alt text, I'm thrilled. I love reading what people write. I love to read how people interpret what they see, what they think is important, the details I might not otherwise have known to see, the piece of knowledge you're introducing me to. It's a flexible, fabulous tool.
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Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
🧵 Have you heard of leishmaniasis? This neglected tropical disease affects 700,000 to 1 million people each year, mostly in low-income communities. It’s caused by Leishmania parasites, spread by sandflies. It has three main forms ⤵️ [1/6]
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
First hat of the year knitted! I have so enjoyed getting back into knitting, its been such a nice approach to have a new year's resolution that's just enjoyable!
a photo of a colourful striped knitted baby hat in orange, grey, light blue, purple and pink, with a label sewed on the outer rim of the hat that reads 'Handmade by Grace'
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Just finished Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver- one of the best books I’ve read in a long time- any one have any suggestions for similiar?
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
“If you are not disabled and you regularly go to a yoga class, a book group or just the pub, when was the last time you did so with even a single disabled adult present?” Thanks to @johnharris1969.bsky.social for being one of the rare columnists to ask these Qs. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Shut away and ignored: thousands of disabled adults are at the frontier of the human rights struggle | John Harris
When you attend your local choir or yoga class, just stop and think – where are the disabled adults, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
#Gaza war death toll could be significantly higher, researchers say BBC News reports on new @lshtm.bsky.social study suggesting number of Palestinians who died from traumatic injury underreported by 41%. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Gaza war death toll could be significantly higher, researchers say
A study in The Lancet suggests Gaza ministry of health figures over a nine-month period might be too low.
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
New books for a new year! Looking forward to reading all of these
A photo of three books; The Mark by Frida Isberg, Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott, and Orbital by Samantha Harvey
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/12/2024
Here’s what I learned in medical school – beyond the curriculum | Roland Bull
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Here’s what I learned in medical school – beyond the curriculum | Roland Bull
Studying medicine is not an identity – and self-care should be considered a matter of medical ethics rather than an indulgence After four long years of study, I wrapped up a medical degree this year. It’s been an adventure, and the downturn in activity…
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
“Wound Man” is an illustration which first appeared in European surgical texts during the Middle Ages. It laid out schematically the various wounds a person might suffer in battle or in accidents, with accompanying text stating treatments. Tag yourself as a wound ahead of the holidays!
An illustration of a man with various wounds and weapons, and accompanying text.
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Medical historian here to remind you of the benefits of #vaccines! This is the final stage of tetanus when nerves fire continuously & body contorts into agonizing posture known as opisthotonus. The mastication muscles clamp down to form the hallmark lockjaw. A vaccine didn't appear until 1924.
A painting depicting a nude man, his back is arched and his fists are clenched. He stares up at the ceiling.
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Just finished the e-learning part of the Oliver McGowan mandatory training for NHS staff. Found it the most engaging elearning I’ve done so far, an excellent mix of healthcare professionals and people with lived experience - looking forward to the in person training! @oliverscampaign.bsky.social
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Woken up today having finished the DTM&H at @lshtm.bsky.social feeling at a loss for what to do with myself! Going to miss my incredible classmates and lecturers- one of the best educational experiences I’ve ever had. Thank you to @clarewarrell.bsky.social for running such a tight ship of a course!
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Joyce Chaplin @joycechaplin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Please enjoy this shot of Elvis getting a polio shot backstage at the Ed Sullivan show as part of a pro-vaccination campaign in 1956, posted here today for no reason whatsoever
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 03/12/2024
What a genuinely uplifting & magnficent story. The astounding achievements of medical science - saving lives globally 💉🧬🦠🦟 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Malaria in Nigeria: New vaccine rolls out in world's worst-affected country
It could save the lives of thousands of children in Nigeria, where 180,000 died from malaria in 2022.
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Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The combination of the right wheelchair, my powered wheel, a dry sunny day, a ramped beach & the perfect tide meant I could move fast & free in a way I hadn't done for over a decade. I left with a massive smile, a lighter heart & a sandier wheelchair: www.touretteshero.com/2024/11/12/p...
A photo of Jess Thom, a white wheelchair user wrapped up warm and grinning at the camera. Jess's wheelchair has a power attachment on the front that turns her blue manual chair into a powered trike, she is racing along a sandy beach towards the camera, a bridge that is a Scarborough icon is visible in the background.
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Just watched Will and Harper on Netflix- such a beautiful film about love, acceptance and navigating a friendship through changes- would highly recommend!
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Mairéad Hearne | Swirl and Thread Book Blog @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I keep forgetting to add Alt text so this is a brilliant setting to check ✔️ in your 🦋 settings Please do share as, if you're like me, a wee nudge is sometimes necessary to remind us all 🙏
App settings for accessibility
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I need to start doing this!
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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I updated the data in my article about the history of child mortality. Without any large exceptions, every second child died — in Ancient Rome, in hunter-gatherer societies, in the pre-Columbian Americas, in Medieval Japan, in Imperial China, or the Renaissance. ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Another day, another street cluttered with bikes to the point I can’t use the pavement…
Pictures of a street crossing with multiple bikes blocking the crossingPicture of a narrow pavement with three bikes parked in a row blocking entry to the pavement
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Éabha Wall @eabhawall.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Has anyone created a good #StarterPack for #Disabilty advocates/activists yet? Or can people drop handles here so we can find our people? #ChronicIllness #CerebralPalsy I miss the community that used to be Disability Twitter!
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jerry from tom and jerry is standing in front of a door and saying `` r you there ? hello hello '' .
Alt: jerry from tom and jerry is standing in front of a door and saying `` r you there ? hello hello '' .
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hi everyone! I thought I should introduce myself on here, I’m Grace, a junior doctor working in London 🧵
A picture of me, a white wheelchair user, wearing pink scrubs. I am smiling and am resting on my elbow on my knee. In the background are various human and animal skeletons and wooden panelling.
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Excited to be here, looking for disability advocates to follow please!
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