About

Rock For Disability

Hello and welcome to Rock For Disability. We bet when you first entered this site your immediate questions were “who is this Emma Purcell and what is Rock For Disability about?” Well, here it is…

Emma is my name and writing is my game! Rockin’ to some tunes, laughing with my mates and a Pompey fan til’ I die!”

Emma Purcell


Emma Purcell is a freelance disability, lifestyle and music journalist based in Hampshire, UK. She is the Co-founder and Editor of Crip Life™, the UK’s freshest online magazine that is dismantling disabling barriers one article at a time. 

She has also published work at Disability Horizons, AccessAble, Access Rating, PosAbility Magazine, as well as original content on her blog Rock For Disability. She graduated with a journalism degree from the University for the Creative Arts in 2016.

In this blog, Emma shares everything about her life & disability; the ups and downs of living with cerebral palsy and being registered blind, the difficulties of relying on carers, her journey to become a freelance journalist and sharing her adventures of social and leisure activities! 

Emma also features music news, reviews and interviews of all things rock and alternative music.
In addition, she welcomes guest bloggers to feature on her blog and she is happy to publish content as a guest blogger on other blogs and websites.

For employers and commissioning editors, please visit Emma’s Journo Portfolio for more information on her professional experiences and qualifications and how to get in touch with her about job opportunities.

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