Melissa Parker

Melissa Parker is a disabled freelance journalist who has written extensively about issues facing disabled people and disabled women, notably, for publications such as Cosmopolitan, Digital Spy, Metro and Refinery29. In June, she appeared on the cover of Stylist magazine as part of their "The Weight on Our Mind" campaign. She's also a columnist for The Unwritten, a publication focusing on telling disabled people's stories in their own words. 

She is particularly passionate about the importance of disability representation in the media, inclusive health and fitness, environmentalism and Beyoncé.  You can find her watching TV or drinking coffee when she's not writing.