Humans of Scotland

"It's important for there to be more people out there that look like me, being positive role models and showing others they can do it too."

“Getting my life experience, it was hard, but now I can help others and that is a special thing. It helps me as much as it helps them.”

"If I can help one person, then that's great. My week is done, if I can do that."

"If you have met one person with a disability, then you have met one person with a disability."

The financial cost is the easiest thing to focus on…but the hidden cost is the emotional one.

“Caring for someone is such a complicated thing, as everything really just rests on you.”

“For many of them, they just think that it’s a normal part of family life.”

“I feel like there is the expectation that doctors make all the decisions"

“We're the first generation that's talking about menopause.”

"You can break cycles, you can break routines, you can break bad habits and you can create new ones."

"It’s important to reduce stigma and recognise gambling as a serious and escalating problem for some people"

"It’s different when you have to support and care for yourself now, and I don't know if I if I'm doing it right."

“I struggled to understand why I couldn't just stop, why I no longer could think rationally, why almost everything was a trigger to gamble.”

“The buzz and getting lost in the moment of gambling was what got me hooked.”

“I see my work as an overlap of science and art.”

"There is no better satisfaction than hearing you have helped a patient, even with the small things in life."

“I want to come to work to do a good job which has a positive impact on people’s lives.”

"In some ways, it felt like watching a car crash in slow motion."

“I just wanted to offer peer support to people struggling. Because I knew it was something I could have used at the time”

“I manage MS, MS does not manage me.”

“I never give up hope and take all the pains and barriers as challenges in my life.”

"I had felt like a burden, but my diagnosis meant that weight was lifted."

"As an autistic parent I'm really hoping that my child grows up, confident, secure, better able to advocate for themselves."

"I think people get really surprised about the wider autistic community and autistic culture."

"We call Lyme disease the great imitator, because it mimics a lot of other diseases. It’s hard to diagnose, and even harder to treat."