Calling UK healthcare professionals #AHP I have written an Open Letter to the Royal College of Occupational Therapists Royal College of Occupational Therapists asking for a public response to the Government's harms to #DisabledPeople Please consider signing and sharing #DWPHarmsHealth openletter.earth/open-letter-ca…

'You cannot scare people into good health, and you cannot force people into inaccessible jobs.' Rishi Sunak is asked to explain his 'onslaught' on disability rights, in a letter signed by more than 25 disabled people’s organisations and allies. disabilitynewsservice.com/stop-this-onsl…

The UN says the Govt is still failing to address its systemic violations of disabled people's rights. Rather than act on the UN recommendations, Ministers still challenge them! You can't convince disabled people that 14 years of Tory govt have been anything short of disastrous

📣 Don’t forget #UniteToFight2024 starts tomorrow! Along with many other fantastic speakers, we have our video playing during the lunch break and our brilliant Ambassador Oonagh Cousins speaking after lunch. #LongCovid #MECFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

After years of campaigning alongside Not Dead Yet UK & pushing for a documentary that considers the subject of assisted suicide from the disabled people who oppose - Better Off Dead? is finally here 9 pm tonight BBC One then on iPlayer #BetterOffDead #BOD bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

We have a debate on Thursday on the barriers disabled people. Let me know what you think

8 yrs ago, the UK became the 1st country to be found to have breached the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People. That’s 8 wasted years where the govt could have tried to improve the lives of disabled people. But sure, let’s hear more about the ban on rainbow lanyards…

Tina Rodwell #TeamPatient🇺🇦🕊🌎🕊💞 Antony Carpen Woz 'Ere Ann Galpin

Congratulations to NUJ Disabled Members' Council chair, Ann Galpin who has been re-elected to the #TUCDisabledWorkers Committee for 2024!

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1) For World ME Day, Millions Missing France created a video to mark the 55 years of the recognition of ME by the World Health Organization. buff.ly/4aCtGuw

Excellent new guidance from the BBC explains how to produce accurate and informative text descriptions for content including images, visual data and infographics. bbc.co.uk/gel/how-to-wri…

Great write up from Disability News Service on the discussion at #TUCDisabledWorkers conference last week on the UNCRDP. I spoke about the need for the press to hold govt to account for their dehumanising rhetoric around disability and social security policies disabilitynewsservice.com/union-activist…

BBC Access All There are now c 1.2m people in the UK with #MECFS - in large part driven by Covid - which is possibly the single most underfunded disease in this country, with possibly the very lowest quality of life Biomedical research *urgently* needs ramping up, and centers for translational

I hate to break it to the presenters, but exercise has been formally tested in this population and it hurts a lot of people. Saying this kind of thing publicly isn’t challenging dogma the way they think. It’s showing you’re not up to speed enough to be anywhere near this topic.

It's #DisabilityPayGap day today. Disabled workers are paid on average 17% less than non-disabled workers. We have average higher living costs of £1010 per month on top of that. Unfair, no? NUJ calls on employers to address the pay gap. nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-d… Trades Union Congress

I DON'T KNOW HOW I MADE IT I'm so glad Dennis stayed alive. He must have made a deal with an angel. #HopperListeningParty

5/5: The government must urgently set out the detail of how the Review will be co-produced with disabled people. Without a clear definition, this important concession risks becoming empty rhetoric.