For the first time, this is what a Master’s degree looks like.

Today, my daughter #RachelHandlin became the 1st person with #Downsyndrome to earn a graduate degree.

In the world.

Ever.

Rachel says: “I won’t be the last.”

CalArts BFA 2020.

Pratt Institute MFA 2024.

Legend.

We should all be watching what's happening in #Georgia .

#Tbilisi Protests
#Tbilisi

Well, this was a pleasant surprise!
#NDA2024
#DisabilityRoleModel ♿️⚖️

Crazy Clips Little girl showing her friends at school her new prosthetic leg.. 😊

What a Legally Blind Person Can See | NYT Opinion
youtu.be/X04HKyW-3hc?si…

We don't all use a cane.
We don't all wear sunglasses.
We don't all have guide dogs.

We don't have to justify ourselves.

#DisabilityJustice
#DisabilityRights

33 Bedford Row would like to congratulate Christina Warner  who has been shortlisted for the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 list 2024 which 'recognises the most influential disabled people in the UK.'

#DisabilityPower100

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non aesthetic things Heartwarming video shows mother doing daily affirmations with her 3 year old son who has Down Syndrome. ❤️

Two articles in the latest edition of the barrister. #1: alongside my colleague 33 Bedford Row, Jamil Mohammed re. the inequalities in the issuing of CoVid fines and #2: on United Nations’s General Comment 26, climate change, children’s rights and animal protection.

barristermagazine.com

Out of Context Human Race This one 🤌

“Mangled”
*weird gesture with hands*

Argh, please do better 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

#smh
#Ableism

Would You Still Stay With Your Girlfriend If She Was In A Wheelchair? youtube.com/shorts/nH7i1Id…

Bought this little herb propagation kit from @LidlGB. Noticed this on the product info…
#Disability
#Disability Inclusion

Calls by World Health Organization (WHO) for greater attention to violence against women with disabilities and older women.

Women with disabilities are 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 to suffer domestic abuse than non-disabled women AND experience abuse for 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.

#DisabledWomen
#VAWG

The theme for #InternationalWomensDay2024 is Inspire Inclusion. We interviewed some of our barristers on what 'inspire inclusion' means to them, and to have a look at their journey to becoming successful barristers at our leading common law set.

33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/artic…

More evidence of the link between animal cruelty and human violence.

Positive Links Naturewatch Foundation APDAWG

#AnimalCruelty #TheLink

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Fantastic Saturday night London Fashion Week's runway show #LondonRepresents ! Amazing to have been part of it!

#RepresentationMatters ♿️📸✨
Love Disfigure
Annaliese Dayes
Samanta Bullock
Tiffany Rice

Just finished listening to a phenomenal seminar hosted by UC Berkeley Law titled: 'At risk and overlooked: Children with disabilities and armed conflict'. Emina Ćerimović of Human Rights Watch providing examples of disabled young adult & child victims from Syria, Yemen, South Sudan and CAR. ♿️⚖️

'Some of you may be getting poorer while I get richer, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make'
#recession #Rishession

Station staff 'laugh' at disabled woman who crawled up steps due to faulty lift metro.co.uk/2024/02/11/dis… via Metro

I'm listening...

Tories unveil plan to make UK ‘most accessible place in the world’ – but does it go far enough? bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

My article in Jan's edition of Counsel Magazine about Spain’s #SeAcabó movement, the 2018 'Wolf Pack' case which made Spanish legal history and challenging entrenched views towards #VAWG .

counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/spain…