Christine McClements
@Chris_McClem
Mum of 3 girls, carer to daughter STXBP1, senior civil engineer & advocate for the full equality, inclusion & dignity of disabled persons. Changing Places
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20-07-2018 17:56:33
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Samuel McAllister Christine McClements Inaccessible images are everywhere without looking. It means people with vision impairments miss out on knowing what is in the photo. It really isn’t hard to include Alt text and Twitter will even prompt you if you go to “edit” on the photo.
Again no ALTing from Sorcha Eastwood MLA sadly, considering that is an easy way to make a real difference to peoples lives to 💜🫣
Day 1007 DUP
Day 908 Ulster Unionist Party
Day 809 Alliance Party
Day 710 Sinn Féin
Day 611 The SDLP
Day 512 Mark Browne
Day 413 Chris Heaton-Harris MP
Day 314 UN SR Disability Rights - G. Quinn
Day 215 Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland
Day 116 NIHRC
Day 17 NI Commissioner for Children and Young People for educational setting public inquiry request
Recording the use of restraint in schools is essential for understanding its extent and addressing its misuse effectively
#HarrysLaw
Christine McClements Sorcha Eastwood MLA Alliance Party Manufacturing NI HOSPITALITY ULSTER RetailNI Andrew Muir MLA Danny Donnelly MLA Stewart Dickson CF MLA 🇺🇦 Isn’t this exhausting being constantly ignored Christine regarding something so simple 🤔
Carer prosecuted for fraud and forced to pay back £20,000 in carer's allowance overpayments fights to clear his name after DWP acknowledges - six years on - he likely had made an 'innocent mistake'. Utterly enraging story, brilliantly told by Helen Pidd theguardian.com/society/2024/a…
What we learned from
Education NI evidence session: Not a crisis (despite others saying so). 1000 new school places needed, but schools hesitant to come forward (prob due to staffing & resource issues). Education NI & Department of Health lack coordination, & no End2End review timeline
Metropolitan police took formal action on just nine disability hate crimes in 2023, hustings is told
Jack Gilbert Inclusion London Zoë Garbett Adam Gabsi ♿️
#DisabilityHateCrime #Hustings #NoMoreNoShows
disabilitynewsservice.com/met-took-forma…