It’s #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay . Access isn’t just ramps/bars but after being away at a Hen Party & finding it v challenging without my trusty bars/grab rails, this is my tribute to them. #Accessibility is dignity & peace of mind. Vid description in first comment #GAAD

Delighted to be invited to speak at the NIMHAF Symposium -
🎨 Mental Health & Creativity Matters 🖌️
Speakers from Health, Education, Research, Arts, Culture, Community reflecting on professional & personal contexts & lived experience.
Brain Injury Matters
eventbrite.com/e/nimhaf-sympo…

#Imagine .
A piece worth watching on the value of the arts
So eloquently expressed by gary lightbody which I think will resonate with Creative Aging Int'l CreativeBrainWeek ArtsHealthCC Chris Bailey World Health Organization (WHO)
Jameel Arts & Health Lab
Well done Karly Greene and colleagues

😊 ‘Harmony at the Harbour’ presented by Pro Bono Choir 🎶 of Bar of NI + Law Society of Northern Ireland in support of Brain Injury Matters & The Boom Foundation.
🎨 An honour to introduce Lady Chief Justice Keegan to Wendy & her recent piece entitled “Rediscovering me”.
#RightToRehab
Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Thank you all for taking part, for your interest in our work, your support and the funds you have raised so far this year. 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻
Great to meet & chat to some of you after. 👍🏼

Thinking of 50 runners from Bar of NI in final prep for BelfastCityMarathon on Sunday as they support our work Brain Injury Matters this year.
Also Alistair, who is taking part & fundraising for us, in memory of his dear mum.
justgiving.com/page/alistair-…
🏃🏻🏃🏻‍♀️👩🏻‍💼👵🏻❤️
Thank you! 👏🏼
Belfast Live

Thinking of 50 runners from Bar of NI in final prep for BelfastCityMarathon on Sunday as they support our work Brain Injury Matters this year.
Also Alistair, who is taking part & fundraising for us, in memory of his dear mum.
justgiving.com/page/alistair-…
🏃🏻🏃🏻‍♀️👩🏻‍💼👵🏻❤️
Thank you! 👏🏼
Belfast Live

The Un Committee's Criticism of the UK Government's Failures Over CRPD Raised in NI Assembly By Alliance Party's Danny Donnelly

#CRDP #CRDP 24 #UNCRPD #UK #DDPO #Disabled #Disability #DefendOurRights

This is a really exciting week.

Our English team starts the design of an online creative writing programme for people with acquired brain injury, w/ the help of BCU Speech and Language Therapy students.

Storytelling matters. Esp. when you've lost the ability to communicate.

Speech and language therapists, are supporting Bristol stroke patients with communication difficulties to recover by encouraging them to learn poetry #Aphasia #SLT bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A privilege to receive #ICIC24 Integrated Care Award on behalf of the dynamic Dom Care Team South Eastern Trust and the creative genius of Tom Inns #systemdesign #coproduction Clare Marie Dickson Helen Moore Health and Social Care Northern Ireland @HSCQI IFIC Updates

Great to 🤔 on “Right to Rehab” in the thinking space of IFIC Updates #ICIC24
Campaign ‘uses’ Article 26 definition of #UNCRDP / #UNCRDP

What:
• does ‘Right’ actually mean?
• is ‘rehabilitation’ as in Article 26?
• other ‘rights’ should people have based on other 49 Articles?
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