“‘Covid is over’ is still the official line, even as a new variant spreads. It is mass denial, an agreed forgetting. That the virus primarily “only” affects disabled people has always been the unspoken excuse for indifference.”

My col. in tomorrow’s paper theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Honestly, this moment of the pandemic is one of the lowest for me, and for other shielders I talk to. A new variant is surging, just as masks are a rare sight and pandemic denial is rife, all while year four of being almost entirely excluded from public life keeps going and going

BREAKING🚨: A new joint statement between @UCU and Universities UK has confirmed that USS pension benefits are on course to be restored in full

All cuts imposed in April 2022 will be reversed, pending the 2023 valuation

History makers ✊

#ucuTOGETHER
ucu.org.uk/article/12962/…

We’ve created a system of structural violence against the immunocompromised, disabled, and clinically vulnerable. One that now extends to healthcare. We deserve to feel ashamed about it and we should always feel uncomfortable with perpetuating structural violence against others.

People who are disabled, immunocompromised, or high risk deserve joy too. And they have every right to express their anger when they are excluded from participating in joyful activities in public spaces due to lack of community care.

Clinically Vulnerable Rights ARE Human Rights

Let's talk about how public health measures are impacting human rights, specifically for Clinically Vulnerable people and households.

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Also, if you have a USS pension and you never went on strike now is the time to say “thank you” to the colleagues that did, who literally saved your retirement at the expense of their pay packets, career progress and mental health. It is the least you can do.

No, Jason Leitch, the removal of requirements to wear masks, and in social care settings the personal choice to wear them, is about as far from ‘a good thing’ as it is possible to get. Please allow me to explain why. No, don’t thank me, you’re welcome! 🧵bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

I often think about disabled children in our ‘post-covid’ nation. It’s completely normal now for a vulnerable child to have to sit next to a classmate who has covid. Do you risk your life at school? Or stay isolated at home without an education? Still, covid’s over, right.

Taking a practical approach & experimenting with tools & aids has been transformative for me. Our #PracticalInterventionFund aims to help other disabled people access items that support wellbeing. Open to kids & adults, across UK: touretteshero.com/2023/05/09/ret… Katie Luna Goldfinch ⚧️🦿 #Solidarity

We have published new research with @listenupco showing patterns in the experiences of minority ethnic groups reported missing. Read the full report here: missingpeople.org.uk/for-profession…

Happy Pub Day to m. patchwork monoceros and Remedies for Chiron! ✷ Available now at radiantpress.ca/shop/p/remedie…
Join us for the virtual launch on Saturday, May 6th feat. author Suzette Mayr. Registration is required to directly participate: us06web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_…

'An estimated 1 in 10 infections results in post #COVID19 condition, suggesting that hundreds of millions of people will need longer-term care.'
-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Voter ID has caused more problems than it solves as voter fraud was never a major issue. Another example of voter suppression, denying the vote in a de facto way to people who are still wearing masks to stop us contracting COVID. inews.co.uk/news/politics/… #LocalElections2023

Today, we remember the life and enduring legacy of Stephen Lawrence, an aspiring architect who was murdered by racist strangers as he made his way home 30 years ago

Rest in Eternal Power, dear Stephen 🕊

Stephen Lawrence, 13.09.1974 - 22.04.1993 ow.ly/LCkV50NOK1k

CN: DWP

I've talked about this before, but as this ad is activating trauma, I want to explain what disabled people live with.

More than 15 years ago (yes, before the Tories), all my benefits suddenly stopped. When I called to ask why I was put through to the fraud office.

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Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵

It's extraordinary it should ever be necessary to have a petition to require healthcare professionals to care about health enough to take basic simple action not to endanger it. Please sign & share. Lives literally depend on this. #MasksInHealthcare petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6363…

📖Great to see Isabella McRae's story on how the crisis in accessible housing is affecting young Disabled people on the front page of the Big Issue this week.

🗣️Our issues must be part of the housing movement

You can read the whole story online➡️bigissue.com/news/social-ju…