FAA employees with disabilities did not cause last night's tragic plane crash. The investigation into the crash is still ongoing. It is extremely inappropriate for the President to use this tragedy to push an anti-diversity hiring agenda. Doing so makes all Americans less safe.

Explaining the Impact of the Federal Funding Pause on People with Disabilities aapd.com/federal-fundin… #a11y

International Women's Day is less than a month away and I'd love to help diversify your event/coverage Disabled women are completely left out of conversations re sexism/misogyny but they affect us too - often in unique ways. We need to be heard Please get in touch to book me

Want to make the screen industries more accessible & inclusive? Join this free online event at #FFF2025! 🎬 Young Programmers Present: Navigating the Industry with Access Needs (Online, Sunday 23 February, 14:00 GMT) Hear from disabled & neurodivergent creatives Lindsey Dryden 🏳️‍🌈

Campaigners have warned of the risks of “bias” after the DWP revealed how it is using AI in the benefits system, explaining automation could “unfairly penalise people who need support”. The DWP is using an AI tool called “online medical matching” to help agents make decisions

BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent | Radio drama | The Guardian theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

The theme for International Women’s Day tomorrow calls on us all to imagine a gender equal world. Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary says the NUJ's campaigning on the gender pay gap and journalists' safety will continue as priorities. nuj.org.uk/resource/inter…

Tomorrow is #InternationalWomensDay so we’re celebrating the female researchers that we fund. This year, we have awarded all four of our new Discovery Research Grants to exceptional women working in the field of hearing research. Find out more about them: bit.ly/3F9yU6W

Arts Council England has reported a significant increase in the number of disabled people in leadership positions within the organisations it is funding, although leading figures in the disability arts world say there is still much more to do. buff.ly/qAXi2JX

Did you catch our Director of Health, Crystal, on BBC Breakfast this morning? Today we launched our #StopTheBlock campaign to call on the Government to urgently step-in to ensure everyone who needs wax removal can access it. Watch Crystal from 2:12:55: bbc.in/43IzzpV

'I feel sick at the prospect of welfare cuts' bbc.com/news/articles/…

Congratulations to one of my favourite people, Disability News Service, for being shortlisted for the very prestigious Amnesty Media Awards 2025🎉His piece—‘Deaths, lies and cover-ups: the case for a public inquiry into the unthinkable cost of DWP’s systemic violence’ is so very important.

'It feels like my life isn't worth paying for' bbc.com/news/articles/…

The Department for Work and Pensions has admitted it has no figures to show how many disabled people who cannot work are having their benefits “sanctioned”, just as the government announced reforms that will expose many more to strict conditions. disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-cannot-say…

Disabled MPs speak of difficulties they face working in UK parliament theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Several journalists say Trump administration officials have refused to answer their emails because their sign-offs included their pronouns nytimes.com/2025/04/08/bus…

Members of leading British Jewish body condemn Israel’s latest actions in Gaza theguardian.com/world/2025/apr…

Our Access to Work Guide has been featured in Televisual. Access to Work can remove barriers for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in the TV industry. See the Article: vist.ly/3n33wnb #tv #access #accesstowork #disability #disabilityawareness

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Government urged to reconsider reforms that will ‘exclude’ disabled people from the arts - Arts Professional artsprofessional.co.uk/news/governmen…