We Need Your Help!! Final Call for the Survey. If you are immunocompromised please take time to filling our important survey. Its you chance to have your say. Please see below 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

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Disabled people designed out of streets ⁦RNIB⁩ + Wheels for Wellbeing⁩ highlighted issues with some of busiest areas of Liverpool City Centre ⁦Liverpool City Council⁩ is working with accessibility groups to improve its infrastructure + is making changes bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

One of parliament’s new disabled MPs has suggested that the government should consider criminalising disability discrimination, because of the difficulty disabled people face in enforcing the Equality Act. buff.ly/4deBOmj

FACT: The number of children with Long Covid Kids - #LongCovidKids DOUBLED in the last year. You don't like it, try to hide it, but it's true. Clean the indoor air Bridget. We are seriously harming the long term health of the next generation. Your failure to act will harm yet more children.

Just in case anyone is wondering, "fast-tracking" legislation concerning such a controversial and complex subject is wrong. CANADA! #assistedsuicide #euthanasia mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Do you want to dive deeper into #Volunteer Bucks’ advanced features? Our webinar on 10th October will cover how to promote roles, track data, and more. Don’t miss this opportunity to optimise your #recruitment process. 🖥️ Register for free: buff.ly/3XNnv3u Buckinghamshire Council

📰 PRESS RELEASE The initial results of a call for views on assisted suicide by Holyrood's Health Committee have been published. When looking at all the responses, 10,120 were strongly opposed, while 10,380 were fully supportive. betterwaycampaign.co.uk/our-response-r…

Co-production of policy with disabled people ‘will not be possible without funding from government’. Thank you to Disability News Service for highlighting the vital need of funding for Disabled People's Organisations following our recent stakeholder statement. disabilitynewsservice.com/co-production-…

Bridget Phillipson 🔍 FACT: Repeated Covid infections are causing long-term damage to our children’s developing brains. 🔍 FACT: High levels of CO2 in classrooms due to poor ventilation also has a detrimental impact on cognition. You might not like it, you might try to hide it, but it’s true.

The nasal spray #FluVaccine is quick, easy and helps protect children against serious illness this winter. If your child is at school, you’ll receive a letter and consent form, and if your child was aged 2 to 3 years on 31 August, speak to your GP practice. #GetWinterStrong

"It's time to talk about voluntary assisted dying as a human right." The first step is to legalise #assistedsuicide and #euthanasia for the terminally ill. But campaigners have plans to expand it even before any form of it is legal. Why you should never believe in safeguards.

Fiona Prescott, a trustee at the Buckinghamshire Disability Service Buckinghamshire Disability Service BuDS said: "I'm really sorry to hear that Lewis has had so many problems with this 🫶🏻 #send #sen #adhd #autism #ehcp #ehc #transport #school #buckinghamshirecouncil #council bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Looks like an Autumn Covid wave has started. Coming very soon after a big Summer Covid wave. Aren’t you getting sick (pun intended) of politicians not addressing Covid? High mortality rates, record rates of sickness. No, it’s not all because of Covid, but Covid isn’t helping.

We're thinking that a 'pandemic style book' is needed, setting out accurate and broadly accepted words and phrases for journalists and content creators to use. Like our style guide for talking about disability: buds.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

"Restriveness" = "safeguards". Why safeguards can never work with #assistedsuicide and #Euthanasia. From the horse's mouth, so to speak.

According to the Ipsos Health Service Report 2024, only 11% of people across 31 countries (including the UK) rated Coronavirus as the biggest health problem facing their nation, about the same as smoking.