BBC Breakfast PIP isn't an out of work benefit. Of course disabled people want to work & welcome any support into work but can we please admit some people will never work & that's not a bad thing, they're not scroungers. It's part of a civilised society to ensure everyone is supported.

Thank you as always for doing this vital work and making it available.

Government’s response to UN committee ‘was insult to disabled people’
#CRDP24

(lovely picture by Natasha Hirst FRSA)
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DREDF has announced the launch of the 2024 Judy Heumann Legal Fellowship, a one-year program designed for law school graduates with disabilities that will commence in Fall 2024. Learn more and apply by March 29: dredf.org/2024/02/16/jud…

Such a historic moment. Our 1st Sierra Leonean team, driving to raise awareness of autism.

Effective epilepsy drugs have been around for over 100 years, yet 75% of people with epilepsy in low and middle income countries are not receiving treatment. In #SierraLeone that figure is closer to 90%.

Uncontrolled epilepsy destroys lives.

#InternationalEpilepsyDay

Today is International Epilepsy Day.
Sending love and support to everybody in the world with this condition.

#InternationalEpilepsyDay #Epilepsy #Epilepsy Day

Inside the ICU, too crowded and dirty to be called an ICU.
Due to big numbers of injuries that arrive to the hospital after each Israeli air strike, there is no space for anyone even the medical team.
With a big shortage in equipments, medical supplies and tools.
A lot of…

Another devastating story from Steve Sosebee detailing a young life lost #Ceasefire_In_Gaza_ #DisabilityRights

We won't look away #CeasefireNow Please read this devastating thread detailing the life and dreams of Khalil, a young child with CP, and his family. #DisabilityRights

At the end of Sept. an email from the father of a child with CP, for whom we provided solar panels in @Gaza. wrote: 'I am one of the beneficiaries who was benefited from I am Yasser Khalil Al Maqadma. I am writing to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation for..
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If you want to know what sort of country this is, it’s the sort that allows the most vulnerable, the marginalised to suffer.
I wept watching this, it resonates so much.
If only we put as much effort into fixing social care as we do trying to hate people.

🚨The role of Minister for Disabled People has officially been scrapped, Downing Street confirms.

We are appalled at the Government’s choice to cut a dedicated Minister at a time when our community faces ever mounting challenges. (1/4)

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I have no doubt that any reluctance anyone may have in calling for an immediate unconditional ceasefire, would be abandoned upon hearing the testimony of this incredibly brave humanitarian doctor.

But we don't just need a ceasefire, we must see war criminals held to account. 7/8

Today I'm seriously questioning why I do what I do. Across the country there are, apparently, just a handful of people interested in significant evidence that #DWP is in a state of crisis and facing near collapse of its benefits systems. How is this not critically important?

We won't look away. #CeasefireNOW

The last two days have been incredibly difficult.

The news has been relentless, and there’s lots of anxiety about what changes to the benefits system will mean for disabled people.

Some commentary has also been misleading, so we wanted to clarify some important points 🧵👇 1/9