Dad & husband & campaigner working with other disabled people, older people and others who put up with inequality in their lives.
Sheffield
Joined December 2011
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Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey has failed to sign up to her own much-criticised disability employment scheme, Disability Confident, her department has admitted.
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What takes this from merely incompetent to utterly #TakingTheDis is that disabled people don't have a seat on @SadiqKhan's #covid recovery board, but the RSPB does (that's Protection of Birds, not Blind People)
@SadiqKhan is facing anger over his decision to set up a board of nearly 30 senior figures to oversee London's recovery from #coronavirus without including any members representing disabled people.
@AlansTweets @touretteshero @ruth_madeley @HannahPopsy
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Andrew Crooks retweeted
An unexpected benefit of the #ALevelsResults fiasco and subsequent U-turn is that more young people have witnessed dissent as a powerful and necessary function of democratic society.
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Powerful piece by disabled artist @jamierhale in which they ink the names of disabled people whose deaths have been linked to 'welfare reform' onto their body:
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Pandemic survey by Greater Manchester Disabled People's Panel leads to ‘outpouring of fear’ and reports of isolation and crisis from over 900 respondents ow.ly/vinV30qY0UK by @johnpringdns
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A disabled man starved to death after he became isolated during the #coronavirus pandemic and was unable to access food because he had obeyed the government’s “stay at home” message.
#COVID19UK
@BellRibeiroAddy @NSUNnews @DPs_DASL
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Disabled people have faced discrimination in every area of their lives from the beginning of the #coronavirus pandemic, new research by a user-led organisation has found.
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Here's a message for @BorisJohnson, @realDonaldTrump and all the other clowns in charge...
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@NewWaveAndPunk
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Just found out that George Floyd was originally stopped by the police because he handed over a counterfeit note in a shop. I did that once! They handed me back the note as a souvenir, and later I told the story on stage in a comedy routine. That’s some privilege right there.
Andrew Crooks retweeted
We can't recommend this highly enough! Available free on stream from Friday. ❤️
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Disabled people’s organisations have called on charities that are not user-led to “move over and stop taking our space”.
The calls came during the @ROFAcampaign national conference, which has been held online
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We have been working with @sheffhallamuni Social Work Dept to help students to understand Co-production in social work practice. We're pleased to be able to share the new toolkit which has been co produced by @EducationSheff
livinglifetothefullesttoolki… and young disabled researchers
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The government is facing accusations that its emergency planning for dealing with the #coronavirus pandemic has “abandoned” disabled people who use direct payments to employ their own personal assistants.
#COVID19
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Ever experienced a real-life judgey Emu when using a disabled toilet?
We know not every disability is visible so we’re supporting @IEJGov’s #ItsEveryonesJourney campaign to make people more aware and considerate of fellow commuters. #NotEveryDisabilityisVisible
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The EU Commission building in Brussels tonight (and if you look carefully you’ll see that they do appear to have left a light on for us!) 🏴❤️🇪🇺
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Errol Graham starved to death after his benefits were wrongly stopped by #DWP
His body was found by bailiffs sent to evict him.
He weighed just 4.5 stone.
A coroner said society's safety net 'had holes within it'.
It is just the latest death linked to #DWP
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Andrew Crooks retweeted
⏰Time's running out to book your place for our free film screening / buffet / discussion event on 30 January #YoungCarersAwareness day! 🥪☕️📽️🗣️
Book here today 👉 bit.ly/youngcarersawareness
(University of Sheffield SU, Western Bank: film 11.45, lunch + networking 1.30)
