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Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
Freelancing has many benefits for disabled people, you can work from the comfort of your own home, choose your hours and more.
However, as the Disabled Journalist Network shares in this thread, that doesn’t mean freelancing is easy!
#NationalFreelancersDay #DisabledPrideMonth
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
URGENT. CALL TO ACTION. Calling all disabled people and our allies to be ready for the fight of our ‘rail travelling’ lives ❗️This flies in the face of supporting sustainable, accessible travel. It is discriminatory & excluding. IT MUST NOT SUCEED ‼️
🚨 BREAKING: Sources confirm that @Mark_J_Harper has just "pressed go" on the plans. Train operators will announce consultations tomorrow on 1,000 ticket offices up for closure. We understand that: "Ministers want ticket offices closed by Christmas."
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
Given the size and scale of the ticket office closures, with such profound impacts on disabled people, it is staggering that disabled people and our orgs have not had the opportunity to influence this policy at a National level. (1/4)
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
Many first-time wheelchair users receive little or no training on how to use their wheelchair properly.
Could you speak to the BBC about your recent experience starting to use a wheelchair and the support (or lack of) that you got?
Message us if so. Filming 5th July in London.
ALT Interested in speaking to the media? There are 1.2 million wheelchair users in the UK, but many first-time wheelchair users receive little or no training on how to use their wheelchair properly. Speak to the BBC about your recent experience starting to use a wheelchair. Filming in London, Wednesday 5th July 2023. Message us to be put in contact. Inclusion London logo.
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
I need EVERYONE to realize that DISABLED people are THREE TIMES more likely to be assaulted
THREE TIMES
This “act deaf” “act blind” “act crazy” or whatever tf Tyra Banks said 30 years ago was always harmful, dangerous and statistically incorrect
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Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
🐝 Accessibility hive mind 🐝
Anyone know if there is anything that will help if you get headaches or migraines from playing video games? ❤️
Got asked to make a vid about it, but not sure where to start reading up on the subject ✨ #a11y
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
hugely disappointing to see the person attributed with first coining “neurodiversity” sharing such hateful and transphobic messages. you can not be an advocate for one marginalised community without supporting and advocating for ALL marginalised people.
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
I have 2 conditions that affect thermoregulation. 20 degrees is my upper limit. So I use aircon.
Disabled and chronically ill people need to be included in convos about climate, unless people just want us to be in A&E, or go away.
#ecoableism #ClimateCrisis #DisabilityTwitter
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
Why is the #summer harder on #disabled people? Which medications cause greater risk of #heatstroke? How do you avoid getting blisters from your mobility aid?
All these questions and more answered in my latest piece for @DisabledJourNet! #heatwave 💜
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Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
🗞️It's a week since the @Telegraph published a calculator allowing you to see the proportion of your taxes funding the welfare state.
It's part of a nasty rhetoric re-emerging in our media. Disabled people, in particular those unable to work, are painted as scroungers. 🧵 1/7
ALT Image mocking up a taxation calculator published by The Telegraph newspaper. The headline asks: Exactly how much of your salary bankrolls disability benefits? Scope have edited the answer, to say: Not as much as you think (certainly not enough to provide a decent standard of living).
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
Are you #disabled? Are you #LGBTQ?
Please fill out my short survey about your experiences with #PrideMonth. It takes less than a minute! #Pride #Pride2023 #PrideMonth2023
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Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
Is your #PrideMonth content accessible to disabled people? 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
If it isn’t, you may be excluding some of the people you are trying hardest to reach.
Here’s some quick tips for creating accessible content this month, and every month ⬇️
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
Recently, I pitched a story about the very weird tradition of competitive worm charming. This was a bit of a tumbleweed pitch — mostly silence from editors and a few bemused rejections. (1/8) 🪱
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
In the most personal piece yet, I explored what it means to be in a body getting sicker, the ableism that comes with it and how your identity changes when you ask yourself; Am I disabled?
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
If you are disabled and attending the #eurovision2023 village be prepared for a long queue with NO accessible entrance. Staff told me there is only one queue and it is very long with no areas to sit down. #disabilitytwitter
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
If you've ever worn a sunflower lanyard, please fill out my survey for @DisabledJourNet #journorequest
It takes about a minute and is completely anonymous!
Survey: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WNLVTLM
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
Donating hearing aids is great because costs are inaccessible. We’ve been over this. Framing your video like they’re an instant cure without showcasing what can occur after with the journey & letting people believe they’re the end all be all & not addressing ableism is another.
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
I am not less-abled.
I am not alternatively-abled.
I am not differently-abled.
I am not uniquely-abled.
Stop trying to come up with cutesy ways to avoid saying the word disabled like you're trying to curse around a two-year-old.
I am disabled. Say the word. It's not a bad word
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
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I was recently challenged on the use of the term 'Special Needs' so I'd love to open the discussion about whether this term is okay or outdated...
It's deeply embedded within our sector (but that doesn't mean it's okay)
Please share your thoughts in thread & RT
Disabled Journalist Network retweeted
For #DeafAwarenessWeek
Who are some deaf content creators you like?