@KateStanforth

Disabled Dancer + Model with Worldwide Inclusive Dance Academy 🏆 Showreels/CV: https://xitter.cf/t.co/jb7rPIZchN Contact: [email protected]

 Northumberland
katestanforth.co.uk
Joined January 2012
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Here I am doing what I do best, translating ballet in ways I thought I never would 🩰 Thank you @Sadlers_Wells @New_Adventures for your support ❤️ @SirMattBourne
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Also, please remember that the people involved in this film are members of the ME/CFS community too. It’s okay to critique the project (preferably in a constructive way!) but let’s not lose sight of the people behind it.
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Those experiences deserve to be represented too. We don’t need to choose between celebrating disabled creativity and acknowledging the realities of severe ME/CFS. I really hope we can do both together.
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As a disabled dance artist myself I believe dance can be about expression, identity and communication just as much as being physical. But with ME/CFS, any creative work has to respect so much like pacing, PEM and the reality that many people are housebound or bedbound. (3/4)
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I haven’t seen the full film, so I don’t want to make assumptions about its content or intentions, but my hope is that it reflects the enormous variation within the ME/CFS community and doesn’t suggest that movement is something everyone can safely do. (2/4)
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I’ve seen the concerns being raised by the ME community and I completely understand why people feel upset. ME/CFS has been so misunderstood for so long that anything involving movement can understandably raise fears about reinforcing harmful ideas. #Unbound (continued 1/4)
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St Pancras lift down and ‘will be down for awhile’ Sigh.
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Not only am I very unwell because I’ve missed my medication which I kept telling them about, but I’ve missed 2 work meetings now because of this hotel over the past 2 days. Most importantly though, at least I’m somewhere safe now and not in somewhere cancelling call alarms…
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Left myself and another wheelchair user without a hotel originally and after a 4 hour battle I was transferred to another (unsuitable) hotel at midnight. They knew about the problem at 3pm. The other wheelchair user has had to go back to Manchester.
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Just a heads up, if you’re staying at @premierinn Euston all 3 lifts have broken (aircon doesn’t work either and someone just walked out as her room is 30 degrees) & they just keep silencing their fire alarm call at reception 🚨
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Why is @itsjojosiwa breaking my little heart tonight 😢 Really hope there was someone there for them at the finals… I just want to give them hugs, cups of tea and show how much they’re loved 🥰#CBBUK
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Replying to @ShaniDhanda
The Access To Work system cost me employers, jobs and my health. It is absolutely not fit for purpose. Still battling with them. I set up a government petition for it to be removed… I’m SO ready for this to change!!!!!!
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Replying to @Tanni_GT
I had 3 refuse me in one day once and I just sat by the road crying. Absolutely brutal. I find that at Kings Cross you tend to have no bother but the more rural you are the worse they get.
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A big thank you: to the organisations who have helped me with access budgets recently everyone who donated to my gofundme everyone who helped, and continues to help me, mentally through this. it’s tough.

ALT A big thank you: to the organisations who have helped me with access budgets recently everyone who donated to my gofundme everyone who helped, and continues to help me, mentally through this. it’s tough.

the gofundme: we raised approx £2,500 thanks to your kind donations. this so far has been spent on support worker top-up costs and will continue to be spent on support worker costs. This will greatly help with 2025 projects where we predict we may still be short on support.

ALT the gofundme: we raised approx £2,500 thanks to your kind donations. this so far has been spent on support worker top-up costs and will continue to be spent on support worker costs. This will greatly help with 2025 projects where we predict we may still be short on support.

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At the final reconsideration we received 67% of my minimum support need The support workers pay was returned back to the original rate

ALT At the final reconsideration we received 67% of my minimum support need The support workers pay was returned back to the original rate

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Here we go... *If you've seen me crying in coffee shops lately, or not responding to emails/texts, this is why* A THREAD
Access to work *drama* an update: by kate stanforth

ALT Access to work *drama* an update: by kate stanforth

I have been given no reasoning as to why: my grant was cut My support workers pay was cut The timescale for both change in circumstance and renewals was so long

ALT I have been given no reasoning as to why: my grant was cut My support workers pay was cut The timescale for both change in circumstance and renewals was so long

my online media was used to ‘understand my business’ and therefore make a decision on my grant. This is not a form of evidence which is stated as being allowed in their own staff guide on gov.uk

ALT my online media was used to ‘understand my business’ and therefore make a decision on my grant. This is not a form of evidence which is stated as being allowed in their own staff guide on gov.uk

comments were made about my disability including saying I had been seen ‘standing up out of my wheelchair’ and that i couldn’t be a disabled dancer who needed support. my disability and job were also compared to others in a distressing process

ALT comments were made about my disability including saying I had been seen ‘standing up out of my wheelchair’ and that i couldn’t be a disabled dancer who needed support. my disability and job were also compared to others in a distressing process

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👉 Keep up with the shortlisted artists: @unchartereduk @summatcreative @VitalXposure @marc_brew @katestanforth @so_sha_mp3 @rowena_harris @codadance @Hannahl0w @GarethChurchill @mahoganyopera @AilisNiRiain @Ldn_Sinfonietta
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A huge thank you to everyone who joined in for our DDMIX class in support of @BBCCiN today. Your energy and enthusiasm made it an unforgettable event! 🪩💛 Another heartfelt thanks to everyone who donated too.🙏 The fun doesn’t stop here… head to the comments to find out more!
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Replying to @Lucy_Webster_
THE FEELS!
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Life of a freelancer with a chronic illness. I love it. And once again, cannot thank you enough for helping me continue to do what I do. Currently in London ready to dance with Darcy Bussell + DDMIX tomorrow. ⭐️ katestanforth.co.uk/

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‘The next one is the wheelchair’ not what you expect to hear in the #NHS. I’m a the next patient or a wheelchair user or even the next patient is a wheelchair user. I am not ‘the wheelchair’. @NHSEngland please educate your staff better. Thanks!
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