Very talented at being Deaf, even if I do say so myself.
Reading, England
Joined December 2016
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Libby Welsh 🦻🏻 retweeted
What an amazing afternoon with the wonderful @phab_charity team celebrating the work of our clubs & volunteers. Thanks @AnitaDobsonFC for your work as our last president & welcome @BnsJaneCampbell for taking on the role.
ALT The Phab team all smiling and doing daft things with their hands like a gang show publicity shot
ALT Mik, Hafsah and Libby, the Phab ACTS core team, smile into camera. Libby is a white woman in a green dress, Hafsah is a black woman with amazing dreadlocks and a white top and Mik is the same state as always, dressed in black trying to smile while pouting. A failed Simon Le Bon.
Had an amazing time working on an R+D with @DeafinitelyT this week! Such a lovely group of people talking about some very important things. A real pleasure to be involved and can’t wait to see how the show develops.
Libby Welsh 🦻🏻 retweeted
Good luck today to @Libby_Dancing who us carrying out an audit of the @SavoyTheatreLdn on behalf of @phab_charity ACTS. The start of a constructive relationship to increase accessibility in theatre land. Everyone deserves to enjoy the theatre ❤️ – at Camden Town, London
I have listened to the 1984 audible play three times in a row and gearing up for my fourth go. Such a killer cast and incredible sound design actually got me reading the unabridged book itself, and now I'm marvelling at the scriptwriters. Also, sorry, Romesh?! The RANGE! 😱
Libby Welsh 🦻🏻 retweeted
📢 💫 *CASTING CALL*
KVH Casting are looking for girls who are deaf/deafened/hard-of-hearing for a new UK streamer series.
Please share and get in touch if you know someone who might be interested.
Access to Work (AtW) is also has a current waiting list of 16 weeks just to be assigned a case manager. That's 16 weeks after making the application before they'll even consider whether or not to proceed to the next stage. It's DIRE.
Libby Welsh 🦻🏻 retweeted
Hmm? Announcing doing away with PIP on the same day parliament debates assisted dying? Do I see a theme?
The PIP assessments I underwent (and will continue to undergo, as our entitlement is re-assessed every four years..) contributed massively to me developing complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). I was made MORE disabled by Tories. People WILL die as a result of this.
Some facts about #PIP
1. It is NOT an out-of-work benefit
2. The assessment & application process is hard. It is not "easy to claim"
3. Only 40-45% of claims are successful
4. Getting the correct reward is difficult. Challenging it can take months.
Libby Welsh 🦻🏻 retweeted
Please remember if you are a claimant:
This government is on the way out.
Nothing is to change with your benefits.
Disabilty is expensive. If you are on PIP, you deserve it.
Being on benefits is nothing to be ashamed of.
We all thrive in supporting one another.
Jay x
Libby Welsh 🦻🏻 retweeted
Dear Mel Stride,
PIP has nothing to do with employment.
PIP is for moderate to severe disability and is v difficult to qualify for.
Noone gets PIP 'for' depression or anxiety. It is based on a functional analysis.
Stop playing smoke and mirrors with people's lives.
Jay
Libby Welsh 🦻🏻 retweeted
Despite their obsession with getting Disabled people in work (even if we aren't able to), the disability employment gap has NOT decreased, and the disability wage gap has INCREASED #CRDP24 disabilitynewsservice.com/go…
Libby Welsh 🦻🏻 retweeted
UN rapporteur Laverne Jacobs highlights that the UK government's benefits assessments process has led to around 600 deaths in the last 3 years #CRPD24
What answer does the government have to that?
Libby Welsh 🦻🏻 retweeted
Today @Libby_Dancing & I are off to deliver our @phab_charity Access Consultancy & Training Services Disability Equality course for @ChilternsAONB as part of the drive to make the Chiltern Hills open to all. Big things planned so watch this space 👍
Libby Welsh 🦻🏻 retweeted
Dear @BBCLondonNews . There is no such thing as Registered Disabled. The government ended registering disabled people over 4 decades ago.
Very important when covering stories about disabled people.
Thanks 👍
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We’re at the start of our journey to see how we can make Woodoaks Farm a place everyone can access. It’s going to take time, but with the help of @MikScarlet of @phab_charity & @Libby_Dancing, aided by @ChilternsAONB & @DefraGovUK we are going to do our darnedest to get there!
Taking a moment from working to enjoy the wonder.
A great day at @FarmWoodoaks making plans around access as @phab_charity Access Consultancy & Training Services get out into the wilds. Thanks to @ChilternsAONB for being so passionate about access, & to Sue & Gary too!👍
ALT Three people, two wheelchair users, in a barn in front of the large barn doors looming out into the countryside.
Super excited about this!
Tomorrow @Libby_Dancing
& I are off to visit @FarmWoodoaks for an Access Audit on behalf of @phab_charity Access Consultancy & Training Services. Looking forward to meeting the farm team & volunteers as part of @ChilternsAONB drive for a more accessible Chilterns.
Libby Welsh 🦻🏻 retweeted
When I saw Christina Applegate getting a standing ovation for getting up on stage, it reminds me how inspiration porn is still alive and well. Disabled people are seen as inspirations for existing but if we ask for equal access, we’re a burden. We’re not here to inspire you.
Libby Welsh 🦻🏻 retweeted
Today I am finalising the @phab_charity #DisabiltyEquality #Training package with the amazing @Libby_Dancing . It's going to be an industry leader with everything needed to begin the journey to inclusive practice.
Then our specialist courses & lived experience sessions kick in!
I donated an E sim to these brilliant people - it’s so easy to do and there’s step by step instructions on their website: gazaesims.com.
It’s only £6 to send 1GB of data to people in Gaza to counteract the internet blackouts. I used Airalo!
#ConnectingGaza through e-SIMS is one of a kind initiative.
All of you are #ConnectingHumanity in the most solid way. Giving vulnerable people the chance to raise up their voices.
WE can be THE SOLUTION we've always searched for?
Together, Let's continue #ConnectingGaza ✊🏼
