Judge EILEEN GRUBBA reflects on our ‘My Disabled World’ poetry competition We asked her a number of questions and here are her thoughts and views Q) How did the poems affect you personally? A) “The …
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RAIL FARES UP BY 2.6% – BUT STILL NO ACCESS!
From the ‘Leonard Cheshire Charity’ Year after year, the price of rail fare rises. Recently, ticket prices have increased by another 2.6%. Yet there’s still no step-free access on 41% of Britain’s rail network, with …
Continue readingTHE ROADMAP OUT OF LOCKDOWN – FROM 8 MARCH UNTIL 21 JUNE 2021
Roadmap out of lockdown From 8 March, people in England will see restrictions start to lift and the government’s four-step roadmap offer a route back to a more normal life. The success of the vaccination …
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We want to alert you to the ‘Tell Us About Your Care’reporting webpage and how you can use it to share your experiences during lockdown of the NHS and care services. Disabled people and their families …
Continue readingDECIDING WHAT PATH TO TAKE AFTER EDUCATION
From Elin Williams – ‘My Blurred World’ DECIDING WHAT PATH TO TAKE AFTER EDUCATION Elin [AD] | This post is a paid for advertorial in collaboration with Welsh Government to celebrate Apprenticeship Week 2021. Make a …
Continue readingCOVID-19 AND THE RIGHTS OF DISABLED PEOPLE
Open Statement from Disabled People’s Organisations and Allies – February 2021 Coronavirus has hit disabled people hard. 60% of deaths from coronavirus have been those of Disabled People. Disabled People have struggled to access healthcare, …
Continue readingHELPING TACKLE TOXIC AIR
From ‘Asthma UK’ We have recently published our new report that found toxic air is surrounding thousands of our care homes, hospitals, schools, and GP surgeries – unnecessarily putting millions of children, people with lung …
Continue readingTHE MIND/BODY SPLIT
From Elin Williams .. ‘My Blurred World’ THE MIND/BODY SPLIT Elin As a chronically ill workaholic, I have a slight problem. My mind and my body don’t always cooperate. One races through the to-do list, …
Continue reading“I NEED SOME PROPER CONTACT WITH DAD IN HIS CARE HOME”
From the ‘Alzheimer’s Society’ “I need to have some proper contact with my dad in his care home” – Rebecca’s story. Rebecca’s dad, John Carthy, who has dementia, went into a care home at the …
Continue readingTEENAGERS’ MENTAL HEALTH IN THE PANDEMIC
From the ‘Mental Health Foundation’ “Younger teenagers’ experiences of the pandemic have had little research attention but today I wanted to share the Mental Health Foundation’s findings of its ongoing study of British 13-19 year-olds, in partnership with Professor Ann John …
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