Small businesses, please stop using corporate social media as your only online presence.
I’d happily visit a website that looks like it was designed in the 1990s if it meant I could actually scroll down and see your address, hours of operation, etc.
It doesn’t have to be pretty, just functional.
It would be really helpful if you also included common allergens for your food and drinks (if relevant) and how accessible your location is for disabled folks.
New modeling from The Lancet suggests the USAID funding cuts will kill 14 million people.
Many of them are children.
600,000 have already died.
The man who gutted the program?
Elon Musk. The world’s first trillionaire.
He has a trillionaire dollars and is murdering the poorest people on earth.
He should be in jail.
Billionaires and trillionaires should not exist in a world where millions die from poverty every year.
thelancet.com/journals/langlo/…
#usaid #disability #ableism #eugenics #musk #capitalism #poverty #publichealth #uspol
Campaigners say supreme court judgment on deprivation of liberty safeguards introduces ‘regressive legal standard’Patrick Butler (the Guardian)
DfE plans to withdraw funding for assistive software, saying it is now rarely needed due to ‘widely available free tools’Sally Weale (the Guardian)
John McFall prepares for mission to Haven-1 space station after UK Space Agency signs deal with US startup VastIan Sample (the Guardian)
Key part of Marc Bolland’s government advisory role will be to help disabled or depressed young people find training or jobGeraldine McKelvie (the Guardian)
Modelling predicts 241,000 people on the scheme before January 2028 won’t be receiving supports by mid-2031Dan Jervis-Bardy (the Guardian)
Alan Milburn, who is leading review commissioned by government, says current strategy ‘going in wrong direction’Richard Partington (the Guardian)
Charity Commission inquiry into William Blake House in Northamptonshire resulted in rescue planPatrick Butler (the Guardian)
Anyone who thinks the two stories related in the piece below about disabled people being marooned in hospital as their integrated home care package cannot be agreed, has nothing to do with budgeting is missing what is going on in the engineered crisis of the NHS & the care sector.
As always its vulnerable people who are trying to live their best lives (but needing support to do so) who are the target of spreadsheet wielding managers.
#disability #NHS #health
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Ravi Mehta says his care could be terminated if he self-discharged. His NHS care board says its decisions have not been driven by costs.Erica Witherington (BBC News)
‘It’s heartless to cut supports we need to leave the house, work and study at a time when the cost of living has dramatically increased’, advocate saysSarah Basford Canales (the Guardian)
Rent donations on GoFundMe up 60% since 2022, with 100,000 donors helping people keep a roof over their headsJessica Murray (the Guardian)
Proposals also grant the health minister power to change disability support rules without state or territory approval. Here’s what you need to knowSarah Basford Canales (the Guardian)
NDIS changes foreshadowed by health minister Mark Butler will drastically reduce access to the scheme, with nearly 700 staff positions to go at NDIASarah Basford Canales (the Guardian)
How Recumbent Trikes Help Stroke Survivors Ride Again
"Today was my final day at Tucson TOT, and I joined an incredible adaptive cycling ride with my friend Dan and his organization, Spokes Fighting Strokes."
youtube.com/watch?v=eOfpAruQa3… #Recumbent #BikeTooter #Accessibility #Disability
Today was my final day at Tucson TOT, and I joined an incredible adaptive cycling ride with my friend Dan and his organization, Spokes Fighting Strokes. 🚴♂...the JaYoe Nation (YouTube)
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
propublica.org/article/trump-s…
#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #SocialSecurity #Disability #Family
Badge holders and carers report being harassed, filmed and threatened by strangers who think they are faking disabilityFrances Ryan (the Guardian)
In today’s newsletter: As campaigners and critics reckon with the bill’s failure, the debate reveals a country struggling to support vulnerable people and those living with terminal illnessMartin Belam (the Guardian)
Health minister faces backlash from states as he announces major changes to scheme ahead of May budgetTom McIlroy (the Guardian)
Government sources in multiple states say they are worried about the breadth of the changes and possible costsTom McIlroy (the Guardian)
Heather Hallett hails vaccine scheme but criticises rule that only those meeting 60% disabled threshold can get payoutsGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
This story of a young wheelchair user being thrown out of Manchester's Club Tropicana because her wheelchair was a safety risk (???) suggests we haven't come nearly as far as the self-satisfied political class think we have on disabled rights...
If I was living in Manchester (and in all fairness still clubbing) I'd be arranging a boycott of Club Tropicana.
This really is extraordinary in this day & age!
#disability #hospitality #Manchester
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Maddie Haining, 18, says she was told she was a safety risk and escorted out of a Manchester nightspot.Ewan Gawne (BBC News)
Incoming rant:
Have the designers of disabled lavatories in public buildings ever tried navigating the space in a wheelchair?
often there is too little room to easily manoeuvre & help your cared-for one dismount & get on the loo.
and furthermore; if you need to help your cared-for one onto the loo, but leave to allow them some privacy; how the f**k do they get to lock the door (I have to stand vigil outside); how about a lock operable from the loo?
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Carers (like me) many of whom receive carers' allowance (but also many do not due to the tight eligibility criteria, most around the commitment of hours to caring) contribute around £184bn to the UK economy; a saving (or subsidy to the state) of around three quarters of the NHS overall budget.
Yet, we're marginalised, treated as cheats by the DWP & generally left partly or fully unsupported - if it looks like social exploitation, it is!
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Carer’s allowance turns 50 this year, but it’s no reflection of the labour of the millions who cook, clean and nurse behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist Frances RyanFrances Ryan (the Guardian)
The people who don’t view housing as a human right are those who believe they will always have housing.
They can’t fathom becoming disabled, losing their savings or their support network.
They can’t comprehend having everything ripped away from them.
They think they’re the exception.
They’re not.
People don’t plan for homelessness or disability.
It just takes one accident, illness or stroke of bad luck.
We all need and deserve a safety net.
So introducing the 'right to try' work for people on disability-related benefits (by which they will not lose benefits immediately on finding work or taking on voluntary positions) looks like a good idea... but focusses on only one side of the issue.
The other side remains the difficulty of finding employers willing to make the adjustments that many prospective disabled applicants need to work... this (sadly) is still a major stumbling block!
#disability #politics
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Threat of losing benefits will be lifted but campaigners say more help needed to tackle hostile workplacesJessica Murray (the Guardian)
Threat of losing benefits will be lifted but campaigners say more help needed to tackle hostile workplacesJessica Murray (the Guardian)
Kristen writes about film and disability here.
thefilmmaven.com/tag/popcorn-d…
I'm sure she would appreciate new subscribers!
Not a Substack! (She moved off it..)
#Film #Monstodon #Movies #Newsletters #Disability
Not an influencer, just an overworked, underpaid entertainment journalist talking about movies and what you should spend your money on.The Film Maven
Another 'benefit fraud' that is likely to drive more intrusive attention on the lives of disabled people (drivers & driving carers in this case) with little robust data on the extent of fraud & miss-use of blue badges for parking.
As always, something that is extremely helpful (I know, we have one) not least to use parking spots with more space for transfer to a wheelchair, is being presented as a potential fraud, based on suspicion not (much) evidence.
theguardian.com/money/2026/apr…
Councils urged to crack down on misuse of parking permits that help people with disabilities and health conditionsNadeem Badshah (the Guardian)
Councils urged to crack down on misuse of parking permits that help people with disabilities and health conditionsNadeem Badshah (the Guardian)
As Frances Ryan points out, the cuts to disability payments (about to get under way) may seem like they are of only sectoral interest, but as they key reduction (as part of the 'deal' to get them through Parliament) only impacts future applicants, the real victims of this political attrition are not those already disabled, but those of us/you who suddenly find themselves unable to work (or live unaided) after next week, and that could be any of us!
#disability #politics
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If new claimants don’t meet strict criteria, they’ll lose half of the health element of universal credit. Don’t ignore that: in life’s lottery, that could easily be you, says Guardian columnist Frances RyanFrances Ryan (the Guardian)
If you thought the Govt.s attrition on benefits for disabled people had been batted back by the rebellion of MPs, think again; new rules are likely to produce a two tier system divided by whether various conditions & disabilities are identified as life long, terminal or show likelihood of improvement... and given the DWP's record we can be pretty sure how this will play out.
Once again the disabled are being sacrificed on the later of austerity!
#disability #politics
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Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ eligibility criteria, say disabled people’s organisationsFrances Ryan (the Guardian)
Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ eligibility criteria, say disabled people’s organisationsFrances Ryan (the Guardian)
