#Disability

CallumsStories

CallumsStories

Little talk of the day; (A thread)I don't trust too many people who say they're Mental Health Advocates.Back when I was part of the mental health community, I met some

autistictic

autistictic

One group of disabled people definitely under-represented in disability discourse are people who work in sheltered workshops.I‘ve been there and I still feel completely invisible re that on here.There isn‘t

Christopher Keelty 🏳️‍🌈

keeltyc

This has bothered me for a long time, but I've never spoken about it: In my career I've managed around 20 people or so at various times. Two of those

Nicole Lee Schroeder

Nicole_Lee_Sch

In my research I study how doctors in the 18th and 19th century focused on nosology to the detriment of care based practices. Suddenly, medical conditions that didn't meet known

Womans_Place_UK

Womans_Place_UK

The government has said it will report on the GRA consultation before recess. In advance of any announcement we are posting some extracts from our submission to the consultation so

beep boop / BLM

aoiishere

(I'm coping so) Who I think the Glee cast would've voted for:Rachel - lowkey will vote for trump but never tells cause she knows she'll get her ass beatFinn -

QuaranTim Kovach

twkovach

I finally got around to reading @claudiaLpersico’s working paper “Can Pollution Cause Poverty?” It’s a fascinating piece of scholarship, so I wanted to do a thread on it. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3539513 T

Gabi Serrato Marks, PhD

gserratomarks

Reminder: disabled isn't a bad word! A thread on disability-related language to avoid. Disabled friends, please feel free to chime in with thoughts, including disagreement! normal: I see this

Prune McSwollen

chalkwhitehands

So here's A @Centrelink story.When I retired I went onto what was then Newstart in the expectation of transitioning to further employment.It soon became clear that due to the circumstances

Sam Connor

criprights

Today I heard that if disabled people refuse govt appointed #IndependentAssessments, they will be considered to have exited from the #NDIS.Consider that. You don’t want a stranger running their hands

Sara Nović

NovicSara

If you're like me, you can get overwhelmed by the badness of our politicians. All of them. It's easy to feel like we're in trouble no matter who wins on

The Sapphic Bouquet ⚖

Multi_Sapphire

ADHD is called an "invisible disability", but really it's visible. People just call it "laziness" and "procrastination."It's a weeks worth of dishes sitting on tables, a hamper full of laundry

Charles Bagot QC

BagotBriefs

The New Ogden Actuarial Tables (Ogden 8) with multipliers for calculating future loss are available here:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ogden-tables-actuarial-compensation-tables-for-injury-and-death Multipliers in the new Ogden

Dominick Evans

dominickevans

The nursing home industry is a billion-dollar industrial complex.The government is in bed with them, and they want you to put your loved ones there because they get kickbacks for

Tom Kindlon

TomKindlon

[Thread]Nice, thoughtful article“Pandemic social isolation provides glimpse into the everyday realities of #chronicallyill patients: The COVID-19 pandemic is teaching the world a lesson in empathy for those who have had

The Tweedy Mutant ♿🌈

the_tweedy

I am really struggling with ppl who have never shown even the slightest interest in mental health and accessibility more broadly trying to justify taking unnecessary COVID risks because of

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