disability

Is your age within the range of 18 to 35? Do you identify as a disabled person? Do you currently live in a European State? Do you have experience or are interested in disability activism and disability politics? If you answered yes to these questions then please consider taking part in this...

By Litsa Dremousis "As is true for many disabled Americans, my health-care costs resemble pipe bombs that keep blowing up my bank account, leaving it a pile of smoldering ash. As such, I can’t afford a house. Like many disabled Americans, I live in a multiunit dwelling where the majority of my...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/citizen-space-survey-national-strategy-for-disabled-people AfME article on this, https://www.actionforme.org.uk/news/national-strategy-for-disabled-people-have-your-say/

https://youtu.be/fjWjb41bEOI

full article here https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ehrc-failed-to-consult-its-own-disabled-advisers-before-snubbing-dwp-deaths-probe/

Paywall, https://content.iospress.com/articles/work/wor203178 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.tw/10.3233/WOR-203178

https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1075&context=bfa The thesis contains some photographs.

full article here https://www.sherwoodparknews.com/news/local-news/park-resident-granted-premiers-council-award

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/20/covid-lockdown-opening-up-world-for-people-with-disabilities

Has anyone submitted a diary along with their ESA/UC or PIP form? I am struggling with what to write and include. I've seen some PIP diaries explicitly based around the descriptors, which is of course a sound idea, but I've decided not to go down that route, and instead just give an overall...

Free full text: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/89-654-x/89-654-x2019002-eng.htm The National ME/FM Action Network highlighted this study which found that very frequently, disability levels fluctuate.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/19/abolish-work-and-pensions-department-demos-thinktank Link to Demos report hosting page, https://demos.co.uk/project/pathways-from-poverty/ and directly to the report...

full article here https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/20/woman-models-dances-wheelchair-george-asda-ad-show-ambulatory-wheelchair-users-exist-12262372/

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/feb/11/the-victimisation-was-horrible-why-are-so-many-disabled-lawyers-treated-badly Of course we know why, for the most part this discrimination stems from medicine misunderstanding and misrepresenting the reality of chronic health problems, promoting a...

full article here https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/They-dont-know-the-reality-Artist-living-with-ME-says-candidates-need-to-listen-to-those-who-are-disabled-314a2093-c1c4-4584-b82c-f2860b290ab1-ds

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2020/jan/23/which-is-the-best-pc-for-someone-who-has-parkinsons I thought some of the suggestions and advice on this article might be useful for ME/CFS patients. While I have a laptop so I can take it to and fro from home and caravan, I use...

Eligibility https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/special-educational-needs-disabilities-send/childrens-social-care-1/2

full article: https://snowbrains.com/oliver-vaughan-jones-has-big-plans-for-improvement-to-the-adaptive-ski-industry/

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/tesco-sings-up-sunflower-lanyard-17367389 (could be good but not sure it will be that discreet if everyone knows what it stands for)

full article here https://asunow.asu.edu/20191017-solutions-new-degree-program-provide-more-nuanced-understanding-disability