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Fighting the DWP Matrix: A Free Chronicle
Hi everyone. I wanted to share something born out of pure frustration with the UK welfare system. Most of us here know exactly what it feels like to face robotic scripts, lost paperwork and endless walls of bureaucracy when we are at our lowest.I started a blog, but let me be absolutely clear. This is not another dry,…
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Disabled Dr of Disability History/Filmmaker seeks disabled volunteers 4 short
Hello! Hope it’s okay to post about this. Disabled volunteers are sought by me for a short non commercial documentary by myself as a disabled historian and filmmaker on modern disabled Britons' views of our history and representation in London museums, archives, galleries and royal palaces. Filming I hope to between now…
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Help shape rare disease research: one interview.
We want to hear your story Our team at Newcastle University and the LifeArc Centre for Acceleration of Rare Disease Trials (ARDT) wants to hear about your views and experiences of clinical trials, even if you have never been offered one. Who can take part? Adults aged 18 or over, living in the UK People living with a rare…
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Looking for support to review my research documents (15 minutes)
Hi, I hope you're all doing well. My name is Victoria Bola-Okerinde, and I am a Public Health professional and a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) researcher at Teesside University. I am currently developing a research study exploring the barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening for women who may have experinced…
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Looking for wheelchair users to help test RollSense
Hi everyone, We’re building RollSense, a mobile app designed to help wheelchair users understand how sidewalks and outdoor routes actually feel to travel on — not just whether they are technically marked as wheelchair accessible. The idea is simple: Your phone is securely mounted or fixed in a stable position on your…
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Invite your MP to meet with Scope
Hi everyone 😊 It's Tori from the campaigns team here. I just wanted to share an action we set up recently. It allows you to easily invite your MP to meet with Scope during party conference season. Invite your MP to meet with Scope Enter your details. We’ll automatically identify who your MP is, and add the details you’ve…
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The England keeper set to face his dad at a World Cup
Ellis Palmer BBC Sport "I was a big football fan growing up. My dad got involved with powerchair football through me," England goalkeeper Chris Gordon says of his father Colin. "But he's now coaching Argentina, so we'll be facing each other in the World Cup." For Gordon Jr, who is playing at his fourth Powerchair Football…
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I stopped drinking water so I wouldn’t need to use the toilet
Article by Melissa Parker. From the Metro I’ve always needed help finding accessible bathrooms – and it’s always made me feel like a burden (Picture: Melissa Parker). ‘Please may I use the bathroom?’, I asked. Desperate for the loo while on a family holiday in Spain, I clearly remember the expression on a relative’s face –…
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Has anyone successfully accessed the HOLD disability housing scheme in England?”
I'm hoping to hear from disabled people across England, particularly those in Lancashire and the wider North West, about their experiences of the HOLD (Home Ownership for People with Long-term Disabilities) shared ownership scheme. I'm physically disabled and currently living in accommodation that is no longer suitable for…
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INCLUSION LONDON - Disability Hate
Hi Inclusion London Want You to start reporting to them - All Disabled people want is an equal opportunity to live good lives and participate in our communities. Yet too often, the media portrays us in extremely negative ways, often using Disabled people as a scapegoat for wider societal problems. Disabled people deserve…
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DWP complaint? Parliament petition to solve missing complaints
This is petition about DWP complaints. USERS not made public. UC, ESA, PIP you name it, they deleted it. Either literally or metaphorically. They misquoted law, facts, change what you said. I can't fix that. But this could fix complaints being not accepted then being removed without your knowledge. Sign the petition to get…
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Disability hate petition
Too much hate going on. Here is a link to the petition: Create a National Disability Hate Strategy for the UK - Petitions I've signed the petition, but unfortunately it just seems to be about the general public hating on us, there's no mention of MP's and the media, which are the main things that are fuelling the hate in…
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Art Regarding Disability
If anyone has made art regarding disability, I would feel honoured to see it :-) I have only made art regarding my DID, and am not sure if this is the right place to share it, but I would love to see other disabled artist's creations.
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Work without barriers - Support our new campaign
Disabled people who can and want to work are being held back. Not because they cannot do the work, but because work is failing them. Too often, rights to adjustments are ignored. Workplaces are inaccessible, and outdated attitudes mean disabled people are undervalued and overlooked. It does not have to be this way. 2 years…
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Mass Observation Project
Welcome to Mass Observation Project 1981-2019 Launched in 1981 by the University of Sussex as a rebirth of the original 1937 Mass Observation, its founders' aim was to document the social history of Britain by recruiting volunteers to write about their lives and opinions. Still growing, it is one of the most important…
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Petition for housing in Haringey
While this is one individual, who sadly became disabled in a car accident, I lived in the same borough, and the housing story is familiar to me. In my case I was given 40 years on the waiting list unless my family through me out on the street. I didn't wish to be a 40something still living with aging parents if I could…
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Sport or No Sport- Help Us Understand Movement, Fitness & Quality of Life
We are looking for adults living with cerebral palsy who participate in recreational sport AND those who do not to help us understand the relationship between sport participation, physical fitness and quality of life. Participation involves simple physical assessments (strength, balance, coordination, and endurance) and a…
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Could you help shape our work? Access for Everyone Listening Survey
Hi everyone, I’m Nicola from A Place for Everyone CIC. We’ve launched our Access for Everyone Listening Survey. This is our main survey of the year, and what people tell us will directly help shape our future work and projects. We want to understand what it is really like to live, work and take part in your community—and…
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opportunity to join a Community Advisory Board (CAB)
This is an opportunity to join a Community Advisory Board (CAB) that will guide and inform research conducted by the Women's Cancer Department at UCL's EGA Institute for Women's Health, grounding that research in the lived experience, perspectives, and priorities of people and communities affected by it. Joining the CAB is…
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Hackcessible: Could you help shape the next generation of assistive technology?
Hackcessible 2026 is looking for disabled people who have a problem, challenge or everyday frustration that they think could be improved through engineering and design. Hackcessible is a student-led assistive technology make-a-thon at the University of Sheffield. Over several months, student teams work alongside disabled…
