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We Need Your Help! What's Your Experience With Motability?š
Thereās been some news over the weekend about potential Government changes to the Motability scheme including things like cutting VAT exemptions, changing the types of vehicles available and possibly tightening who is eligible. As these discussions continue, weāve been asked to feed in insights from people who actually useā¦
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Ade Adepitan - Black History Month 2025š«
Part One - Black History Month 2025 Part Two - Claudia Jones Part Four - Barbara Stewart Adedoyin Olayiwola "Ade" Adepitan MBE was born on 27th March 1973 in Lagos and moved to the United Kingdom with his parents three years later. He contracted polio when he was three which caused damage to his legs that required him toā¦
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Barbara Stewart - Black History Month 2025š«
Part One - Black History Month 2025 Part Two - Claudia Jones Part Three - Ade Adepitan Barbara Stewart was born in 1956 and was a poet, audiovisual artist, performer and disability rights activist. She was also a poet and community activist and wrote about her experiences as a Black disabled woman in Britain. Her mostā¦
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Black History Month 2025āØ
Part Two - Claudia Jones Part Three - Ade Adepitan Part Four - Barbara Stewart October is Black History Month in the UK and this is a time to recognise, celebrate and reflect on the rich history, achievements and contributions of Black people across the country. Black History Month began in the United States in Februaryā¦
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We Want Your Input! š£ļø Join Our Survey Today and Enter The Draw To Win Ā£40
Scope are completing research into how disabled people and their families are using Artificial Intelligence to find information and advice. By taking part in this survey, you will help Scope improve the information and advice we offer disabled people and their families. All data and information you provide will remainā¦
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Claudia Jones - Black History MonthāØ
Part One - Black History Month 2025 Part Three - Ade Adepitan Part Four - Barbara Stewart Claudia Jones was born in Trinidad on 21st February 1915. She moved to America with her family when she was 8 and fought lifelong health battles as a result of growing up in poverty. Claudia was a prominent activist in America as sheā¦
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We'd Love Your Input To Help With Our Website! š£ļø š
We are looking for people to take part in an activity which will be used to organise the advice and support section on Scope's website. The activity should take 10-15 minutes. People who complete the activity can enter their email address to be entered in a prize draw for a Ā£40 gift voucher. It is not a test and there areā¦
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Fight4justice
Hi not sure if this is the right section to post in, but has anyone used Fight4justice? I see you have to pay a small monthly subscription which I donāt mind but Iām just not sure if they could help with my query (UC and WCA issues) and I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with them?
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Please release my thread
Dear scope, Please can you release my thread from jail, or atleast edit it in a way so it doesn't get buried. It took me ages to write that and exposes some truths I wanted to let know before something happens to me. Thanks
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Been put on the scope naughty step
Every single message I currently send gets puts in the filter, and its driving me mad. I would understand if I used certain words but I've tried different ones and still message gets put in approval filter. If you don't want free speech, and don't want me here then just say. I'll happily leave and suffer somewhere else.ā¦
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International Day of Older Persons - 1st Octoberāŗļøš«
is a day dedicated to recognising the contributions, wisdom and rights of older people across the globe and is celebrated annually on October 1st. Older people are a diverse group and many navigate the world with a unique, powerful and intersectional experience that comes from living life with a disability and aging. Forā¦
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What is your experience of Hospital Transport?
After reading about someone's long battle trying to get hospital transport, I wondered what experiences other people have had. Let us know if you've had a positive or negative experience and why.
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Help Nexer uncover the 'Hidden Journey' of online shopping
Nexer are looking for people to fill in a survey to find out about the 'Hidden Journey' of online shopping for disabled people and their families. You can find out more about Nexer and their research below. If you have any questions about the survey please contact Nexer. Human-centred design agency Nexer Digital areā¦
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What are the main activities in hospital
they are eg arts and crafts and admin or reading
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Looking to raise awareness, but mainly have a continual donation stream of ADHD - Who?
Hi, I have just joined Scope today, I hope every one is well. I won't go into everything in this post, but quick outline: - Privately diagnosed with ADHD - Combined Type, suspected all my life and was told I had a basic score of 18 out of 19, but that much more is taken into consideration. - I was inbetween jobs but Iā¦
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Parents of Autistic Children: We Want to Hear From You!
Hello! We are doing an IRB-approved online research study to learn how parents of autistic children feel about common autism therapies. Who can join? Parents or caregivers of children ages 4ā11 with a formal autism diagnosis. What will you do? Fill out short surveys about you, your child, and your parenting style. Readā¦
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Hands off our handles campaign!
Melissa Parker is a journalist. She has cerebral palsy. She wrote about being a woman and a wheelchair user. Her article reveals shocking truths. She supports a campaign to raise awareness. Strangers often grab wheelchair handles. This causes distress to wheelchair users. Disabled people say, "hands off." Sadly, thisā¦
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A stranger grabbed my wheelchair and silently started pushing me
From The Metro Written by Melissa Parker I was completely at the mercy of this man (Picture: Melissa Parker) Wheeling myself around the town centre in July, I contentedly went about my day, running errands. Iād been about to enter aĀ supermarketĀ when I suddenly felt a heavy, foreign weightĀ pushing on the back of myā¦
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Do you have a lifelong diagnosis which means you need a Blue Badge, or care for someone who does?
Do you have a lifelong diagnosis which means you need a Blue Badge, or care for someone who does? If so, we want to hear from you. Our petition, "Make Blue Badge Applications Lifelong for Individuals with a Lifelong Diagnosis," has been under consideration by the Senedd/Welsh Parliament Petitions Committee for nearly twoā¦
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Wales Needs Your Help! Stand Up for Autistic Rights
Hi everyone, I'm reaching out to the Scope community today to ask for your support on a really important issue. As many of you know, 2025 has brought some tough challenges for autistic people. The closure of Autistic Minds was a huge loss, and many are continuing to face setbacks with day-to-day living in Wales. Back inā¦
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Hypocrisy at its Finest
āSuella Braverman [the former home secretary] and her predecessor, Priti Patel, were procuring more hotels,ā āWhat I have done in my short tenure is ramp that up and procure even more. Because November, historically, has been one of the highest months of the year for migrants illegally crossing the Channel. I would neverā¦
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Participants wanted: can you help us tackle online ableism?
Hello! My name is Sarah Hill and I am a disabled researcher based at Newcastle University. I am working on a project exploring disabled peopleās experiences of ableism online. The research has been approved by the Humanities and Social Sciences Ethics Committee. The aim of this research is to find out more about disabledā¦
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Should we have representation with greeting cards in retail
I am launching a website that has greeting cards representing disability and neurodiversity. I need your support.
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Pertition
I think this is really important so hoping other people do and sign IIf This isn't link you can Google it
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Is the UK's System of Democracy really Democratic?
How come in almost every single election a party with a minority of the votes gets the majority of the seats in Parliament, which in fact means that the majority of votes that went to other parties have no say on policy and how their country would be run! Wouldn't you say that democracy is rather a system in whichā¦
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Work and Pensions Debate tomorrow
Hi folks, Just to remind everyone, the welfare bill will be going through it's second reading tomorrow, most likely around 12am or so. If you've got the time, you can tune into freeview channel 232 to watch it. There will be a vote at the end of the debate, if they lose, that's the end of the bill. Also, I discovered byā¦
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Help Amplifying nuerodivergent voices in autism interventions
Hello! I am Joe Pasquariello, a Neurodiversity-affirming PhD student at the University of South Alabama. I am conducting an IRB-Approved online study on parents of autistic children's perceptions and acceptability on common autism interventions. While we want to hear from all caregivers, it is crucial that we hear fromā¦
