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Claudia Jones - Black History Month✨
Part One - Black History Month 2025 Part Three - Ade Adepitan Part Four - Barbara Stewart Part Five - Sir Steve McQueen 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…
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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.…
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International Day of Older Persons - 1st October☺️💫
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. For…
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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 are…
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We'd Love Your Input To Help With Our Website! 🗣️ 🌐
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 £40 gift voucher. It is not a test and there are…
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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 I…
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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 4–11 with a formal autism diagnosis. What will you do? Fill out short surveys about you, your child, and your parenting style. Read…
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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, this…
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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. I’d been about to enter a supermarket when I suddenly felt a heavy, foreign weight pushing on the back of my…
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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 two…
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Hypocrisy at its Finest
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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 people’s 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 disabled…
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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?
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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 by…
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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 from…
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Could you help us design a research project for adults with cerebral palsy?
Could you help influence how a research project for adults with cerebral palsy is carried out? Recent research work has found that around ⅓ children with cerebral palsy have a genetic condition explaining why they have cerebral palsy. We do not know if genetic testing in adults with cerebral palsy would identify a similar…
