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Sense UK needs your help in Llandudno
Please please share..Sense UK are there for every person living with blindness and complex difficulties that can make it a challenge to communicate, access information and take part in life. We are in need of Retail Volunteers for our Llandudno based Charity Shop. The success of our Sense Shops is down to people like you –…
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Want to be on a BBC Children's show with your family?
Researchers from the BBC Children's show 'Mimi on a Mission' are looking for families with disabled children to take part in the new series. What is it? Mimi on a Mission is a popular BBC Children's show hosted by Mimi Misfit, in the new series, the presenter is exploring fun new activities with her family and meeting…
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An exciting opportunity to be on TV and raise some money!
The Bidding Room, a BBC One series in which a group of expert dealers attempt to outbid each other to buy extraordinary items brought in by the public, are looking for a wide and diverse group of potential sellers to go on the show and see if they can get a good price for something unusual they’ve got stored away. Perhaps…
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Special Needs Teacher looking for survey participants!
Are
you the parent/guardian of a child with special needs who attends a mainstream
secondary school? If
so, I would appreciate your participation in this study for my MSc. Psychology Dissertation
(Birmingham City University). The process will take approximately 20 minutes. It will require you and your
child to answer some…
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Disability activism in York
The York Disability Rights Forum has recently launched and is looking for new members. As a member of the Forum I'm ridiculously excited to be involved with the whole thing! If you live or work in York please consider joining up. https://www.yorkhumanrights.org/current-work/york-disability-rights-forum/
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Do you have impaired speech and want to help Google develop voice-activated technology?
Well, the team behind Project Euphonia is looking for volunteers to help them and you could be just the person to do it! The project's website tells us that: To take part or to find out more about the project visit the website at Project Euphonia.
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Sign up for FREE for the first ever virtual Disability Sports Coach Summer Festival!
Hi everyone! Disability Sports Coach are running a free Virtual Summer Festival this year, in place of their usual event. The Festival will take place via Zoom throughout the day, and will run from Tuesday 25th August - Friday 28th August. You can get your free ticket from Eventbrite now. Once you've registered you'll be…
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Disabled people being 'banished' from towns across Britain as part of Government green roads policy
You can read the full article here: Disabled people being 'banished' from towns across Britain as part of Government green roads policy – Sunday Telegraph How do you feel this will impact disabled people? Would you do anything differently? Let us know in the comments below!
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Disabled people face blue badge restrictions to allow for social distancing
You can read the full article here: ‘Many disabled people cannot go out without being able to park’: Access concerns as blue badge parking bays shut to allow queues – I news Is this something you have experienced? Will this make going outside harder for you? Let us know in the comments below!
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UNIQUE ONLINE SUMMER CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SEND!
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Toilets For Severely Disabled People Made Compulsory In Every New Building In England
After many years of campaigning this will be very welcomed by a lot of people. Do you need to use a Changing Places toilet? Do you think there should be more of them? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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WHEELCHAIR USERS (£50 amazon voucher)
Hi all, hope everyone is keeping well. I am a clinical psychology student and support worker carrying out research into social interaction and wellbeing in wheelchair users. The survey only takes around 10-15 minutes and there is the chance to be entered into a draw to win a £50 amazon voucher! If you have any time to…
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URGENT press request: Worried about lockdown ending?
We’re
currently looking for a storyteller who’s been shielding and is worrying about
it coming to pause from next week. We are particularly interested around potentially being asked
to return to a workplace or about going out. You'd potentially be speaking to press. Please comment below if you are interested. The deadline…
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Two webinars on technology for SEND secondary + students
SEND webinars These webinars are suitable for disabled students, families and staff In this webinar, Ben
Watson, Accessible Information Adviser from the University of Kent will share
his expertise on the range of free productivity tools, apps and resources which
can enhance learning opportunities for students. Ben…
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Turning a negative into a positive
Hi I have suffered with mental health issues for a long time possibly because I didn't deal with lots of issues in my life namely sexual and emotional abuse by my parents. I had to give up a job of 21 years because I had a complete meltdown. In addition, I developed physical problems namely sacrilitus and degenerative…
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Review of a toolkit to help with self-management of chronic pain in the workplace - Uni Nottingham
Have you personal experience of chronic pain? Do you manage an individual with chronic pain? Do you have an interest in helping staff within the workplace? Then WE NEED YOU We have developed a toolkit to assist with self-management of chronic pain in the workplace and we need those with lived experiences to provide…
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Group Coaching for Dyspraxic Adults: Interpersonal issues series part 2. Family and friends.
Just if you anyone might be interested that I'm a solution-focused coaching and currently running a series of group coaching workshops for dyspraxic adults (online via zoom) on interpersonal issues. Part 2 will be taking place on Saturday 25th July from 4pm-6pm and focusing on conflicts within family and friend areans.…
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Sensory Clothing
Hi all! I am currently undergoing some research into sensory clothing and have created a survey to gather some more insight outside of my own experiences. If anyone could fill it out that would be amazing! All answers are anon! https://forms.gle/4hi215QYjjsztVSP8 Thank you so much!
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We might argue over how to talk about disability but it’s a debate worth having – Metro
You can read the full article here: We might argue over how to talk about disability but it’s a debate worth having – Metro What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments below!
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have you any disability or discrimination stories?
If so i'd love for you to get in touch (you can PM me or) by visiting my web blog where you'll see i am an avid disabled rights campaigner. i urge all of you to get involved https://wordpress.com/view/damianplant.wordpress.com
