by Dan White | Thursday, 25 November, 2021 | Uncategorized
Carers’ rights day is here once again and the irony of such a day existing is not lost upon the millions of carers both low and unpaid up and down the country. Contrary to what many carers charities would have us believe, hardly anyone in the care community knows that...
by Dan White | Wednesday, 17 November, 2021 | Uncategorized
We live in a media society where we are so desensitized to violence, gore and so much more that it would take a great deal to appall and offend anyone, especially a well socialised teenager like my daughter. It’s not often that I see her wheel out of the lounge in...
by Dan White | Wednesday, 10 November, 2021 | Uncategorized
For a world so obviously dismissive of disability, it is seemingly perplexing that it is subconsciously intent on growing our community numbers. The number of disabled people worldwide currently stands at one billion, and according to the World Report on Disability,...
by Dan White | Tuesday, 2 November, 2021 | Uncategorized
My daughter is 15, a wheelchair user, and a fierce Disability rights campaigner. I proudly stood next to her as we took part in the extinction rebellion protests in London. She was asked by many bystanders why did she feel the need to campaign on something like...
by Dan White | Friday, 29 October, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Disability Union Thursday’s budget was promised to deliver to the country, but for the disabled and care communities, it failed to action anything, in fact, things are looking to remain static, underfunded, and indeed worse. This lack of will to help those...
by The Disability Union | Tuesday, 21 September, 2021 | Uncategorized
Comment bt Avril Coelho It was late March 2020 and whilst recovering from contusions, lacerations and an eye fracture following a seizure I heard that the panic buying we had experienced at work was due to a pandemic and a Councillor briefing I’d attended confirmed it...
