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...
by Dan White | Tuesday, 7 September, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today the PM announced his government’s plan to plug the financial hole in social care. While we applaud & thank the government’s overall concern & willingness to finally tackle this issue, the Disability Union has concerns. The money raised by the NI hike...
by The Disability Union | Tuesday, 31 August, 2021 | Uncategorized
Comment by Jess Muxlow The Olympic games of Tokyo 2020 have finally come to a close, with Great Britain obtaining sixty-five medals in total across a plethora of disciplines. The games which were delayed until the summer of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, took...
by Dan White | Wednesday, 18 August, 2021 | Uncategorized
Comment by Alan Hewitt Have you heard of aphasia? A communication difficulty? No? Don’t worry! In a 2020 aphasia awareness survey 93% of people haven’t heard of aphasia or even identify it as a language disorder *. The identification ‘split’ is not down to numbers....
by Dan White | Thursday, 12 August, 2021 | Uncategorized
International Youth Day is today, an awareness day designated by the United Nations to the world’s young people. The day primarily hopes to focus on the positives but also highlight the difficulties that some young people are experiencing throughout the world. One...
by MM Support | Tuesday, 10 August, 2021 | Uncategorized
Comment by Helen Seymour I’ve been trying to find somewhere to rent recently and it’s been a bit of a nightmare, to be honest. High demand, lack of places, agencies asking for earnings to be double rent (plus another half), and a severe lack of consensus over whether...
by MM Support | Monday, 2 August, 2021 | Uncategorized
Comment by Barbara of Hoofprints Miniature Haven Animals are nonjudgemental and forgive whatever they have had done to them. They do not discriminate on anything. ANIMALS bring happiness, laughter, peace, and friendship to everyone and anyone. ANIMALS bring people...
by MM Support | Tuesday, 20 July, 2021 | Uncategorized
Comment by Jase Puddicombe It’s a well-known fact that disabled people have historically been desexualized and infantilised. It’s present in ancient history, in the myths of Hephaestus and Aphrodite, and is still very much an issue in the present day. Take the case of...
by MM Support | Wednesday, 14 July, 2021 | Uncategorized
Comment by Kirsty Ann The excitement and chatter amongst the people in shops and cafes all focus around the fast-approaching ‘freedom Day’, is the light at the end of the tunnel finally in sight ? My 6-year-old is learning about ‘Bastille Day’ at school. She...
by MM Support | Wednesday, 7 July, 2021 | Uncategorized
comment by Jess Muxlow We finally have the return of the Wimbledon Championships after their cancellation last year amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in 1877, Wimbledon offered entrance to men only. This developed into the inclusion of women in the late 1890s....
