Sophie🧑🏻🦽♾️🏳️🌈
@sophiemattholie.bsky.social
Public History student, Fundraising + Policy - Disabled Students UK, Trustee - The LUNA Project, writer and reader, disabled, ND and loud about it. Views my own
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If you are eligible for the mobility component of PIP, you can spend *your own money* topping that up to have a great accessible car. Critics should ask: Why are you against this? What it is about disabled people that makes you believe it’s wrong to have nice things they paid for themselves?
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you are eligible for the mobility component of PIP, you can spend *your own money* topping that up to have a great accessible car. Critics should ask: Why are you against this? What it is about disabled people that makes you believe it’s wrong to have nice things they paid for themselves?
The answer is 2 weeks in theory, but if I wasn't willing/able to go to Selby for the initial appointment it would have been 6 😅 god bless the NHS and all that
Does anyone know the timeline on NHS post injury physio these days? Saw ortho a week ago and they said they'd refer and I'm not sure when to expect it and/or start chasing? Completely forgot to ask in the appointment
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The answer is 2 weeks in theory, but if I wasn't willing/able to go to Selby for the initial appointment it would have been 6 😅 god bless the NHS and all that
it's so funny doing a sport none of my close friends do, because they ask how basketball was and i say "i finally mastered the three man weave!" and it doesn't mean a goddamn thing to them (they're happy anyway)
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
it's so funny doing a sport none of my close friends do, because they ask how basketball was and i say "i finally mastered the three man weave!" and it doesn't mean a goddamn thing to them (they're happy anyway)
They should invent a school sports hall that isn't freezing
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
They should invent a school sports hall that isn't freezing
HE folks! We're running this event about competence standards, inclusive assessment, and the disabled student experience on International Day of Disabled People. Built using the insights from this year's Annual Disabled Student Survey ✨
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Rising demand and shrinking resources leave many disabled students facing interrupted learning. Our workshop explores how inclusive assessment design can create more authentic pathways.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
HE folks! We're running this event about competence standards, inclusive assessment, and the disabled student experience on International Day of Disabled People. Built using the insights from this year's Annual Disabled Student Survey ✨
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Does anyone know the timeline on NHS post injury physio these days? Saw ortho a week ago and they said they'd refer and I'm not sure when to expect it and/or start chasing? Completely forgot to ask in the appointment
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Does anyone know the timeline on NHS post injury physio these days? Saw ortho a week ago and they said they'd refer and I'm not sure when to expect it and/or start chasing? Completely forgot to ask in the appointment
Zack Polanski has the opportunity to do the funniest possible thing here
This is important. Clive Lewis has said he'd stand down to make way for Andy Burnham. Nice to know that some of them still put the country ahead of their private ambitions. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Labour MP says he'd stand down for Andy Burnham Westminster return
The Greater Manchester Mayor has long been linked with a return to Westminster, and at Labour party conference repeatedly refused to answer if he hoped to be Prime Minister or Labour leader
www.mirror.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Zack Polanski has the opportunity to do the funniest possible thing here
Just accidentally typed "hisstorians" instead of "historians" and now I'm sat here thinking about a bunch of snakes debating historiography
hisstoriography, if you will
hisstoriography, if you will
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Just accidentally typed "hisstorians" instead of "historians" and now I'm sat here thinking about a bunch of snakes debating historiography
hisstoriography, if you will
hisstoriography, if you will
something I did not expect about adopting quite young cats as a lesbian couple is that they've become frightened of men purely by accident, because we barely know any
November 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
something I did not expect about adopting quite young cats as a lesbian couple is that they've become frightened of men purely by accident, because we barely know any
First day back on court and I was the first to score in lay ups 🥳🥳 very happy
Honestly impressed I've already reached the part of being off court with an injury that I miss lay ups, when normally I complain every time we do them
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
First day back on court and I was the first to score in lay ups 🥳🥳 very happy
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
Successfully cleared to take my sling off and go back to using my shoulder 🥳 consultant was very impressed with me, I feel like I got a good grade in shoulder today
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Successfully cleared to take my sling off and go back to using my shoulder 🥳 consultant was very impressed with me, I feel like I got a good grade in shoulder today
I understand why they've put these in on campus but I still think they're ruining my fun
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I understand why they've put these in on campus but I still think they're ruining my fun
Actually wild how it only takes one productive afternoon to make a degree feel doable again
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Actually wild how it only takes one productive afternoon to make a degree feel doable again
This is a thought I have neither the capacity nor the skills to action but I would love to do a Wikipedia edit-a-thon for disabled people
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is a thought I have neither the capacity nor the skills to action but I would love to do a Wikipedia edit-a-thon for disabled people
Letting agent sent someone to fix our broken gate but he didn't say he was there or anything, he just turned up and silently started faffing with the gate?? I'm so confused by this interaction
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Letting agent sent someone to fix our broken gate but he didn't say he was there or anything, he just turned up and silently started faffing with the gate?? I'm so confused by this interaction
mum come pick me up the group chat is debating whether the social model can be applied to everyone's individual experiences of disability again
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
mum come pick me up the group chat is debating whether the social model can be applied to everyone's individual experiences of disability again
it's my first time having cats at this time of year and i have never been more anti fireworks in my entire life
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
it's my first time having cats at this time of year and i have never been more anti fireworks in my entire life
Happy Halloween, we're making cupcakes and we're weirdly sad the cats can't have them so we're making them fun dinner in cupcake cases purely for our own enjoyment
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Happy Halloween, we're making cupcakes and we're weirdly sad the cats can't have them so we're making them fun dinner in cupcake cases purely for our own enjoyment
There are many unexpected perks to being a wheelchair user and one of these is that I just got my third pity setlist at a concert in 12 months 😎
October 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
There are many unexpected perks to being a wheelchair user and one of these is that I just got my third pity setlist at a concert in 12 months 😎
Disabled community is the best for many reasons, but today because one of my friends has spent their evening practicing toilet transfers from weird angles to show another of my friends it'll be possible in her bathroom once she's discharged from hospital
They don't know each other. At all
They don't know each other. At all
October 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Disabled community is the best for many reasons, but today because one of my friends has spent their evening practicing toilet transfers from weird angles to show another of my friends it'll be possible in her bathroom once she's discharged from hospital
They don't know each other. At all
They don't know each other. At all
it is only natural that when 3 autistic people go on a work trip together there should be a false fire alarm at 1am
October 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
it is only natural that when 3 autistic people go on a work trip together there should be a false fire alarm at 1am
HE folk - is anyone else seeing an increase in students being told they can't charge wheelchair front attachments in their rooms in uni-managed accommodation because of fire risk? I've had a couple of friends have this issue and not sure if it's an isolated thing or not?
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
HE folk - is anyone else seeing an increase in students being told they can't charge wheelchair front attachments in their rooms in uni-managed accommodation because of fire risk? I've had a couple of friends have this issue and not sure if it's an isolated thing or not?
had an essay tutorial earlier and my tutor said "this would be a really good PhD" two or three times and i was once again chanting "academia is ableist and you have unmedicated ADHD" like a mantra in my head
October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
had an essay tutorial earlier and my tutor said "this would be a really good PhD" two or three times and i was once again chanting "academia is ableist and you have unmedicated ADHD" like a mantra in my head
Honestly impressed I've already reached the part of being off court with an injury that I miss lay ups, when normally I complain every time we do them
October 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Honestly impressed I've already reached the part of being off court with an injury that I miss lay ups, when normally I complain every time we do them