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Eleanor_Lisney
@elisney.bsky.social
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Interested in co production, inclusion, intersectional stuff, cooking, gardening, campaigning. Grandma!
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Watchdog’s league table on rail passenger assistance is ‘misleading’, say accessible transport campaigners
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Watchdog’s league table on rail passenger assistance is ‘misleading’, say accessible transport campaigners
Disabled campaigners have dismissed a watchdog’s “misleading” new league table that claims to show the best performers in assisting disabled rail passengers. The “benchmarking” report by the Office…
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December 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Minister rejects pleas from disabled peers for national wheelchair and equipment strategy
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#WheelchairServices #CommunityEquipment
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Minister rejects pleas from disabled peers for national wheelchair and equipment strategy
The government has dismissed pleas by disabled peers for ministers to introduce a national strategy to address the “untenable” state of wheelchair and community equipment services. A trio of disabl…
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December 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Hundreds, or even thousands, of service-users in Kent should benefit from a legal case taken by a disabled woman who spent years over-paying care charges because the county council failed to tell her about crucial rules.
#MakeCareFair #SocialCare
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Thousands of disabled people in one county should benefit from care charging legal case victory
Hundreds, or even thousands, of service-users in Kent should benefit from a legal case taken by a disabled woman who spent years over-paying care charges because the county council failed to tell h…
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December 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
elisney.bsky.social
Do disability benefit claims rise when other benefits are cut?
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Do disability benefit claims rise when other benefits are cut? | Institute for Fiscal Studies
We study four reforms that cut non-health-related benefit provision and find each reform led to increased disability benefit claims.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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4 DWP rule changes that mean more people are claiming disability benefits
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4 DWP rule changes that mean more people are claiming disability benefits
Four core measures taken by the government to cut the benefits bill have actually increased disability benefits spending by close to £1bn.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Opposing genocide is not terrorism.

Make your choice.

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November 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Disabled woman calls for transparency in care money
Disabled Rotherham woman calls for transparency in social care funding
Julie Sharp, 39, from Rotherham, was born with triple X syndrome and uses a wheelchair.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
elisney.bsky.social
I ve read many tributes to Alice Wong from the announcement made by Sandy Ho, who I met, but this repost from Nerds of Colour, is what truly resonates with me. Alice was Asian American, with Chinese heritage and she often writes about / from that background. I looked up to her Thank you, Alice.
A Mutant from Planet Cripton, An Origin
In 1974, a baby arrived in the suburbs of Indianapolis, Indiana from the planet Cripton. She looked like the offspring of two Chinese immigrants, Ma and Pa Wong, but something was different. The Ea…
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November 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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RIP Alice!
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Nov 15
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
Alice Wong, a woman in a wheelchair with dark hair, poses in a pink and orange outfit and berry lipstick. A headline reads: "Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51." Photo via John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Disabled woman refused use of wheelchair space by mums with buggies
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Disabled woman refused use of wheelchair space by mums with buggies - Yahoo News UK
A woman was denied the use of a wheelchair space on the bus by two mums with buggies despite having priority
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November 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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No Right to be a Mom? - Forced Sterilization in Europe
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No Right to be a Mom? - Forced Sterilization in Europe – DW – 11/07/2025
In 12 EU countries, women with disabilities can still be sterilized without their consent.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Anti-black discrimination systemic in Met - report
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Anti-black discrimination systemic in Met Police, report finds
Report author Dr Shereen Daniels said systemic racism was
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November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
elisney.bsky.social
My friend said I ve been watching mainly ESEAn stuff - true, but it's to upkeep my Chinese. And there seem to be more Chinese concerts online ( not kpop, not learning Korean) - please I d like some reccomendations? Which UK bands should I watch?
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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A reminder came in the mail of poetry’s multiform abilities.

I have a new poem in Magma’s Liberation Issue, alongside many wonderful voices, and will be reading at the online launch:

Register at magma93launch.eventbrite.hk
THU 13 November, 7PM GMT
A brown hand holds up the brown, black and white cover of Magma 93: Liberation.
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Safeguarding probe launched after veteran disabled activist reports ‘terrifying’ care home experience
#SocialCare #ResidentialCare
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Safeguarding probe launched after veteran disabled activist reports ‘terrifying’ care home experience
A veteran activist, who has spent her life campaigning for disability rights, has called on the government to fix the “rotten to the core” social care system, after experiencing “terrifying” treatm…
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November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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A government review has called for action by employers and ministers to ensure “safer, more supportive, inclusive workplaces” and to address the barriers faced by sick and disabled people in and out of work.
#KeepBritainWorking #DWP #Mayfield
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Government review calls for ‘safer, more supportive’ workplaces for disabled people
A government review has called for action by employers and ministers to ensure “safer, more supportive, inclusive workplaces” and to address the barriers faced by sick and disabled people in and ou…
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November 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
elisney.bsky.social
Some Friends have taken refuge from social media - and today, I understand as in bed, I couldn't concentrate enough to work even when I took laptop with me to bed. I scrolled down social media posts and it is grim. Doesn't help with fatigue.
View from window with blinds of Fatsia Japonica. Pillows in the foreground
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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I ve only seen one of his films, Still Human where he plays a disabled man. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...
Screenshot of article: Profile The chaotic life of Anthony Wong the 3 time Hong Kong best actor 'shut out' by China with photo of him, man with moustache , black short hair, white shirt over black tee shirt
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
elisney.bsky.social
Had to get up for an early delivery for some frozen food. But did these dough sticks 'you tiao' 油条 in the air fryer for breakfast. They are good with coffee but miss the real fried stuff you can get in Chinatown.
Chinese Dough sticks on a blue plate.
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
elisney.bsky.social
This week on Between Nasi Goreng and Fried Rice I interviewed James Lee. We talked about the historical and ongoing racism faced by East and Southeast Asian people, including the concept of the "model minority."
2 wheelchair users, a man and a woman. Both East Asians.
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
elisney.bsky.social
Today I had an #acupuncture session to build up #qi and soup from a Chinese herbal packet soup send me by my brother
I ve been fed herbal soups all my life and think I know a bit about it from lived experience but was told I should collaborate with a nutritionist? Think it's the case of #ableism.
Packet Souper in Chinese and English Panax Ginseng Nourishing soup.
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
elisney.bsky.social
Yesterday at #ParliamentSquare with #metrogad. Filming a documentary against #assisted dying was by #Tramshed
#cultureaccess
A row of people many on wheelchairs, one with crutches behind banners, behind white banner ' not dead yet' also ' assist is to live' and one from Winvisible.
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
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Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
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November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Disabled people warn of ‘severe’ consequences if chancellor removes #Motability #VAT exemption
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Disabled people warn of ‘severe’ consequences if chancellor removes Motability VAT exemption
Disabled people have warned of “severe” consequences if the chancellor goes ahead with reported plans to remove the Motability car scheme’s VAT exemption in next month’s budget. Disability News Ser…
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October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Former detective exposes culture of disability discrimination within ‘institutionally disablist’ Met

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Former detective exposes culture of disability discrimination within ‘institutionally disablist’ Met
A culture of institutional disability discrimination within the Metropolitan police is exposed today by the former head of its disabled staff association. Dave Campbell, who retired this year after…
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October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM