JELLY HEAD
@LordOrk
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Equality & Disability Rights Campaigner •Co-Chair Avanti Accessibility Panel •Member Northern Access User Group •Member Cumbria Better Connected @LevelBoarding
Londoner in Lake District.
Joined July 2009
Wow. My first experience as a mobility scooter user of @LevelBoarding in UK New @merseyrail trains are absolutely fantastic transformative for disabled people enabling independent travel and safer for everyone @DavidPo22194359 has shown what’s possible
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Newport to london tonight. Had to change trains twice cos of faulty trains and insist I made the last change. They wanted to leave me on the slow train. Should have got in at 23.11. Now 23.57
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Access to Work dossier of evidence shows ‘real harm’ and job losses caused by DWP cuts and failings #AccessToWork #DWP
@AoDisability @AccessToWorkCol
https://t.co/PMipv4zjrK
disabilitynewsservice.com
The Access to Work scheme is failing Deaf and disabled people, and its “decline” in the last two years has caused them “real harm”, with some support packages cut by 80 per cent, according to a det…
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Coach firm to pay thousands to accessible transport activist after driver lied that he threatened violence @Doug_Paulley @TyrersCoaches
https://t.co/cMSRVRnx84
disabilitynewsservice.com
A coach operator that passed on defamatory lies about a well-known disabled activist who exposed the inaccessibility of one of its coaches will have to pay him substantial damages, and make a humil…
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🚴 Spend a single hour during the morning rush standing at a set of traffic lights circling Bank Junction in the City of London, and it becomes clear that, for many cyclists, red means go Find out more ⬇️ https://t.co/mxLKVNBIcU
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Visually-impaired woman had to cross track alone as @GWRHelp station staff she had booked did not turn up "It's important disabled people have equal opportunity to use train stations + to use the station I need there to be staff there" Ms Vickery said
bbc.co.uk
A severely visually-impaired woman says she had to cross rail lines alone as staff not not arrive.
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This opinion piece from the @TorontoStar's Andrew Philips is worth a read: https://t.co/TwYSIrOv74 "If the public health system we all have a stake in is killing people because they’re just lonely or troubled, that’s something we should all care about. And if even a few people
thestar.com
If the public health system we all have a stake in is killing people because they’re just lonely or troubled, that’s something we should all care about.
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🚨 BREAKING: Labour MPs back calls to restore NHS Covid vaccines for all Clinically Vulnerable people! After pressure from CVF members and supporters - a rapid U-turn appears to be underway. WELL DONE! #KeepCovidBoosters campaign a HUGE success! Many thanks to @BeccyCooper4Lab
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Disabled academic barred from Edinburgh assisted dying debate
heraldscotland.com
Miro Griffiths was forced to withdraw from the debate after learning that the Rainy Hall, buit in 1900, could not accommodate his power chair.
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The "Welcome Point" at Derby proves broken and shit as usual. Don't let @RailDeliveryGrp's rhetoric convince you that these are a) Any use or b) A replacement for humans.
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What has the Covid Inquiry uncovered about the pandemic's effect on Disabled people? Read our essential overview of how the pandemic affected Disabled people disproportionately. https://t.co/7QzoG1mM3W
disabilityrightsuk.org
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Everyone's suddenly up in arms about this cos the nets, inevitably, been widened to include pensioners yet they didn't care this much when it was benefit claimants and mostly disabled people
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Full list of London Underground stations shortlisted by TfL for step-free access including lifts
mylondon.news
17 Tube stations have been chosen for feasibility studies but another 13 missed out
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Afternoon well spent with @LordOrk in the Swan Inn in Ulverston. Safe to say we’ve now put the railways to right!
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"Canada is seeing a worrying trend whereby the poor, the vulnerable and those with disabilities are disproportionally accessing MAID." Autonomy is soon discarded in favour of getting rid of inconvenient lives if #AssistedDying is legalized.
theglobeandmail.com
The edge cases around medical assistance in dying are leaving unnerving questions
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PRESS RELEASE A disabled academic and campaigner has been barred from participating in a debate on assisted suicide at a Scottish university due to a lack of wheelchair access.
betterwaycampaign.co.uk
A disabled academic and campaigner has been barred from participating in a debate on assisted suicide at a Scottish university due to a lack of wheelchair access. Dr Miro Griffiths accepted an offer...
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Despite sitting in a horrific, overheated and smelly Voyager, I'm still feeling "relentless, but not vexatious" thanks to @railandroad's board.
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We want to know about your experience of using the Access to Work scheme. If you have had help in the last 2 years, we want to hear from you. DPCG have created an easy read version of their survey. We want to see if ATW works for Disabled people. https://t.co/3tL4pN1HdD
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Staff @NetworkRailMAN couldn't be bothered to take me to platform 14, told me to make my own way there and they'd meet me. Didn't tell me that the walkway broken either. Had to make my own way. Staff didn't turn up to unload wheelchair user or load me. Guard had to do it.
Staff at @NetworkRailMAN too busy watching videos on their phones, chewing gum, chucking Frisbees to each other in the assistance lounge, to take me to the platform. Lights, sensory booth, water machine in assistance lounge broke, rubbish on the table.
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The government stated it has "an unwavering commitment to improving (rail) accessibility." Really? One year into CP7, we still await a decision on the 50 stations to be awarded 'Access for All' £. Actions speak louder than words. @LordPeterHendy @Heidi_Labour @Keir_Starmer
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For disabled passengers like @KateStanforth Britain’s railways are not fit for purpose Access failures, broken lifts to missing ramps, wheelchair users are too often left frustrated, stranded, anxious + unsafe when attempting to travel by train
telegraph.co.uk
From broken lifts to missing ramps, wheelchair users are too often left frustrated and discouraged when they attempt to travel by train
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