Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
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Accessibility Consultant, Author, Broadcaster. Enquiries: [email protected] Enjoying a life less ordinary ✨
England, United Kingdom
Joined August 2009
To the career advisor who, when I was just 16, saw me in my wheelchair and suggested I apply for a job at my local council because they “like” hiring “disabled people,” I proudly hold the title of Doctor of Social Sciences, the highest of academic achievement that exists.🎓
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RT @WILPublication: The 2025 Summer issue is live! Check it out & download your free copy at Amazing features incl….
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If the government won’t be transparent, we’ll make sure the truth is impossible to ignore. Disabled people deserve transparency, not backdoor cuts. Sign our open letter: . #AccessToNowhere #AccessToWorkCollective @AccessToWorkCol.
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Thank you for your support of this urgent call to reform Access to Work. Please provide your full name to be listed as a signatory to the Access to Work Collective open letter. We welcome signatories...
DWP is quietly pushing through Access to Work cuts - but may be forced to come clean. The DWP is not being honest about the cuts and changes it is making to Access to Work behind the scenes - so collective action is being taken. Get involved:.
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RT @AccessToWorkCol: We’re launching a new academic study into Access to Work with @CIMR_Birkbeck. Join one of our advisory boards:. Stakeh….
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RT @DisMotoringUK: There's still time to complete the Baywatch survey. “Accessible parking bays aren’t just a nice-to-have - they’re a life….
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RT @AccessToWorkCol: We're hosting a free Access to Work Info Session. Fri 22 Aug, 3:30 pm – 5 pm on Zoom. From applying to appeals, we’l….
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RT @AccessToWorkCol: Surely growing demand is a good thing, especially if @UKLabour claim their key priority is to get more disabled people….
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RT @ShaniDhanda: How do you keep a hidden crisis in the national news? . You don’t stop. Even when it costs you everything, time, money, en….
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How do you keep a hidden crisis in the national news? . You don’t stop. Even when it costs you everything, time, money, energy, sleep. Because injustice doesn’t take breaks. #AccessToWork #AccessToNowhere.
We’re on @BBCWomansHour today!. Access to Work delays & cuts hit disabled women hardest - pushing many into poverty, isolation & job loss. We'll discuss:.- Why women are most impacted.- How the system is failing.- What needs to change. Tune in from 10 am
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RT @scope: 🚨 UK workers are overwhelmingly in favour of transparency, accountability, and real change on pay inequality. New research from….
peoplemanagement.co.uk
Ethnic minority and disabled workers call for greater pay transparency ahead of new reporting rules
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RT @DisMotoringUK: Baywatch is supported by @ShaniDhanda , complete the survey today!. “Accessible parking bays aren’t just a nice-to-have….
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RT @AccessToWorkCol: 🚨 “I felt betrayed, gaslit and humiliated.”. @SassyWyatt a blind travel journalist, relied on Access to Work support t….
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Disabled people have been hit by ‘quiet' cuts to the support that allows them to work, forcing some to turn down employment while Labour emphasises the need to buildup the workforce
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RT @AccessToWorkCol: Register for our next group meeting on 7 August 2025 on Zoom from 4 pm - 5 pm. Meeting Agenda.1. Update on campaign….
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RT @AccessToWorkCol: MPs are still working during recess. This is the moment to push for action. This crisis is causing delays, cuts, and….
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RT @scope: "It got to the point where I'd applied for over 100 jobs, and I didn't hear anything back…". @ShaniDhanda and other disabled pe….
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DWP whistleblowers have reported Access to Work funding has been slashed by 60% to 70%, leaving disabled people struggling to stay in work.
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RT @BigIssue: Disabled people warn of brutal ‘secret’ cuts to DWP Access to Work support: ‘It’s been horrific’
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DWP whistleblowers have reported Access to Work funding has been slashed by 60% to 70%, leaving disabled people struggling to stay in work.
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RT @Ruils: #AccessToNowhere is a campaign led by disabled people demanding urgent reform to Access to Work. People are losing jobs, income….
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RT @AccessToWorkCol: We all saw Lee Ridley @LostVoiceGuy win Britain's Got Talent @BGT – proof of what disabled people can achieve with th….
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RT @DisabilityWales: 'Everything I've achieved in my career has been possible because of Access to Work. Not having that makes it impossibl….
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Today, a public consultation closes on one of the existing programmes of funding reasonable adjustments in the workplace.
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RT @theipaper: Campaigners and disabled people said failing to properly protect the Access to Work Scheme will push people out of employmen….
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RT @DisRightsUK: Disability campaigner @ShaniDhanda meet people facing cuts to their Access to Work support packages, hearing the impacts….
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Today, a public consultation closes on one of the existing programmes of funding reasonable adjustments in the workplace.
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