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PhD Researcher Ulster University, Law and Social Justice, interested in Equality, Carers, Disability, Employment and Social Security Law.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Joined October 2010
Lilia's cancer check up at @BelfastTrust Children's Hospital Left home -7.30am Arrive Hospital -9.10am 9.30am ultrasound scan (full bladder needed) 11am review appointment Leaving Hospital 12.30pm NO #ChangingPlaces TOILET at this main hospital isn't acceptable! @DannyDonnelly1
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We want to hear from people with disabilities and advocates! Help shape the topics of discussion for the next Parliament. Take the survey now. Deadline: Monday 4 August 2025.
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Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: https://t.co/MAwVBrHOzH
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Why are there more PIP claims? Because chronic illness has exploded. Long NHS waits. No social care. No early help. That’s not fraud. That’s failure. #TakingThePIP
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Almost 20 years being frequent flyers in this department with H from birth, constant blood counts, monitoring, transfusions, chemo, transplant, oral medicine monitoring, and today she goodbye in good health. Tear in my eye. Thanks to all staff over the years. #FanconiAnaemia
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There is no dignity in this.
1) I'm very concerned that @leicesterliz avowed determination that most #PIP assessments will be face to face will mean an end to "light touch" assessments for permanently & progressively #disabled persons like me.
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Unbelievable. You’ve literally just confirmed today that carers will lose their allowance as soon as PIP benefits stop — worsening already elevated mental anguish for carers, nearly all of whom are also terrified about how to provide dignity to their loved ones without PIP.
“We can tackle the inequalities facing family carers and give all carers across the UK a better life.” Liz Kendall pays tribute to the UK’s carers for #CarersWeek @CarersUK
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Thank you @BBCTalkback inviting myself @WSN_NI @actnforchildren & @UNISONNI discussing the long awaited anti-poverty strategy (13 mins on). Poverty exists in NI with 200,000 ppl facing hunger and hardship everyday.
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Happy publication day to Kincora: Britain's Shame by Chris Moore! Great to see it on display - thanks to Waterstones Belfast for the great photo 🌟 Available now wherever you get your books 🛍️
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In 1945, six women pulled off a computing miracle. They programmed the world’s first computer—with no manuals, no training. Then, a SINGLE assumption erased them from tech history for decades. The story of how ONE photo nearly deleted computing’s female founders: 🧵
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BREAKING: A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war, fled Russia & found work at Harvard was detained at Logan Airport returning from a French academic conference and has been sent to an immigration detention center in Louisiana for deportation to Russia
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Россиянку Ксению Петрову, работавшую в Гарвардской медицинской школе, задержали и отправили в иммиграционный изолятор. О ее задержании написала ее подруга и коллега Кора Андерсон, а друзья Ксении...
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In the PfG the NI Childcare Subsidy Scheme is noted as a success. However, its value is currently being totally wiped out by providers who have upped their prices - as Becca @MeltedParentsNI outlines - some by hundreds of £s a month.
🗣💔'A parent contacted us who had a pregnancy loss. She says she felt relief because of potential childcare costs. That's the reality.' 👇WARNING: This contains distressing details. 🎥Co-founder of @MeltedParentsNI Becca Harper speaking to Chief Reporter @jamesgould23 about
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An attempt to strip Zelensky of his dignity by two of the most ignorant thugs to ever walk the world stage. The humiliation is ultimately America’s.
This was a planned ambush. Trump to Zelensky in the Oval Office: "If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would've been over in 2 weeks” Zelensky: “I heard it from Putin. In 3 days…”
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This is an absolute disgrace 😡 No adequate provision is available across NI for severely disabled children & adults in terms of both respite & residential care options. These disabled children don't disappear after their time in Special School. Where's the longterm planning?
Sophie Rodgers has a variety of complex needs and is deemed to have the mental age of a 10 or 11-year-old https://t.co/JLyEeaxsP7
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A new PhD opportunity just landed with our good friends @ChildRightsQUB who we've been working with alongside @SCUKNI to understand the impact of #SocialSecurity policies on children's experiences of poverty. It's time to hear from children themselves:
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“If you are not disabled and you regularly go to a yoga class, a book group or just the pub, when was the last time you did so with even a single disabled adult present?” Thanks to @johnharris1969 for being one of the rare columnists to ask these Qs.
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When you attend your local choir or yoga class, just stop and think – where are the disabled adults, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
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Are you a woman returning from a career break or maternity leave? We have a limited number of free places available on our Mini MBA for Women Returners funded by @Economy_NI. Reignite your career on this postgraduate short course. More: https://t.co/Etx3mX7S5e
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🎉Ulster is the Uni of the Year @Timeshighered Awards! The judges said Ulster's achievements “demonstrated the University’s growing influence and status in the island of Ireland, &as a force for good in fostering peace, prosperity and cohesion.” 👉: https://t.co/weKtvGVgbi
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Looking for a recommendation for a #Fibromyalgia consultant in N.Ireland. If anyone has any good suggestions let me know 🙏 #Disability
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