Carly Minsky
@carlyminsky
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Tech journalist & content creator. Preoccupied with philosophical ponderings, fighting the patriarchy & advocating for rescue dogs. Also writing a novel.
Joined February 2009
The govt's proposals for improving fire safety for disabled residents in high rises involve adaptations only being made if the disabled resident can pay for it. So poorer disabled renters simply have to accept fire safety risks. (from @InclusionLondon)
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This is my experience too, in fact when I sought help & detailed my years of menstrual issues I was told my debilitating pain, blood loss, anemia etc wasn't really a problem because tests showed I was 'very fertile', as if that is the only measure of health.
When I needed a hysterectomy due to severe endometriosis & adenomyosis, I was repeatedly denied Told I “might want kids.” Told I “might meet a man who wants kids” I was left disabled & bed ridden, yet the system continued to try & save my diseased uterus against my will 🧵
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Proud to add my name to this illustrious list of disabled people urging the government to stop #TakingThePIP and cancel disability benefit cuts Our voices must be heard @TakingThePIP1
https://t.co/9O2HmIuIiF
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As an able-bodied person who used to regularly travel with a wheelchair user, I have unfortunately seen how common it is for staff to lecture & patronise disabled people then get annoyed if that isn't received totally graciously. It's unacceptable.
Was just fully denied the right to travel today at Liverpool St Stn, on any train, because @networkrail staff collectively refused to deploy a ramp for me. Why? One of them claimed I was “rude” for telling him I didn’t need the lecture he was giving me on why they’d failed to …
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It's #Eurovision today! But - song contest aside - #Eurovision itself was a pioneering (and often chaotic!) attempt to collaborate on new technology across Europe. And it only happened because of Queen Elizabeth ll. Let's look back at the birth of European broadcasting...
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Many, many disabled people have this experience. I use trains fairly often and I book passenger assistance in advance every time. All they need to do is show up with a ramp when I get on and when I get off. I always make myself known to station staff (when I can find any) to
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A report by the Transport Committee found "far too great a burden" is placed on individual disabled people to hold operators and authorities to account. | ITV National News
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disability benefits are not supposed to work for "businesses who need workers", they are supposed to work for disabled people who need to live, you evil fucking prick
We inherited a fundamentally broken welfare system from the previous government. It does not work for the people it is supposed to support, businesses who need workers or taxpayers who foot the bill. This government will always protect the most severely disabled people to live
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A *very rough* initial estimate of the relative prominence of ableist themes found in the Green Paper, based on how frequently they appeared. 🤔#ThematicAnalysis @Shrink_at_Large It's hard to quantify qualitative themes, but you get me lol
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Being disabled in the UK comes with a Price Tag. On average this is £1,010 a month. Costs many don't face - equipment, adaptations, carers. Proposed cuts to disability benefits will be catastrophic. Join us @scope to challenge this https://t.co/Pxxs6PyGZk
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Right now, the government is considering changes to disability benefits. But for millions of disabled people, these benefits are a lifeline. They are the difference between surviving and being pushed...
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If you want a clear illustration of the Government’s disregard for really engaging with Disabled people, they have produced NO accessible versions of their plans today.
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Particularly for those able-bodied, here's a few great accounts to follow to get valuable insight and information on living with #disability
@MikScarlet
@RachelCDailey
@DrFrancesRyan
@adamfare1996
@Shrink_at_Large
@Tanni_GT
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What's most frustrating about the current focus on cutting "disability benefits" is pretty much all of us would happily give them up for a properly accessible inclusive society. I'd give back my Motability car in an instant to be able to take all public transport.
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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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Fuck this article. I've so much to say about why it represents a dangerous & bigoted attitude but it hits too close to home to articulate right now. I'm so worn down from trying to live a good life yet being told all the time that I'm doing something wrong by being childfree
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This video brings me right back to Oct 7th as those of us with loved ones in Israel desperately searched for updates from afar trying to understand what was going on as the rampage unfolded.
Extraordinary video. The final texts sent by victims on October 7th. Please take 90 seconds to watch it - and remember them.
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Don’t ask if I’m ok. I don’t have an answer. Don’t ask if I need anything. I don’t know. Don’t ask how the girls are. I’m doing everything so they will be healthy & happy. Don’t ask where I am. I’m still on that kitchen floor, holding the girls, watching Omri being taken.
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This is horrifying (and definitely not the case that it represents all Israelis)
Ok but that’s even worse right, you do understand how that’s even worse?
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If any engineers would like to weigh in on typical lead times for replacing lifts i would genuinely be interested to know :)
Green Park station will have no step-free access to the Piccadilly line for over 6 months while the lift is replaced. GP is one of the very few accessible interchanges in central, making it indispensable for disabled people. Effectively this means 6 months of no Tube travel.
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and don’t tell me it’s sexist against women or anti-parent bc this is the first generation where women are allowed to realize and express that they don’t want kids. it’s GOOD that we’re hearing this rhetoric.
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