Fantasy author, nerd and music lover. ✨️ Chronicles of Gardainia: Salomens' Chronicles OUT NOW ✨️ Still loving its available in Waterstones.
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For all those #fantasy book lovers looking for the next adventure…
#BooksWorthReading
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Seeing SPIRITED AWAY brought to life on stage is a reminder that theatre can create the kind of magic that feels impossible to replicate anywhere else.
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Can we give this petition a big push please.
Develop and fund a National Disability Hate Strategy, co-produced with Disabled People’s Organisations, to tackle disability hate crime, online abuse, discrimination, public stigma and improve awareness of visible and hidden disabilities.
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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BROKEN was a fun film to draw, and even more fun to record sound effects for.. just passed 10 Million views btw!
Call me a big kid but I cannot wait to watch her adaptation of The Magicians Nephew. I have waited years for someone to do this and now it's finally happening.
Narnia is one of those places I think every generation should experience at least once.
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Helen Whately claims that one in six PIP recipients “confess” to having no additional disability costs.
They answered a survey, Helen, they didn’t admit to a crime.
She has taken a nuanced Resolution Foundation report and twisted it into another attack on disabled people, while ignoring evidence showing how PIP enables claimants to live independently and participate in everyday life.
Suspicion dressed up as serious policy is still suspicion.
#PIP #HelenWhately #DisabilityBenefits #DisabilityRights #SocialSecurity #DisabledPeople
Hate when depression hits you with feelings of inadequacy, lack of purpose and then insomnia.
The triple whammy isn't fun.
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Everyone asks "how do we afford PIP?"
Nobody asks "why does disability cost so much?"
A grab rail: £8 at Screwfix. £85 through a mobility company.
Adapted cutlery: £12 to manufacture. £35 in the catalogue.
A shower seat: £15 plastic stool. £90 as a "shower aid."
A postural chair: £200 to build. £800 with "disability" on the label.
Disability costs more because the market CHARGES more. Not because it COSTS more. The word "adapted" on the box adds 300-500% to the price.
PIP exists to cover the "extra cost of disability." But the extra cost is ARTIFICIAL. Created by manufacturers who know you NEED the product and price accordingly.
Fix the price. Sell aids at cost. Remove the markup. Remove the VAT. Remove the glossy catalogue and the sales rep's commission.
The "extra cost of disability" drops by 60-80%. PIP spending falls. Without cutting a single person's support.
Helen Whately has posted thirteen times asking how to cut PIP. She has never once asked why disability products cost five times what they should.
builduk.club disability charter. Fix the price. Not the person.
