Anthropologist / Palaeopathology | Disability & Equality Activist 💫 Policy Professional in Education & Charity Sector 🌟 @ChangeDisabled Network Director
Birmingham
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While #HEBill is important, prioritising vital disability access within your universities would massively help students there.
As I barely log into Twitter anymore [I refuse to use "X"], I have began a BlueSky account. Find me there for cat photos, HE musings and disability activism.
bsky.app/profile/hamsterxwhe…
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We are immensely grateful to ITV Anglia for platforming disabled students. Our report does not operate on rankings but demonstrates strenghts and weaknesses across the sector. Cambridge respondents report the strongest sense of community but the weakest sense of support.
Cambridge University has been ranked the worst in the country for the support it offers its disabled students, a new report has found - with just one in four feeling the university had made the adjustments they required.
Read more 👇
itv.com/news/anglia/2024-12-…
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📢 The 2024 Annual Disabled Student Survey Report is here!
Discover what disabled students had to say in our annual survey. Download the full report now and explore their experiences, challenges, and recommendations.
Link to the report: disabledstudents.co.uk/2024-…
ALT A promotional graphic for the '2024 Access Insights Report' by Disabled Students UK. The top features the logos of Access Insights and Disabled Students UK. The main headline reads, 'Our Annual Disabled Student Survey Report for 2024 is here!' Subtext encourages readers to 'Read what disabled students had to say and download the full report by going to our website!' The image includes a thumbnail of the report cover, which displays the title, '2024 Access Insights Report by Disabled Students UK,' and mentions support from the Snowdon Trust. The bottom has a blue banner with the text, 'The Annual Disabled Student Survey 2024.
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‼️📣 There is just 24 hours left to fill out the Annual Disabled Student Survey!
Your voice matters!
Raise your voice. Share your experience. Help improve accessibility in Higher Education: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…… #Disability #DisabledStudents #Students #HigherEducation
ALT The Disabled Students UK logo sits at the top. The text reads: "Have your voice heard in the Annual Disabled Student Survey! You do not need to have a diagnosis in order to fill in the survey. Disabilities include long term conditions such as chronic illnesses, mental health conditions and neurodiversity.”
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I'm very proud to have got 11% of the vote in Selly Oak.
It's the highest Green vote of all the West Midlands @YoungGreenParty candidates!
đź’š Our Co-Chair @janebaston achieved 11.2% of the vote in Birmingham Selly Oak!
ALT Graphic with a photo of Jane and text that reads "11% of the Vote. Jane Baston, Birmingham Selly Oak"
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Our new PM @keir_starmer pledged today outside @10DowningStreet that the @UKLabour government would treat “every single person in this country with respect.”
Does that pledge include #Deaf people?
Where was the #BSL interpreter as he addressed the UK public for the first time?
Deaf people have been left in limbo: we still don’t know if there will be a BSL interpreter when @Keir_Starmer gives his first speech.
We have one here ready and waiting – just give us the nod, Kier, and we’ll help make sure your speech is accessible for deaf people.
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Looking back on 14 years of the Tories is like looking back at the traumatising post-vindaloo shit you just did in the toilet.
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What can you do financially for #DisabilityPrideMonth?
1. Buy art, books, zines, etc from disabled creators
2. Contribute to crowdfunding - support disabled people DIRECTLY
3. Hire disabled freelancers
4. Follow disabled creators on platforms where they can monetize
Hats off to those in HE writing responses to this incredibly important consultation into future funding for disabled students - especially in the middle of Purdah, which prevents the government from making announcements about any new or controversial government initiatives...
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If you only read one thing today
metro.co.uk/2024/07/01/went-…
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A report which I coauthored with Tanya Osborne and @DocPhoenix for the UCU on experiences of PGRs with “hidden” disabilities has just been published.
Access it here: ucu.org.uk/article/13637/Rep…
Lovely to start my morning with @jim_dickinson and @Wonkhe Righting the wrongs for Disabled students.
More developments over the summer, but if you are interested in the @changedisabled Survey or our consulting email contact@disabledstudents.co.uk
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'You cannot scare people into good health, and you cannot force people into inaccessible jobs.'
@RishiSunak is asked to explain his 'onslaught' on disability rights, in a letter signed by more than 25 disabled people’s organisations and allies.
disabilitynewsservice.com/st…
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Disabled parents, what are the best accessibility aids you use? I won't be able to lift my wee one soon due to their weight for example so I need to think about options for that #disabilitytwitter
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We are keen to get feedback from Disabled students on the recent changes to DSA from Feb/March. If you are in receipt of DSA or applying, please consider completing our feedback form here: forms.gle/6T9CCvcmZYhviFaQ9
On my way to London today to check out Google London and a very exciting tour! One of the many privileges of being a @ChangeDisabled Director 🥰 @ShawTrust
This women has never been in that situation as that's not how it works. I've been in agony and rang 111, was told to get an emergency dental appointment - all of my local dentists [on the nhs 111 list] refused to book an emergency appointment. Luckily for me the pain faded.
ITV News has spoken to a patient who was in so much pain she pulled out 12 of her own teeth with pliers because she couldn't get an NHS dentist.
'Somebody in that amount of pain must always remember that if they need to they can go to their local A&E,' the health secretary says
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The NHS Accident & Emergency service does not treat dental patients unless there is a severe infection that could be life threatening by affecting breathing, swallowing or speech.
nhs.uk/conditions/too…
So great to be attending and participating in a panel at #uuktackling today for @ChangeDisabled - Such amazing insight already.