Sunak accused of launching ‘full-on assault on disabled people’ theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

We’re pleased to see that the government has finally put things right and made the Minister for Disabled People a full Minister of State.

This is an important win for everyone that called for the reinstatement of this position 👏

Gen AI has the potential to change #a11y in a really profound way. Are the benefits understood by senior news leaders?

We are an alliance of 281 disabled and allied arts professionals and 35 organisations.

This is our statement regarding our meeting with Shakespeare’s Globe on Monday 18th March 2024.

Can anyone recommend a good illustrator to make me some custom stuff for a talk I'm working on?

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We are looking for deaf and signing crew to join our production - more details below but the email is [email protected] - good luck!

Labour: UN row shows 'UK not taking disabled seriously’ It comes after a UN advisor said evidence showed the government's Work Capability Assessment programme (WCA) led to 600 suicides in three years. bbc.co.uk/news/disabilit…

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Great day so far at this year’s Naidex. So good catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. Brilliant conference and panel discussions hitting really important topics.

Generally speaking, the more senior the role of the survey respondent at their news organisation, the less likely they were to report understanding why D&I initiatives should be a priority.

It is Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2024 but what is neurodiversity, how do we celebrate it, and what does neurodivergent mean?

BBC Newsround explains ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/newsround/6495…

We often hear 'ableism' when talking about disability discrimination and prejudice. But what exactly is it?

In an ableist society, it assumes that the 'normal' way to live is as a non-disabled person.

UK #Journalists today is a huge day for disabled people. It needs reporting on.
The UK government is facing scrutiny at the UN over their human rights violations against disabled people. Press release in the link:
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Follow #CRDP24 to see our live responses

Our monologue writing workshops for disabled women have all sold out, and the writing created in them has been beautiful, original, powerful, and galvanising. I am very much looking forward to spending this afternoon with disabled women writers. Rising in our power.

Nearly half of UK families excluded from modern digital society, study finds theguardian.com/technology/202…

Here’s a film I featured in, together with Amy and Chris, to help raise funds for Aerobility.

Please 💗 & RP/RT.

Happy viewing

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Naomi Campbell says she fears fashion industry is going backwards on diversity independent.co.uk/life-style/nao…

Missed this week's webinar on reporting on disability and the UN convention on the rights of disabled people? Catch up below on the #NUJ YouTube channel.
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