Julie

Agree it does not make sense. What is going wrong? Why do people need top ups? Why don't wages meet what is needed to live without welfare? Confusing

Rain clouds moving down the coast

24th November 2025 07.45

Banks of cloud

23rd November 2025 10.52

Passenger and accessibility duty added to new railways bill yesterday
@viviane49.bsky.social

Spent the afternoon working on a Peter Rabbit diamond art.

August is going so slowly!

I don't have a job either.

How do you get support in a workplace? Or at places you visit as part of your work? As in someone to assist to go to toilet? As in someone to assist to have a meal or a drink? As in someone to move your wheelchair from A to B?

Where do disabled people who would like the opportunity to work hang out?

UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA Most people love a bit of sunshine, but sometimes the heat can be too much, especially for older people, babies, and those with health conditions. Find tips on how to beat the heat and stay safe this summer. gov.uk/government/pub... UK Health Security Agency HOT WEATHER Staying safe in this hot weather If you or others feel unwell, get dizzy, weak or have intense thirst, move to a cool place, rehydrate and cool down your body

⚠️UKHSA heat-health 🥵 alert:
who is really “at higher risk”?

(Spoiler alert: if CV; it is likely to be you again!)

🌡Heatwave coming. UKHSA’s “Beat the Heat” page says some people *could die* in this weather.

If you are in any group below, please read on and share

No I haven't will look into it.

Tips needed. My loved one keeps getting severely dehydrated. What ideas do people have for getting him to hydrate?

Most of society are being encouraged to hate those who are unwell whether they are or aren't disabled. Being unwell isn't a reason to hate someone. It is a time to care.

Blanket Ban on Pushing wheelchairs is being imposed by several care agencies in Rotherham. Is this happening anywhere else in UK?

Beginning of a new era. I can feel in my core changes are afoot. Uncertainty lies ahead and less communication about to be.
Expect to see me post more frequently across social media platforms as I adjust and need somewhere to be.

#OliversCampaign
Every child should be valued equally from the moment they are born.
Yet, when a child is born with medical needs or a disability, society too often sees them as a burden.
Tragically, the evidence we see throughout their lives only reinforces this painful truth.

New analysis: most care homes closed by industry regulator are run A new analysis led by researchers at the University of Oxford and funded by the Nuffield Foundation has found that virtually all care homes forced to close in England by the Care Quality Commission

Between 2011 and 2023, 816 care homes in England were forcibly closed by the regulator for poor standards and harms to residents.

804 were owned by for-profit entities. 30% -40% of fees vanish in profits, leaving less for services.

Profits and care don't mix.

Co production without the people who use the services that are bring co produced.
Thoughts please.

Wheelchair wheels running over toes and wheeling backwards up someone's feet towards the person's legs.

Lasted less than 2 weeks with the latest care provider. They wanted to write my care plans about me without me. When I stood my ground and asked to be involved. They withdrew their services.

Disabled people aren’t getting a free ride

Being chronically ill is not a vacation

It’s an unrelenting 24/7 fight to get your basic needs met. You’re forced into legislated poverty & expected to grovel for what little help the system will give

There’s nothing easy about it & we need more support

I have come to the conclusion "What ever will be will be"
The only thing I can control is the thoughts I choose to dwell on. Even thoughts come and go through my mind. I have no direct control over central government, local government or nhs.

If a disabled person asks for help, don’t tell them to “try harder”.

Asking for help is one of the most difficult things for us, and I assure you we tried absolutely everything before we did it.

Ableism makes you think we can “fix ourselves”. It’s not true. You can’t try harder out of disability

Diagnostic inequalities relating to physical healthcare among people with mental health conditions: a systematic review Further investigations should consider the stage of the diagnostic process at which inequalities occur, to improve knowledge of the mechanisms underpinning diagnostic inequalities, and support the dev...

Having a mental health condition means you're at increased risk of having a physical health problem undiagnosed or diagnosed late, and you're at greater risk of a diagnostic error, @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk systematic review shows. www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

A soft sketchy drawing of a white bunny with light brown markings and a few freckly spots, spread out for a nap with their paws sticking in all directions and little pink flowers scattered around.

So eepy 🐰💤 #art #cuteart #bunnies #bunny

Keukenhof, Netherlands 🇳🇱
#photography

Jobs fears as Access to Work disability scheme owes businesses thousands One firm says it is owed £186,000 by the Access to Work scheme and is worried it may have to close.

Disabled people need the dignity of work, say Ministers, while simultaneously running a broken shambolic bureaucracy that can't even pay disabled people in work on time.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

I think I am different from many because I want the opportunity of employment. Currently I cannot as I am on legacy benefits. I am impatiently waiting to migrate benefits. All the current work schemes only help those outta work for max of 12 months. #WelfareNotWarfare