Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research)

The pressure is working. Labour MPs calling for a rapid review of JCVI's Covid vaccine eligibility

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Home – Step-Free London SFL Map Check out our dedicated London step-free access map and station information Blog Catch up with the latest developments in transport accessibility About This Site Hello there! Welcome to Step-F...

Wish I could get it as a PDF or JPG without installing the app. Would be great to compare with the other community made map the SFL one : stepfreelondon.uk

HAFCAC Film with BSL and Subtitles This is "HAFCAC Film with BSL and Subtitles" by HAFCAC on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

The story of how a campaign won free social care for disabled people in Hammersmith : vimeo.com/1124826592

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK

The NHS and social care would cease to function under UK govt’s new rules on foreign staff.

Workers will have to wait – from 5 to 10 years – before they can apply for indefinite leave to remain, claim any benefit, childcare, or housing support, despite paying taxes

Govt appeasing Reform.

DWP just admitted it will now be spying on claimants in Jobcentres as well DWP security have used body-worn cameras for ages - but it has only just put a formal policy in place saying it can use the footage

DWP just admitted it will now be spying on claimants in Jobcentres as well

Jobcentre security have used body-worn cameras for ages - but the DWP has only just put a formal policy in place.

As well as a GDPR breach, the implications for claimants are vast, too.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

15 banks ordered to snoop on state pensioners under DWP crackdown The Telegraph newspaper reports banks will be required to monitor pensioners’ bank accounts and share payments data

15 UK banks ordered to snoop on state pensioners and other benefit claimants under DWP crackdown.

No court order needed. No right of appeal.

Banks will pass cost to other customers.

Those accused of fraud won't get legal advice. The making of another Post Office type scandal.

Film Launch: £12.40 an hour for a shower The story of Disabled people’s struggle to abolish home care charging in Hammersmith & Fulham-10th anniversary of H&F Coalition Against Cuts

A documentary premieres in London tonight, about a historic moment in disability rights in the UK. The successful campaign for free social care by the Hammersmith and Fullham Disability Commission "£12.40 an hour for a shower" : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-launc...

YouTube video by JamesRGunn James Gunn in Toxic Avenger

@jamesgunn.bsky.social James Gunn, cripping up in Citizen Toxie (2000) as a "shrivelled cripple who can't get it up" before being instantly killed : www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQE_...

Find them free online here linktr.ee/disabilityark

lots of disability zines

Our zines stocked in Freedom Bookshop!

Cops hate uncertainty, it messes with their threat assessment. Guy could have explosives or a gun under the suit or be completely unarmed, so they have to act with caution. If they go in hard and there is nothing it will look bad but they also can't search him without cause.

Film Launch: £12.40 an hour for a shower The story of Disabled people’s struggle to abolish home care charging in Hammersmith & Fulham-10th anniversary of H&F Coalition Against Cuts

The story of Disabled people’s struggle to abolish home care charging in Hammersmith & Fulham-10th anniversary of H&F Coalition Against Cuts www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-launc...

The toxic fallout of Israel's genocide is triggering a surge in congenital disability in Gaza In Gaza, heavy metals from hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Israel's bombs has caused a surge in congenital disability

The toxic fallout of Israel's genocide is triggering a surge in congenital disability in Gaza

In Gaza, heavy metals from hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Israel's bombs has caused a surge in congenital disability
www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Adrian Poulton starved to death in an NHS hospital - because he lived with Down's syndrome The NHS's catastrophic failure over Adrian Poulton's death is a reminder of the systemic problems in healthcare for disabled people

Adrian Poulton starved to death in an NHS hospital - because he lived with Down's syndrome

The NHS's catastrophic failure over Adrian Poulton's death is a reminder of the systemic problems in healthcare for disabled people
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

When you’re chronically ill, your world can be quite small.

People abandon you when you become disabled. When you can’t hide your pain.

The isolation can be just as hard as the illness… but please know you’re not alone.

None of us are ever alone. We are all fighters & this community has your back

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday Ministers are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said. The announcement, made the morning after almost 500 people were arrested in London for expressing support for Palestine Action, a proscribed organisation, could allow police to order regular protests to take place at a different site. Continue reading...

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

a soap dispenser above a transfer rail

Felt something sticky and slippery on the transfer handrail by the toilet and assumed the worst. Thankfully it was just bad soap dispenser placement, which caused the soap to drip into the handrail.

A book cover. The text reads ETHEL CARNIE HOLDSWORTH’S THIS SLAVERY, a graphic novel by Scarlett & Sophie Rickard. The full page illustration shows two women standing back to back in a steep terraced street at sunset. The blonde woman holds a violin, the dark haired woman wears a man’s coat. A young man looks at them from an upstairs window on the left, and on the right there is a perky white and brown dog. In the distance the factory chimneys smoke. It’s all very ‘mills & doom’

If you are in USA or Canada, please ask for This Slavery in your local independent bookstore or public library! And if you see it in the wild, please share photos with us!

Publication date for North America is this Tuesday, and it’s gone down well in the month it’s been out in Britain & Ireland.

Minister asks DWP to consider releasing secret reports on deaths to grieving relatives A minister has asked the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) whether it could release secret reports to families whose relatives’ deaths have been linked to DWP’s actions and failings. Ever sinc…

A minister has asked the Department for Work and Pensions whether it could release secret reports to families whose relatives’ deaths have been linked to DWP’s actions and failings.
#DWP #LabConf25
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-ask...

Covid is a social justice issue.

Mitigations like masks, anti virals, air purifiers and tests cost money.

We should have free respirators in public places. Mandatory masking in hospitals. Clean air benchmarks. Paid time off.

Those steps would drastically reduce spread.

"40% of deaths of learning disabled people were deemed to be avoidable."

This has been known for decades, while services are slashed.

Yet the priority for UK politicians is handing over £ millions to private tech firms.

#PeopleNeedPeople

The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus by Al Franken www.beliefnet.com/news/2003/09...

Activist tells conference meeting: Hostile rhetoric under Labour has left me feeling hounded and unsafe One of the only disabled activists to speak at Labour’s annual conference has delivered a powerful rebuke to ministers who have failed to do anything to curb the rising levels of disability-related…

Disabled activist tells conference meeting: Hostile rhetoric under Labour has left me feeling hounded and unsafe
#LabConf25
@nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social @starrelliott.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social @kwajo.bsky.social
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/activist-tel...

There are two steps at the entrance of No 10 the government has refused to make step free. Their excuse for not putting in a ramp was not released to the public as it was classified as a military secret.

Labour’s attacks on rights ‘have led to massive resurgence’ in disability movement, protest hears The Labour government’s attack on disabled people’s support has led to a “massive resurgence” in the disabled people’s movement in the last year, a protest outside the party’s annual conference has…

Labour’s attacks on rights ‘have led to massive resurgence’ in disability movement, protest hears
#Labour #LabConf25
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labours-atta...

DWP paid nearly £90,000 to disabled claimant left homeless and at risk of harm after years of errors A disabled person was left with “ongoing risks” of harm for more than five years – and was even left homeless – after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) missed multiple opportunities to pro…

DWP paid nearly £90,000 to disabled claimant left homeless and at risk of harm after years of errors
#DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-paid-nea...

Public billed over £52k for slightly redder flags during Trump visit At a time when food bank use is skyrocketing, it's an absolute disgrace that public funds has been spent on indulging Trump

Public billed over £52k for slightly redder flags during Trump visit

At a time when food bank use is skyrocketing, it's an absolute disgrace that public funds has been spent on indulging Trump
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Doctors hate this one trick!

A day where we do the best we can to ruin our own reputations and humiliate ourselves in public?