Eleni Chambers

What an interesting PhD, I look forward to reading…

Important consultation on legislation for powered mobility devices, including for Trirides etc, which currently aren’t covered at all

Watchdog dismisses DWP’s description of DNS editor as ‘vengeful’ and ‘vexatious’ for asking to see deaths email The information commissioner has dismissed attempts by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to describe a disabled journalist as “vengeful” and “vexatious” after he tried to obtain informatio…

Still can't quite get over being called 'vengeful' and 'vexatious' by #DWP for asking for an unredacted email that could reveal details re the department's links with hundreds, and probably thousands, of deaths over the last 15 years.
#DeathsByWelfare
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdog-dis...

Campaigner turned down MBE over ‘scapegoating’ of people with disabilities Exclusive: In letter declining proposed award, Tressa Burke, CEO of Glasgow Disability Alliance, accused government of ‘fuelling hatred’

How to do it…
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Also, it’s very interesting that no one ever objects to the use of the word user in “wheelchair user” ! Personally I’m not fussed about the word, I use it to mean employ.

I do like your blogs etc, as I hope you’re aware and we have a mutual interest in language…

Thanks. I think it’s about not perpetuating the stigma that is illustrated by people saying they don’t like the word user because of its association with drugs/alcohol.

I actually feel that view should be challenged…and would do so if I had the opportunity. So I was disappointed to hear this from both yourself and the centre for care without such a challenge being made

How do you think such people (and their families) feel to hear the association of people who use drugs with something implicitly negative in that manner?

I get all that, that’s not my point. You said that some people didn’t like the word user because “it is linked to drug use”. People who use drugs are human beings too.

@bryonyshannon.bsky.social @centreforcare.bsky.social I’m just listing to your podcast. I like your stuff, as you’re aware. But I don’t like the way you are criticising the use of the term “user” because it is “linked to drug use”. People who use drugs are human beings too, including my brother…

Another so true blog…

Being LGBTQ+ and Disabled: Where Identities Meet

🏳️‍🌈⚧️Being LGBTQ+ and Disabled: Where Identities Meet

📝New blog post! Celestine, one of DR UK's Trustees, writes about the intersection of LGBTQ+ and Disabled people - our shared experience of being other'd, and our creative ways we resist this💥

www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/being-l...

Deeply concerning to hear that Disabled people are facing surveillance, with evidence of being physically active is used against us.

The only 'welfare reform' the government should be talking about is a complete overhaul of this ableist system.

Access to Work: cuts to support putting employment out of reach Today, a public consultation closes on one of the existing programmes of funding reasonable adjustments in the workplace.

2/2

www.channel4.com/news/access-...

#TakingThePIP
#PIP
#Disabled
#AccessToWork

Of which there are 1.3 million people…the “concessions” are a big red herring, playing on MPs lack of understanding of PIP/DLA

And this applies to those currently on DLA also

And the 1.3 million people on DLA are also not protected, even if they have an indefinite award

But it’s far worse than this ! People who have a PIP review or those still in receipt of DLA will all also be affected. That’s about 3.5 million people who will also potentially be affected. The concession proposals are a red herring, based on a lack of understanding of these issues

‘I Was Attacked by a Cat’ and Other Caregiver Excuses Any who relies on caregivers has to deal with no-shows, and with cancellations come excuses. Jenny Smith talks with wheelchair users about the wildest ones they’ve heard and lessons learned in the…

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I can’t afford to lose PIP. Scott Watkin BEM opens up about what the government’s proposed changes to PIP could mean for him, and the anxieties that people with disabilities face.

www.seeability.org/news/I-cant-...
@uklabour.bsky.social 👇🏻

As disability rights organisations and grassroots campaigns, we are voicing our united and absolute opposition to the apparent concessions offered by the government on their proposed disability cuts. We know that for many, including the MPs who took a principled stand by supporting the reasoned amendment that would have killed this bill, the government's offer looks like a win. But we have been dealing with the benefits system for years and we know the potentially lethal effects the concessions being reported will have. As Disabled people, we will not accept a Bill that condemns future generations of Disabled people to devastating cuts in their vital support in order to avoid that fate ourselves. Rather than fixing this Bill's dangerous attack on Disabled people, these concessions will introduce a new and cruel inequality into our communities. They will condemn young Disabled people, and those yet to be Disabled, to a future of poverty, hardship and worsening health. Not to mention those unable, or yet to apply due to how taxing the process of proving your eligibility is. We are absolutely clear that no amount of "concessions" will make this government Bill acceptable. Any and all cuts made to the already limited support Disabled people rely on - both now and in the future - must be resisted. Disabled people have a long history of solidarity with each other and other communities - it has been essential to our survival. The desperate attempts by the Prime Minister and his whips to buy votes by selling future Disabled people out - attempting to divide our community - will not work. We know these "concessions" have only come about because of the tidal wave of resistance created by Disabled people and our allies over the last couple of months. They underestimated our power, and now they are underestimating our strength of solidarity. We know the MPs who listened to us, who have stood with us against these cuts to PIP and Univ

🚨 Joint statement: Unacceptable “concessions” on the disability cuts MUST be rejected.

Signed by @justtreatment.org, @nsunnews.bsky.social, @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social, Crips against Cuts, Mad Youth Organise and Taking the PIP.

👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/unaccep...

A great track !

Going off script Moving through shame to find pride in disabled and queer identity

Pride in Disabled and Queer Identity🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♿️

Delighted to share this @desibility.bsky.social piece from DR UK Trustee, Celestine, on the intersections of queerness and disability

'Why does the conversation rarely go beyond the accessibility of Pride events?'

www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/goin...

In limbo: families hoping for change to UK income rules for spousal visas Photographer Frankie Mills documents the lives of nine families whose stories illustrate the human cost of this policy threshold

We're moved by the stunning photo essay by Frankie MIlls which powerfully demonstrates the pain couples and families in our community and across the UK suffer at the hand of the cruel and hostile UK family migration system.

#FamiliesBelongTogether

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Reasonable adjustments still not being made ! (Why am I not surprised…)

Disabled workers are facing large amounts of discrimination including failure to provide reasonable adjustments and bullying at work, a TUC survey has found:

www.tuc.org.uk/sites/defaul...

Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to add alt text before posting any images.

Go to "Settings," then "Accessibility." Select the checkbox for "Require alt text before posting."

Chris Judge’s “A Daily Cloud” project began in 2020, born from quiet days in the garden during lockdown. With simple lines and a touch of imagination, he turned everyday skies into playful scenes - one cloud at a time. [1/3]

Credits: adailycloud [FB]
#clouds #creative

Network Rail to spend £8 million on building an inaccessible footbridge that will last 120 years Network Rail’s decision to spend nearly £8 million building a new footbridge that will be inaccessible to many disabled people has been labelled an “appalling contradiction” of the government’s com…

Network Rail’s decision to spend nearly £8m building a footbridge that will be inaccessible to many disabled people has been labelled an “appalling contradiction” of the govt’s commitment to improving the accessibility of the public transport system.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/network-rail...

Thank you. I find that for such little birds blue tits are quite fearless !

Mrs blue tit with a tasty grub in her beak

Mrs blue tit and grub, looking at the camera

My adorable nesting blue tits, with one of the hundreds of grubs they now have to find each day