Catherine Hale

Thank you to @kingscsmh.bsky.social for the opportunity to respond to the recent Get Britain Working report by Sir Charlie Mayfield.
I’ve looked specifically at how the recommendations could make a difference, or not, to disabled people who are locked out of employment due to inflexible job design

If anyone missed the launch event last week for our guidance on more inclusive workplaces for academics with ELC, the recording is now available on our website (along with the guidance) exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/ @alisonallam.bsky.social @catherinehale.bsky.social @equihealthfutures.bsky.social

Great blog Sue x

Thanks so much for sharing Carole

Thank you Marie

And if, like me, you struggle with long form reading I recommend the Plain English summary. Gets straight to the point with all the theory stripped out!
Go to Plain English 1 ijdsj.online/current-issue/
#EnergyLimitingConditions #DisabilityInclusion

And why you should include and count people with ELCs in disability research, Work and Health policy, DEI, and so many other areas of relevance to our lives.

Read it to find out why many people with chronic illness prefer and identify with the term ELC over other labels used in policy circles, like ‘fluctuating’ or ‘musculoskeletal’ condition

So excited to share our new article on energy limiting conditions (ELC) and energy impairment in @ijdsj.bsky.social with Anna Ruddock and Ana Be. Open access www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
It discusses the emancipatory research process that gave rise to these terms >>

Thank you so much for sharing Louise 🙏

Introducing “Energy Limiting Conditions”: The Emergence and Evolution of a New Impairment Concept <p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d1540804e129">The terms “energy limiting condition” (ELC) and “energy impairment”locate the embodied e...

Another great article from the brilliant work of @catherinehale.bsky.social & Chronic Illness Inclusion - paper from Catherine, Ana Bê & Anna Ruddock.

#DisabilitySky International Journal of Disability & Social Justice.

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Great to hear a robust challenge to DWPs misleading stats on out of work benefits. Thank you as ever @benbgeiger.bsky.social

Unlocking the workplace for disabled people – the case for Flex Plus jobs as a pathway to work - British Politics and Policy at LSE The Government would like to get more people who are currently on disability benefits back to work. But Catherine Hale argues that the labour market in its current state is not fit to accommodate…

The #UK Government would like to get more people who are currently on #disability benefits back to #work.

But @catherinehale.bsky.social argues that the current labour market does not accommodate disabled people to return to work. Flex Plus jobs could be a way forward @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social.

Unlocking the workplace for disabled people – the case for Flex Plus jobs as a pathway to work - British Politics and Policy at LSE The Government would like to get more people who are currently on disability benefits back to work. But Catherine Hale argues that the labour market in its current state is not fit to accommodate disa...

🌟New: The Government would like to get more people who are currently on disability #benefits back to work.

But Catherine Hale‬ ‪(@catherinehale.bsky.social‬) argues that the labour market in its current state is not fit to accommodate disabled people wanting to return to #work.

#GetBritainWorking

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Last week’s mail-out covered recent research on disabled people in work and highlighted work from clients @theadhdacademic.bsky.social & @catherinehale.bsky.social

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Thank you and the same to you Ruth. It is indeed relentless

Disabled people want to live a full life. Instead, we’re forced to scrap over our right to food and a wash | Frances Ryan Britain’s political and media class advocate policies that leave disabled people hungry and dirty. Why are we expected to settle for this, asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

“There’s a longstanding practice in UK politics to force disabled people to fight for their basic rights – a kind of gladiatorial scrap in which the Colosseum is replaced by the set of Good Morning Britain.”

Today’s col. on the fallout of more ‘welfare reform.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Neil Coyle used to work for Disability Rights UK. Talk about a traitor.

Well said Tom

I’m ashamed to live in a country that just passed a welfare bill condemning hundreds of thousands to deeper poverty and despair.

I’m ashamed of a Labour government that refused to work WITH disabled people to build a benefits system based on dignity, not punishment.

#BinUCBill

Proud to have contributed to work at the @kingscsmh.bsky.social that can inform an evidence based approach to reforming welfare and employment policy for disability and mental health.
Yesterday’s debacle in parliament shows that pursuing cuts by spreadsheet is not the way forward.

So sorry I could t join today. With you 100% in solidarity and words aren’t enough to say how grateful I am to DPAC and everyone else out there fighting today

I think I'll make a t-shirt with the words *these people* on. Because that's what right-wing nondisabled people use to refer to disabled people - as if it will never happen to them, as if 'these people' are other.
Good luck with that.
#Disability #StopTheCuts

Breaking - Labour is speaking to rebels about more concessions to secure the vote tonight.

Let me clear as a disabled person who is sometimes dependent on state benefits and a clinician: there are no concessions that can make us feel safe in an unconsulted process #TakingThePIP

Thank you for your unwavering leadership on this issue

As MPs vote on massive cuts to Universal Credit & PIP today, they should bear in mind:
- This does not have public support
- This is not the change the public voted for
- The public don't believe the only way to meet fiscal challenges is to make disabled people poorer and iller

Fiona Robertson EMERGENCY CALL OUT: DISABLED PEOPLE HAVE TEN DAYS BEFORE THE DISABILITY CUTS VOTED ON IN PARLIAMENT WE NEED A REBELLION I am begging, even if you think there's no point, even if you have tried before, please contact your MP and ask them to vote against the cuts on the 1st. If they are Labour, this is vital: If they are already against the cuts, please write to support them. They will be under enomous pressure from the party and need to know we are grateful, and will defend them against attacks. If they're pro-cuts, tell them they have betrayed everything Labour was meant to represent, and their ideological crusade is just eugenics. Tell them these are cuts even the Tories didn't dare make and the myth that there's no money in one of the richest countries on earth doesn't fly anymore.

And if they're swithering or quiet, these are the most important - tell them they have a chance to be heroes of the Labour movement. Tell them rebellion is a duty and they will be supported and lauded. Tell them this is their chance to take a real stand for the people and yes, Rayner is threatening reprisals but this is the essence of labour solidarity - we stand together as a collective because they can't fire everyone. Don't be the weak link. And then maybe tell them if they do vote for the cuts, you'll spend what's left of your life fighting to get them deselected. If they are Tories, make the obvious economic case that the loss of people from the workforce to provide care for people who no longer qualify for support, the cost of increased emergency and exacerbated conditions, etc, will cost far more than it could save. Lib Dems and the SNP should be on board anyway, but write with support and fear. They still need to hear it.

Reform... Well. They'll likely vote against as part of their current manipulative 'no really we're friends to disabled people, please ignore our plans to privatise health and social care and do far worse cuts than this to the support you rely on oh and you'll have no legal human rights to challenge any of it'. But probably worth telling them making Labour look bad is possible. If you can get a meeting with your MP, zoom or in person, even better. But please write. You can use the wonderful site Write To Them (just search those words) Look at Disability Rights UK and DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts) for information and statistics you can use the comments as I find them. I'll link some in Our lives depend on this. Please help us.

EMERGENCY CALL OUT: DISABLED PEOPLE

HAVE TEN DAYS BEFORE THE DISABILITY CUTS ARE VOTED ON IN PARLIAMENT

WE NEED A REBELLION

I am begging, even if you think there's no point, even if you have tried before, please contact your MP and ask them to vote against the cuts on the 1st.

FB link in reply.

🧵 NEW: APPG on Poverty and Inequality's response to the Pathways to Work Green Paper reveals SHOCKING evidence - disabled households face £1,067 extra costs monthly (67% of income) yet government plans devastating cuts that will push 400,000 into poverty. Thread👇#TakingThePIP

Thank you Peter. It’s hard but I keep having to walk away from activism in order to pay the bills. I don’t have energy for both! Saluting you and your wonderful work