In the UK, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) oversees many of the financial benefit schemes supposed to help people stay out of poverty, including the…… Read more “Fit to Employ.”
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The Hardest Working People on Earth.
Disabled people, in particular those with chronic illnesses like M.E or fibromyalgia, are frequently portrayed as extreme laziness experts in mainstream media. Documentary makers seem to leap…… Read more “The Hardest Working People on Earth.”
National Disability Strategy: Will It Actually Do Anything?
On 28th July 2021 the UK government published their National Disability Strategy, and were then promptly ruled to have breached the Equality Act by failing to provide…… Read more “National Disability Strategy: Will It Actually Do Anything?”
A Brand New Acronym.
Most of my regular readers will know that I studied nutrition at university and currently work in medical research, but up until this point I haven’t divulged…… Read more “A Brand New Acronym.”
2020: Is It Over Yet?
I think it’s safe to say that 2020 has not been the year any of us had hoped for. If 2020 was the year you had been…… Read more “2020: Is It Over Yet?”
Diary of a Disabled Person. 