Just watched an incredible documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFS8SpwioZ4
So glad to have found it after missing it when it came out in 2020. Deeply deeply recommended!
My uncle Greg Sanders isn't in the film, but he was part of the section 504 protests in San Francisco and a key member of the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley. Ordinary people change the world.
Hard to sleep in the heat, at night?
Here’s what should keep us all awake: a petition asking the government to protect disabled people’s rights was brushed off with empty promises and political spin.
The cuts are still coming. Let’s not be fooled.
#DisabilityRights #GreenPaper #DWP #WelfareCuts #VoxPolitical
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98982
The government says it’s listening to disabled people — but its response to the disability benefits petition proves otherwise.
There’s no promise to change course, no real commitment to consultation outcomes, and no protection for most vulnerable claimants.
This isn’t co-production — it’s a smokescreen for cruel cuts.
Read and share: https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98982
#DisabilityRights #DWP #UniversalCredit #PIP #WelfareReform #GreenPaper #VoxPolitical
Parliament has passed the Universal Credit Bill — and with it, handed the Government power to slash support for sick and disabled people from 2026.
Despite warnings, MPs voted down all amendments that would have stopped it.
The so-called Timms review?
It’s advisory only. (Just like *brEXIT!)
Read how MPs failed those they were meant to protect.
*Pablo says, Taking a note of Tories dirty deeds, the red Tories as labour, shags us!
#UCbill #DisabilityRights #WelfareCuts #TimmsReview #PIP #UniversalCredit #DWP #Labour #Tories
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98947
The #UnitedNations is not ignoring the treatment of #Disabled folk in UK. On 7.7.25 they sent a letter to #UKGov reminding the government of previous and ongoing serious failings to ensure #DisabilityRights and to protect people with #disabilities.
The link is to a downloadable document replete with quotations from previous communications with UKGov highlighting their heinous breaches of #UNCRPD.
The new film about Marlee Matlin’s life prioritizes accessibility to tell the Oscar-winning actresses’s story.
#disabilityrights
https://progressive.org/latest/our-hands-are-loud-documentary-creates-a-new-visual-language-minton-20250708/
Evening news: When journalists spread misinformation about vulnerable groups, it deepens division and distrust.
Sarah Vine’s (former wife of 'cocaine lines' Michael Gove!) inaccurate Motability claims show why stricter rules are needed.
Join the conversation on media accountability and protecting the truth.
#FakeNews #DisabilityRights #MediaAccountability #SarahVine #UKPolitics
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98909
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#YESquote: Sami Schalk / #BlackDisabilityPolitics "...are often performed in #solidarity w/ disabled ppl... but... do not necess. center trad. #disabilityrights language & approaches...instead, they prioritize understanding of #disability w/in the context of #whitesupremacy." #Justice bit.ly/44xE05N
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You wouldn’t lock your door to paying customers—so why make your business inaccessible? From malls to hospitals to airports, blind and low vision people want to shop, travel, and spend just like everyone else.
Accessibility isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s revenue.
Double Tap: Where blind people talk tech! http://dltap.com/46rVTpe
#BlindTech #DoubleTap #Accessibility #InclusionMatters #DisabilityRights #AccessibleDesign
Labour says it can't scrap the cruel two-child limit because it had to backtrack on disability benefit cuts. Frances Ryan calls this what it is: a false choice.
The UK can afford to end both child and disability poverty—so why won’t Labour?
Read the full Vox Political analysis now.
#ChildPoverty #DisabilityRights #LabourParty #TwoChildLimit #SocialJustice
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98889
“The callousness of the #Labour government has been exposed. Its own backbenchers have rightly hammered it.” #RichardMurphy
Without #DisabilityRights
there is #DisabilityDiscrimination
which permits #DisabilityHate
and ultimately #DisabilityDeath.
Heading home? Here’s what you missed:
The UK government is pushing through a rushed welfare reform bill that will harm disabled people — and most MPs haven’t even read the full implications.
Protests in Cardiff and Swansea aim to stop it before Wednesday’s vote.
We must stand with them.
#DPAC #DisabilityRights #UniversalCredit
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98840
Finishing work?
Here's what the headlines missed.
The Bill to cut Universal Credit and PIP hasn't been fixed — and the new version still lets Labour push through major changes later.
Here's how MPs must fix it.
#StopTheCuts #DisabilityRights #DPAC #UCBill #WelfareReform
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98816
Mikes thoughts: The Universal Credit and PIP Bill passed — but only after Labour’s own MPs revolted, forcing desperate last-minute concessions.
The cuts are now just promises not to cut. But with nothing in law, betrayal may still come.
What happens next matters.
#DisabilityRights #UCbill #PIP #SocialSecurity #VoxPolitical
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98808
Happy #DisabilityPrideMonth to fellow #PeopleWithDisabilities. I'm proud that we're still here, using our voices to keep advocating for #DisabilityRights & #inclusion & #accessibility & making our presence known because we are also part of the communities we live & work in.
Disability rights have come a long way but there's still much more work to do to reach equality & equity goals too. I appreciate everyone who supports people with disabilities & folks who understand how much many of us had to overcome just to still be alive & able to post here today.
Many folks in our society look down upon people with disabilities & that's their personal deficit. Those folks don't want to accept the fact that everyone will suffer disabilities at some point in their lives. If they weren't so close-minded, they'd likely not support any type of eugenics on disabled people either. The fears of having disabilities causes many non-disabled folks to grip to ignorance rather than lean into learning more.
We, folks with disabilities, are some of the most highly adaptable people in society. We've had to adapt at every stage in our lives to survive. We know what it's like to be prejudged by people & we know a lot about discrimination. We've not allowed society to eliminate us or censor our words. We have to keep speaking up for ourselves & others with disabilities because no one else will.
I raise my cane up high for all fellow people with disabilities & giving a high five to our loyal comrades too 
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John the Duncan on Keir Starmer and his Labour party ghouls 1 year ago, and he was absolutely right
"Disabled students will be disproportionately hurt by the Republican budget reconciliation bill, losing access to essential services and resources that support their education and help them become contributing members of their communities." https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-top-5-ways-the-congressional-republicans-budget-reconciliation-bill-will-harm-disabled-students/ #Education #DisabilityRights #DisabilityPrideMonth #USPol
Think Labour’s welfare reform is fair?
Think again.
The new Bill creates a cruel two-tier system that punishes disabled people who apply after 2026.
As MPs raise the alarm, this looks less like reform and more like spin.
#PIPcuts #DisabilityRights #LabourRebels #VoxPolitical #WelfareReform
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98790
The Labour government had 10 weeks to answer evidence that their disability benefit cuts will lead to more deaths.
They ignored it – until they could fob Mike off with a press release.
This is contempt, not communication.
Read it here and hold them accountable:
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98796
#DisabilityJustice #LabourGovernment #KeirStarmer #DisabilityRights #WelfareReform
Disabled people in the UK are being sidelined by cuts, bureaucracy, and neglect—but there are ways to fight back.
From protesting DWP cruelty to demanding real access to the NHS, here’s how to organise, speak out, and demand your rights in 2025.
#DisabilityRights #UKPolitics #NHS #SocialCareCrisis #VoxPolitical #CripTheVoteUK #WeAreDisabled
