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Learning disability history is learning you belong
Thoughts from a day teaching disabled kids their past
Jun 3
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Pain and the nonsense concept of 'quality of life'
Some complicated thoughts
May 27
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Ableism is getting worse and I'm finding this work harder than before
Hello, I am finding this work hard.
May 21
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Support my anti-ableism work with a single vote
I’ve been nominated for a National Diversity Award!
May 13
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Disabled bodies are beautiful
On Aariana Rose Philip at the Met Gala and the power of representation
May 6
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Pain isn't our fault
We should be more careful about the stories we tell disabled children
Apr 29
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Would you please treat me like a person?
Questions I shouldn't have to ask
Apr 24
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We need to talk about ableism on the left
I said what I said
Apr 16
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Call it love
What if all the rage you are feeling is simply because you care?
Apr 8
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Finding a home in my disabled body
Despite accepting my disability, for years I saw myself as separate from my body. Then something changed
Apr 3
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Everything is copy
Mundane instances of ableism can be the most illuminating
Apr 1
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Why are some access needs harder to talk about than others?
Unpicking some internalised nonsense
Mar 25
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