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Stop watching Children In Need

Stop watching Children In Need

Nov 17, 2023
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Hello,

I’m sure I say this all the time but the ableism does feel particularly relentless at the moment. And this week, not even your Friday night telly is free of the stuff.

We need to stop watching Children In Need.

The way it treats disabled kids is gross.

(Before we go any further, let me just say that activists like

Nina Tame
and
Cathy Reay
have been doing great work on this…

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