Govt & media rhetoric around 'overdiagnosis' is closely linked to the rhetoric around benefit cuts.
Diagnosis saved my life. Disability benefits & care allow me to work. I'm proud of that, and of our welfare state.
Improve access to diagnosis and care. #SavePIP.
And happy #AutismAcceptance Week.
Diagnosis saved my life. Disability benefits & care allow me to work. I'm proud of that, and of our welfare state.
Improve access to diagnosis and care. #SavePIP.
And happy #AutismAcceptance Week.
Had a bit of a rant about trying to do anything productive around autism acceptance when the political and media landscape is *like this*:
Going Backwards
Somewhere in my phone notes is an unfinished draft of the next Just A Label? blog. I was aiming to post one a month but ended up missing March, in part because it always felt like the wrong time. How are we supposed to have a nuanced conversation about neurodivergent diagnosis in good faith when politicians and commentators at the highest level are lining up to ridicule the whole concept?
mindtheflap.wordpress.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Govt & media rhetoric around 'overdiagnosis' is closely linked to the rhetoric around benefit cuts.
Diagnosis saved my life. Disability benefits & care allow me to work. I'm proud of that, and of our welfare state.
Improve access to diagnosis and care. #SavePIP.
And happy #AutismAcceptance Week.
Diagnosis saved my life. Disability benefits & care allow me to work. I'm proud of that, and of our welfare state.
Improve access to diagnosis and care. #SavePIP.
And happy #AutismAcceptance Week.
Benefits of neuro-affirming education and support for Autistic young people such as that offered by NeuroBears www.pandasonline.org with Nic King and @kieranrose.bsky.social
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
@sineadmullally.bsky.social and team!
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
@sineadmullally.bsky.social and team!
May 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #Autism #Disability #DWPinquiry #UN #AmnestyInternationalUK #SavePIP #JusticeNow #HumanRights #DisabilityLabour
#AutisticRealms
#AutisticRealms
Nothing About Us Without Us: Autistic-Led Organisations, Charities & Social Media to Follow
(Also a few that aren't Autistic-led but are doing amazing work & are wonderful allies in our community)
autisticrealms.com/nothing-abou...
(Also a few that aren't Autistic-led but are doing amazing work & are wonderful allies in our community)
autisticrealms.com/nothing-abou...
Nothing About Us Without Us: Autistic-Led Organisations, Charities & Social Media to Follow | Autistic Realms
💫 If you're feeling stuck or lost with where to go and who to follow in Autistic Community, I have a growing list of Autistic-led organisations, groups ...
autisticrealms.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail
UK Government Shame On You.
UK Government Shame On You.
So Labour removing PiP from large numbers of working disabled in England will mean they can't continue working.
How does that help disabled people into work?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How does that help disabled people into work?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour is taking the Pip – and disabled people have had enough | Cherylee Houston
I am in tears reading the stories of what might happen if these further cuts go ahead, which is why I’ve joined forces with others to demand action, says actor Cherylee Houston
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail
UK Government Shame On You.
UK Government Shame On You.
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #PIP #Autism #Disability #SavePIP #pointlessReform
Starting a series where we identify MPs who have said ableist things about disabled people
Richard Tice described mental illness as a "modern equivalent of back pain", and suggested some disabled people are "swinging the lead" to claim benefits
#DisabilityRebellion #WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePIP
Richard Tice described mental illness as a "modern equivalent of back pain", and suggested some disabled people are "swinging the lead" to claim benefits
#DisabilityRebellion #WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePIP
June 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
July 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry
Time To Listen UK Government.
Time To Listen UK Government.
Amended isn’t good enough. Particularly if future claimants aren’t protected and a two tier system is created. They need to hit pause and actually start again and do it right this time. Not rushed just to make fast cuts for the treasury. Truly consult with disabled people & organisations and listen.
June 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry
Time To Listen UK Government.
Time To Listen UK Government.
what the hell are you doing #UKGovernment
#TimmsReview is like a locked door.
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking #UN #AmnestyInternational
#HumanRights #Scope
#TimmsReview is like a locked door.
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking #UN #AmnestyInternational
#HumanRights #Scope
🚨 #TimmsReview is, at best, a pause. At worst, it’s a strategic delay designed to give the illusion of listening while buying time to repackage and reintroduce the same cuts with a veneer of consultation.@VoxPolitical ⬇️
#DisabilityBenefits
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/08/02/t...
#DisabilityBenefits
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/08/02/t...
Why the Timms Review Won’t Stop the Planned PIP Cuts
The Timms Review is not a win — it’s a delay tactic. PIP cuts are still on the table. Here’s what’s really going on and why it’s not over yet.
voxpoliticalonline.com
August 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
what the hell are you doing #UKGovernment
#TimmsReview is like a locked door.
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking #UN #AmnestyInternational
#HumanRights #Scope
#TimmsReview is like a locked door.
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking #UN #AmnestyInternational
#HumanRights #Scope
#SavePIP #PIP #Disability
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK
#AmnestyInternationalUK
#HumanRightsWatch
#TellYourMp
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK
#AmnestyInternationalUK
#HumanRightsWatch
#TellYourMp
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Yesterday, over 100 Disabled people joined the mass lobby of MPs to resist benefit cuts - the largest lobby of Disabled people Parliament has seen in over a decade.
Read more👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/over-10...
Yesterday, over 100 Disabled people joined the mass lobby of MPs to resist benefit cuts - the largest lobby of Disabled people Parliament has seen in over a decade.
Read more👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/over-10...
Over 100 Disabled People's Mass Lobby of MPs to Resist Benefit Cuts
www.disabilityrightsuk.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#Wales #Cymru #DWPfail #Transportforwales #welshgovernment
#SavePIP #UKGovernment
#Freedom #Liberty #Justice
#community #mentalhealth
#AutismWales #Autism #Disability #buspass #UN
#AmnestyInternationalUK
#HumanRights #Scope
Give back our bus passes please.
#SavePIP #UKGovernment
#Freedom #Liberty #Justice
#community #mentalhealth
#AutismWales #Autism #Disability #buspass #UN
#AmnestyInternationalUK
#HumanRights #Scope
Give back our bus passes please.
End the postcode lottery restricting disabled bus travel
This cause is close to my heart - please sign & share ⬇️
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign & share ⬇️
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
End the postcode lottery restricting disabled bus travel
Time Restrictions 🕤
Over half a million disabled people in England live in areas with restrictions on disabled bus passes. Under the statutory minimum, disabled people can only use their bus pass betw...
you.38degrees.org.uk
August 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#Wales #Cymru #DWPfail #Transportforwales #welshgovernment
#SavePIP #UKGovernment
#Freedom #Liberty #Justice
#community #mentalhealth
#AutismWales #Autism #Disability #buspass #UN
#AmnestyInternationalUK
#HumanRights #Scope
Give back our bus passes please.
#SavePIP #UKGovernment
#Freedom #Liberty #Justice
#community #mentalhealth
#AutismWales #Autism #Disability #buspass #UN
#AmnestyInternationalUK
#HumanRights #Scope
Give back our bus passes please.
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking
#BinUCBill
Open letter from trade unionists to Secretary of State Liz Kendall over the deep concerns with the PIP & UC Bill link here
dpac.uk.net/2025/06/trad...
Open letter from trade unionists to Secretary of State Liz Kendall over the deep concerns with the PIP & UC Bill link here
dpac.uk.net/2025/06/trad...
Trade Unionists Against the Benefit Cuts open letter - DPAC
More than 500 trade unionists have signed a letter to the government opposing cuts to welfare and disability benefits.
dpac.uk.net
July 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking
A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10m could raise £8.6bn from the top 40 billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List alone.
That could cover the cost of keeping PIP disability benefits AND scrapping the two-child benefit cap.
So why make cuts when you can tax the richest?
That could cover the cost of keeping PIP disability benefits AND scrapping the two-child benefit cap.
So why make cuts when you can tax the richest?
July 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking #Randox #CovidEnquiry
Matt Hancock stayed at the mansion of a Tory donor who owns Randox without declaring it. Hancock then awarded them £500m through the VIP PPE lane.
Will we hear about THIS at the Covid Enquiry?
Will we hear about THIS at the Covid Enquiry?
July 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK
#Disability #Autism #SavePIP #DWPinquiry #DWPfail
#HumanRightsNow
#Disability #Autism #SavePIP #DWPinquiry #DWPfail
#HumanRightsNow
Disabled people are already living in poverty - the cuts will make it worse!
-APPG on Inequality and Poverty
#DisabilityRebellion #WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePIP #WelfareBill #StopTheCuts
-APPG on Inequality and Poverty
#DisabilityRebellion #WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePIP #WelfareBill #StopTheCuts
June 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Disgusting Shame On You #UKGovernment
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK
#SavePIP instead.
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK
#SavePIP instead.
Pushing ahead with disability benefit cuts that will push hundreds of thousands into poverty while giving out tax breaks to the richest would be a moral and economic disaster. The government must not let oligarch lobbyists set their tax policies.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves considers softening inheritance tax changes amid non-dom backlash
Chancellor is keen to mollify wealthy global investors and attract foreign investment into the UK
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Disgusting Shame On You #UKGovernment
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK
#SavePIP instead.
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK
#SavePIP instead.
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK
#Disability #Autism #SavePIP #TellYourMp #DWPinquiry
#DignityByDesign
#Disability #Autism #SavePIP #TellYourMp #DWPinquiry
#DignityByDesign
🚨One-size-fits-all assessments fail real people
We’ve built a framework shaped by lived experience, not assumptions
It’s time to treat claimants with dignity respect & understanding @stripylightcic.bsky.social ⬇️
#DignityByDesign #DisabilityBenefits #MECFS #DisabilityRights #UK
bit.ly/3G51vLr
#DignityByDesign #DisabilityBenefits #MECFS #DisabilityRights #UK
bit.ly/3G51vLr
June 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking #UN #AmnestyInternational
This is dangerous.
This is dangerous.
DWP just gave a company £15m contract to spy on benefit claimants
The deal with Deloitte (involved in the disastrous Covid Test & Trace programme) sums up what's wrong with our welfare state: assuming guilt over need & thinking technology can solve systemic poverty
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The deal with Deloitte (involved in the disastrous Covid Test & Trace programme) sums up what's wrong with our welfare state: assuming guilt over need & thinking technology can solve systemic poverty
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
DWP just gave a company a £15m contract to spy on benefit claimants
The £15m DWP deal sums up what's wrong with our welfare state: assuming guilt over need and believing technology can solve systemic poverty
www.thecanary.co
August 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #Disability #Autism #SavePIP #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #disabilityNewsUK
#killthebill
#killthebill
The welfare reform bill must be the stopped. The "concessions" aren't
concessions, but an attempt to save face by the government. Kill the bill!
#WelfareNotWarfare #DisabilityRebellion #TakingThePIP #CripsAgainstCuts
concessions, but an attempt to save face by the government. Kill the bill!
#WelfareNotWarfare #DisabilityRebellion #TakingThePIP #CripsAgainstCuts
June 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK
#SavePIP #AutismWales
#AutismNews
#Autism #education #OpenUniversity
#TellYourMp
#SavePIP #AutismWales
#AutismNews
#Autism #education #OpenUniversity
#TellYourMp
Sharing more great resources from @naitscotland.bsky.social
Guides for employers & employees - Autistic people can have poor employment outcomes are underrepresented in the workforce, these guides can help support people!
www.thirdspace.scot/nait/employm...
Guides for employers & employees - Autistic people can have poor employment outcomes are underrepresented in the workforce, these guides can help support people!
www.thirdspace.scot/nait/employm...
Employment | ThirdSpace
www.thirdspace.scot
June 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry
Listen To The people.
Listen To The people.
One Last Push!
📣 Online protest:
🔴 30th June 2025, 4 - 7pm.
🟣 At the same time as DPAC's physical protest outside parliament, we're holding a virtual protest.
✊ Join Disability Rebellion, TakingthePIP and Crips Against Cuts for One Last Push to convince MP's to vote against the bill.
📣 Online protest:
🔴 30th June 2025, 4 - 7pm.
🟣 At the same time as DPAC's physical protest outside parliament, we're holding a virtual protest.
✊ Join Disability Rebellion, TakingthePIP and Crips Against Cuts for One Last Push to convince MP's to vote against the bill.
June 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry
Listen To The people.
Listen To The people.
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking
UK Government Do Better Please
UK Government Do Better Please
Poorly led, strategically inept and shorn of democracy. Now I truly fear for this #Labour government @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social @theguardian.com ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Poorly led, strategically inept and shorn of democracy. Now I truly fear for this Labour government | John McDonnell
The welfare bill passed, but it was chaos. A party this dysfunctional and divided cannot escape the wrath of voters at the next election, says John McDonnell, former Labour shadow chancellor
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking
UK Government Do Better Please
UK Government Do Better Please
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking
A voice of reason.
A voice of reason.
From the very beginning of this shambolic spectacle, the government has treated disabled people with complete and utter contempt.
The government's Disability Cuts Bill is disgraceful - and I will be voting against it.
The government's Disability Cuts Bill is disgraceful - and I will be voting against it.
July 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK #SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #DWPfail #EndPoverty #Notmyking
A voice of reason.
A voice of reason.