“Yes, You Can Come In.”
Elki shares that with a more inclusive approach, access to her local playground is a powerful reminder that disabled parents belong in everyday family spaces.
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Disabled life
Quiet Pride 2024!
What is Quiet Pride? Quiet Pride is a space to celebrate being LGBTQ+. It aims to be as accessible and inclusive as we can. Disabled LGBTQ+ people need a space to celebrate their wonderful, intersectional identities. Quiet Pride 2024 There are two sessions, 10.00am – 1.30pm and 2.00 – 5.30pm. Please only register for one session.
Disabled Parenting: Kids Books Featuring Disabled People
Hi, I’m Elki and I’m going to talk to you about being a disabled parent. I have a physical disability that affects my mobility and energy levels and am a part-time wheelchair user. I have one daughter (under 10), one husband and one cat. None of them are disabled, but that’s ok, I still love
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The Sound of Silence: Communicating with the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Integrated Care Board (ICB)
As the pilot restricting Autism and ADHD assessments in York and North Yorkshire is due to end on Tuesday 27th June, we had hoped to write a blog this week to explain ICB’s plan for the future. Despite several requests for clarity, and assurances earlier this week of an ‘update’, the ICB have still not
How My Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life
I want to tell my story on how my life changed from the day I received my diagnosis, and explain why individuals should not be refused a diagnosis simply because they are an adult (which is starting to happen across the UK).
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Guest Blog: Reflections on NHS England Guidance for Autism
NHS England published their national framework and operational guidance for autism assessment services on 5th April 2023. David McAsey has been in touch to share his initial thoughts on the guidance as it is highly relevant to the current pilot restricting autism and ADHD diagnoses in York and North Yorkshire. These are my personal initial
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Upcoming events
We have a few events coming up locally that we wanted to let you know about. To be kept up to date, you can also sign up to our newsletter or follow us on social media. Disability and Queerness in History As part of LGBT History Month, join us to have a look at how
Disabled People Delivering Awesome TED Talks!
Disabled people have lots to say and we’ve just picked out a few of the incredible TED talks out there. Let us know your favourite disability TED talk in the comments!
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Quiet Pride!
Are you LGBTQ+ and disabled? Let us tell you about Quiet Pride! Pride is great, but it can be very overwhelming, and by its nature can’t be fully accessible. So, we’ve been plotting with Portal Bookshop to put on a low key, gentle gathering specifically geared towards folks for whom official Pride is difficult. When:
Attitudes and assumptions about disability
There are a lot of negative assumptions in our society which are damanging to disabled people. Obviously these more negative assumptions affect people’s attitudes towards disabled people. But it has wider impacts on our lives; if you underestimate how many disabled people there are, you might not see the point in making your business accessible,
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