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‘Am I Disabled Enough?’ Imposter Syndrome and Invisible Disability

5 Comments / Disability awareness, Member's Voice / Hazel

Hazel writes about experiencing feelings of ‘not being disabled enough’ and the effect this has on disability identity. When growing up I essentially learnt that “disabled” only really meant physical things, in fact mainly visible ones. Disability was discussed as something to pity, as something that you could see, something that was obvious and could […]

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AccessAble and City of York Council

What do disabled people want in York

3 Comments / Disability awareness, Focus on York, Health and Care, Member's Voice, Physical Accessibility / YDRF

Last night, we held a meeting to talk about what you want us to work on in the coming year. Our annual survey helped us establish three priorities: Health and Care Attitudes and Awareness Physical Accessibility The discussion doesn’t stop now, if you were unable to attend, you can tell us how these topics affect

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Pippa at her desk, headphones on, writing in front of her laptop

Working with a disability

Leave a Comment / Meetings, Member's Voice / YDRF

We have another guest blog from the lovely Pippa, this time she’s talking about working with a disability; the challenges and the rewards. She’s also part of a team which are running an online career networking event especially for people with chronic illnesses and carers in York and the surrounding area. Over to Pippa! During

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York’s Walking Group for Ambulatory Disabled People

Being a good ally is an active process

Leave a Comment / From the Steering Group / YDRF

Being a good ally to any community is an ongoing process. It requires being open-minded, reflecting and learning from that. Even as disabled people, we need to work at being a good ally. How to be a good non-disabled ally to the disabled community Educate yourself; Listen to disabled people and take what they’re saying

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Privilege Wheel

8 Comments / Disability awareness, Member's Voice / Lydia

Image: Diagram labelled ‘Wheel of Power/Privilege’ showing the different degrees to which a person can be marginalised or have power over others in society based on their characteristics. In the centre is the word “power”, and on the outside of the wheel is the word “marginalised”. The categories are: Body size, with large on the

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A person on a trike is crossing Millenium Bridge

Sign up for a disabled cycle ride – 17th October

Disability on the page

5 Comments / Member's Voice / Helen

Helen loves reading and disability activism, and enjoys reading about other people’s experiences of disability. Today she takes us on a quick tour of her bookshelves: The War on Disabled People by Ellen Clifford offers a comprehensive look at the last ten years and how disabled people have been attacked from various angles. Whether it’s

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University and Chronic Illness book cover

Chronically ill? Starting college or uni soon? Read on!

1 Comment / Uncategorized / YDRF

It’s that time of year when many young people are getting exam results and thinking about their future. But what if you’re disabled or chronically ill? York’s very own Pippa Stacey is here to tell you more about her journey going to university with ME/CFS: My name is Pippa, and I’m a writer and a

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