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“Muhammed Bhar, a 24-year-old with Down’s syndrome and autism, was reportedly attacked by an IDF dog when their home was raided by soldiers. He was left to die.”’ V important - harrowing - piece on the plight of disabled people in Gaza. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Did you see the news? Applications are now open for our virtual course for Deaf and/or Disabled and/or Neurodivergent writers. 📢 Join us tomorrow (24 July) for an informal virtual drop-in session to ask us anything! eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinventing-… Disability Arts Cymru Kaite O'Reilly

👋🏼 Meet our judges To help us find #BritainsFavouritePath this summer we've gathered some proper path pros to sit on our judging panel 🥾 So as an intro, and for a last bit of inspo before submissions close in 2 weeks, we asked a few of them to share their fave paths with us ⬇️

Writer. Poet. Disability activist. Bethany Handley is an expert on all things access & campaigns for better access to nature for all, especially for Disabled people We’re incredibly proud to have her as a Ramblers Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ambassador & as one of our fantastic panel of judges!🧵👇

When I became a wheelchair user, I thought coastline trails had become inaccessible to me. Fortunately, I was wrong! On a three day adventure in North Wales, I explored some of the accessible sections of Llwybr Arfordir Cymru / Wales Coast Path for Country Living UK: countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/co…

Diolch o galon Literature Wales & Eloise Williams for a wonderful weekend. Representing Wales has been life changing 🫶

I'm honoured to be named on the 2024 shawtrust #DisabilityPower100 as one of the 10 most influential #disabled people working in politics, law and media, and one of the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK. Thank you Shaw Trust

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities and so it felt fitting to reveal the cover for Bethany Handley’s debut pamphlet ‘Cling Film’ which explores being a young Disabled women in the crossfire of ableism. Pre-order on our website serenbooks.com/book/cling-fil….

Ableism. The act of wrapping the world in cling film. This #InternationalDayOfPersonswithDisabilities it seems more than fitting to share Bethany Handley's debut pamphlet CLING FILM, which will be out with Seren Books in the new year! Pre-order now ➡️➡️➡️

I'm delighted to have been shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Poetry Prize alongside fellow Welsh poets Taz Rahman - "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" & Aaron Kent. Congrats to the wonderful clare e. potter 🙌🫶

We've got the perfect antidote to too much Christmas! Head to cardiffpedalpower.org for all details and how to register. Open to anyone who can cycle! Accessible cycles available to hire. #Cardiff #Christmas2024

We’re excited to reveal the cover of Beyond / Tu Hwnt, the bilingual anthology of work by #Welsh #Deaf and #Disabled Writers, which will be published by Lucent Dreaming 30th January. I'm proud to have edited this with Megan Angharad Hunter & Sioned Erin Hughes. Diolch Books Council of Wales

We had a lovely time at Thursday’s poetry event listening to work from some exciting new books, one 18 years in the making! Thank you to all our guests: Bethany Handley (Cling Film), Emily Cotterill (Significant Wow) and clare e. potter (Healing the Pack).

PIP cuts are £9 billion not £4.1 billion and will affect 1.5 million claimants not 800,000. The publicised lower figure is an assumption that relies on "behaviour change" by claimants and assessors that will reduce the losses. We need to get this out. inequalities.substack.com/p/disability-b…

“We all assume that a safety net exists if you have a life-changing injury or illness. But it doesn’t." Bethany Handley's debut poetry pamphlet, Cling Film, channels her rage at the discrimination so often faced by those with a disability 👇 thebookseller.com/author-intervi…

Bethany Handley and maggie harris represent Wales in ✨Mab Jones✨' monthly poetry column buzzmag.co.uk/new-poetry-for…

This is what could happen here. Dr Clarke highlights a very real issue that could happen here

I’ve worked a lot on the welfare reform bill in recent months - in press, radio, and podcasts - but today’s column is everything I need to say:

Shameful legislation, shameless process….

I'm over the moon to have, 'Poem in which I’m a transnational drug smuggler', chosen as Poem of the Week in the Guardian by Carol Rumens. "A sharp and witty look at the treatment of people with disabilities conveys its anger with arresting artistry." theguardian.com/books/2025/jul…