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The Leadbeater bill is on a knife-edge; but if it passes, you can expect in 10-15 years to hear its backers saying, “Of course, in retrospect…” and “Hindsight is 20/20” and “Had we known then what we know now…” Thread on what we know now, June 10 2025:

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On Saturday it will be 4 years since my mum died. She was told she had 3 months to live, but lived for 18 months. She lived with cancer for 16 years.

These are especially dark days for people with disabilities…the fact they come under a Labour Government makes them even more terrifying. The Labour Party

Reality for unpaid carers

I’m concerned by some of the statements made in yesterday’s debate on the TIA Bill about marginalised groups and assisted dying. 🧵

#LearningDisabilityWeek2025 Yeah can really see how tired old themes like ‘Do you see me?’ and telling the world that there is nothing a person with a learning disability can’t do is really going to help those who are about to have their disability benefits cut.

Being relentlessly reassessed for benefits is traumatic, with assessors seen as dismissive, patronising and holding all the power. The system needs more than tweaking – it is rotten to the core Prof Chris Hatton Manchester Metropolitan Uni #learningdisability communitylivingmagazine.com/chris-hatton-r…

Absolutely, relational safety lies at the heart of rebuilding trust.

Yeah yeah yeah. It’s Learning Disability week and no one gives a flying doodah. Not really. Not with benefits cuts and assisted dying waiting in the wings. Not with new MH hospitals being opened and the numbers of people detained increasing. Not with human rights violations still