Guardian letter writers are on a roll at the moment!👇🏻 👏👏

This sort of headline is one reason I wrote my upcoming book. Disability is often seen as binary: a super human ability or pitiable misery. Disabled people shouldn’t to obliged to pretend things are never difficult just to convince the public we’re “normal.”

Commenting in a personal capacity. It is not merely 'tragic'. It is GROTESQUE. When we reach this point, the system has rotted beyond the well-known unresolved structural flaws in HE politics and financing. 1/7

A week ago today the british gov was held to account by the UN for their treatment of disabled people Most major news orgs have completely ignored it, yet happily feed the scrounger narrative. Yes the gov does endanger disabled people, but the media encourages and aids them.

This is abhorrent. I see that Tempest Photography have posted an apology but turned the comments off. The school also has questions to answer here. It’s 2024 and disabled children (and adults) are still treated like second class citizens. When will it change? #discrimination

Powerful piece by Frances Ryan for The Guardian about the exclusion of disabled children from school photos. #Ableism is desperately rife and its impact far reaching.

Impactful mental health research & community engagement event Turner Contemporary. CHSS Director @LDikomitis opened the proceedings. Congratulations to all involved in the #INTERACT project! research.kent.ac.uk/chss/research-…

It’s another day and Conservatives continue to vilify disabled people - please see facts about #PIP below. I can’t wait until this awful government is voted out.

Another brilliant on point article by Frances Ryan. Just sad it has to be written at all… #PIP #Disability ‘UK ministers want to fob off disabled people with vouchers? It’s like government by Groupon’ | Frances Ryan theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

At Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for some treatment and very pleased to bump into my Moorfields surgeon Mr Daniel Ezra (one of the best and most human, down to earth surgeons I’ve ever met and I’m rather the #NHS veteran…). Hope we can engage in some #PPI #PatientInvolvement work soon!

Thank you @torisprung Liverpool John Moores University for inviting me to speak about #PPI #PublicInvolvement & #Inclusion from my ‘multiple hat’ wearing perspective (professional & service user)! Lovely to meet you and your colleagues 😊

So many of these #LivedExperience challenges resonate with me either at a personal level or I’ve seen it happen … again & again. Thank you @TheTealTigerUK for a brilliant thread, just sorry it has to be written. I am buoyed though that these discussions are starting to happen.

Fantastic to speak at Face Equality International Forum about working with Experts by Experience. Chuffed to be reunited with my fellow multiple hat wearers Kenny Ardouin & Danielle McWilliams! #HatsOnTour #FaceEquality

Our CHSS #PublicInvolvement team will be at Fourth Wall Folkestone tomorrow (Friday) for an interactive and fun event about the benefits of getting involved in research. 😀fourthwallfolkestone.co.uk/better-researc… #BetterResearchTogether #PPIinresearch #CommunityInvolvementandEngagement

We’re ready to talk all things research, public involvement and CHSS! Massive thanks to the brilliant people at the Fourth Wall in #Folkestone who are letting us use their fabulous space! #BetterResearchTogether #PPI #PublicInvolvement #FourthWall

Just landed in sunny Exeter and looking forward to NIHR Involvement University of Exeter summer school starting tomorrow! Always so much to learn and share in #PublicInvolvement #PPI

Why is it important to involve Experts by Experience (EbyE) in craniofacial research? Would you like to know when, why & how to involve EbyE? Find out more in this CPCJ article! Dr Amanda Bates Kenny Ardouin Danielle McWilliams #cleft #research #involve journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

New podcast episode! 'Should the Public Have a Say in Your Research? A Conversation with Dr Amanda Bates.' Huge thanks to the 'Stupid Genius' podcast hosts Emily Wharton & Mollie Bryde Listen here Expert PhD Advice for Every PhD Student (stupidgeniuspod.co.uk) #PPI #Research

Fab event! Great to promote our #PPI in research work CHSS #research #HealthAndSocialCare

.Liz Kendall The Labour Party WHY do you refer to #PIP as an out of work benefit? IT ISN’T. People can claim PIP WHEN THEY WORK. This benefit can help people STAY IN WORK. This isn’t about getting disabled people working, it’s about saving money by targeting vulnerable people. #Shame