James O'Rourke 🇮🇪 🇺🇦 (@stowjames) 's Twitter Profile
James O'Rourke 🇮🇪 🇺🇦

@stowjames

Have adorable brother with learning disabilities. LDE Family & Friend rep, CeTR Independent Reviewer.

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calendar_today06-05-2009 13:41:32

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It's A Puzzling Life (@spuzzling) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rightful Lives Stephen Kinnock ITV News I would also say that some professionals completing MCA assessments actually don't understand how to use it in these types of cases. Weighing up & executive capacity elements can be very misunderstood as well. We need better community support either way.

Isabelle Garnett (@isabelle241212) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I just can't understand how SAH can claim to be "on a journey of continuous improvement' when we know they have continually neglected & abused both children & adults in their care for at least a DECADE - if not longer. @rightfulLives bbc.com/news/articles/…

Canary (@thecanaryuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Kendall caught misleading parliament four times in 23 minutes over DWP PIP cuts She misled the House of Commons four times - by repeatedly claiming DWP PIP cuts were somehow linked to getting people into work. HT to Disability News Service #WelfareNotWarfare: thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

John Bangs OBE (@johnbangs15) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exciting news from the Young Carers Books partnership; coming in the form of a 4 page comic describing the adventures of two groups of young carers. These are in books set in the fictional town of Morfield. #YoungCarers #youngcarers Carers Trust youngcarersillustrations.com/post/raising-a…

Exciting news from the Young Carers Books partnership; coming in the form of a 4 page comic describing the adventures of two groups of young carers. These are in books set in the fictional town of Morfield. #YoungCarers #youngcarers <a href="/CarersTrust/">Carers Trust</a> 
youngcarersillustrations.com/post/raising-a…
James O'Rourke 🇮🇪 🇺🇦 (@stowjames) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The hypocrisy of stellacreasy sees no bounds. Posting this while completely silent on her Waltham Forest Labour colleagues' actions of closing a day centre for people with learning disabilities in her constituency and savage cuts to social care. Waltham Forest Echo East London Guardian BBC Access All

The hypocrisy of <a href="/stellacreasy/">stellacreasy</a> sees no bounds.

Posting this while completely silent on her <a href="/WFLabourParty/">Waltham Forest Labour</a> colleagues' actions of closing a day centre for people with learning disabilities in her constituency and savage cuts to social care.

<a href="/WFEcho/">Waltham Forest Echo</a> <a href="/ELondonGuardian/">East London Guardian</a> <a href="/BBCAccessAll/">BBC Access All</a>
Cherylee Houston (@cheryleehouston) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A load of us got together to speak up about the proposed cut #TakingThePIP theguardian.com/society/2025/m… please share and use the hashtag x

Dr Jay Watts (@shrink_at_large) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵TW: PIP & Mental Health My new FOI further exposes the 4+ rule’s cruel impact on mental health. 1 in 3 MH claimants will be cut off, including those with the most severe disability. It shows a system built to erase cumulative + fluctuating need. #TakingThePip #WelfareNotWarfare

🧵TW: PIP &amp; Mental Health My new FOI further exposes the 4+ rule’s cruel impact on mental health. 1 in 3 MH claimants will be cut off, including those with the most severe disability. It shows a system built to erase cumulative + fluctuating need. #TakingThePip #WelfareNotWarfare
NHS Ability (@nhsability) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NHS England Mental Capacity Act guidance and toolkit is now out. It’s for staff and NHS trusts about how to assess mental capacity but will affect anyone going into hospital. england.nhs.uk/publication/gu… Mencap resource pack for family carers mencap.org.uk/sites/default/…

NHS England Mental Capacity Act guidance and toolkit is now out. It’s for staff and NHS trusts about how to assess mental capacity but will affect anyone going into hospital. 

england.nhs.uk/publication/gu… 

Mencap resource pack for family carers  

mencap.org.uk/sites/default/…
Disability Rights UK (@disrightsuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🗣️"Rather than delivering change [...] Ms. Kendall is delivering business as usual. " "Her plans aren’t just ill-advised — they’re incredibly dangerous. " Our campaigner Mikey wrote about the disability benefit cuts for Politics.co.uk More 👇 politics.co.uk/comment/2025/0…

NHS Ability (@nhsability) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Free online training for families, carers and staffs to help #STOMP out over-medication. Find out about hot to get the right support and medicine minded.org.uk/Catalogue/Inde… #StompStamp #LearningDisabilityWeek #FamilyCarers #Carers

Free online training for families, carers and staffs to help #STOMP out over-medication. Find out about hot to get the right support and medicine minded.org.uk/Catalogue/Inde… 

#StompStamp #LearningDisabilityWeek #FamilyCarers #Carers
Contact (@contactfamilies) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nearly 60% of disabled teens face school transport changes at 16, 1 in 7 lose it completely. This risks their right to stay in education.  We're urging the govt to close the loophole. ✍️ Sign: f.mtr.cool/lppxfxfhgd 🔗 More: f.mtr.cool/runxyvjkvo #CloseTheLoophole

Nearly 60% of disabled teens face school transport changes at 16, 1 in 7 lose it completely. This risks their right to stay in education. 

We're urging the govt to close the loophole.

✍️ Sign: f.mtr.cool/lppxfxfhgd
🔗 More: f.mtr.cool/runxyvjkvo
#CloseTheLoophole
Simon Calder (@simoncalder) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Heathrow airport: BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner, who uses a wheelchair, was kept on board a flight from Singapore for 1h35m after other passengers left the plane. ‘Why should disabled passengers have so much worse service than everybody else?’ independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

thehighcliffeguy (@adamhighcliffe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's no surprise to find local authorities lobbying to reduce statutory protections for SEND children, but that makes it no less galling.