Andy
@ITakeSugar
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Social Worker. Disabled and neurodiverse. Passionate about: Social justice, exclusion, disability, oppression and inequality. He/him
England, United Kingdom
Joined March 2018
@socfuture @PipCannons @AnnaSeverwright @KarynatKeyRing @lockwood_sian @juestanny @CathBarton_ @mroutled @tricianicoll @BryonyShannon Looking forward to this today
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RT @InclusionLondon: This report highlights the need for genuine co-production with Disabled people, not just our doctors, teachers and car…
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RT @AnnaSeverwright: I was really pleased to be a special adviser as a person with lived experience to this committee alongside @JonGlasby.…
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RT @HLAdultCare: "After seeing such a positive document, I hope that this is the start of change. I hope to see more research, consultation…
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Here I am, sharing some thoughts on the committee process and the final report. Let's use this moment and momentum to get social care transformed into something that let's us live, as Tricia Nicoll so aptly puts, 'gloriously ordinary lives'
When @HLAdultCare started their 10 mth inquiry we challenged them to properly engage with people who draw on support to exemplify how a committee could show that the direct experience & ideas of people should & could drive such report. They responded 2/
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RT @socfuture: Today we strongly welcome “A Gloriously Ordinary Life” from @HLAdultCare which says: “The govt must…
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The #HLAdultSocialCare report has been released today. Having been a witness for the committee and seeing how lived experience was valued and listened to, and now after reading the report, I am hopeful that this can be the start of meaningful change and progress
Called 'A “gloriously ordinary life”: Spotlight on adult social care', our report calls for a more positive and resilient approach to #SocialCare. This is why, as a starting point, we have endorsed #socialcarefuture's vision. We believe it should form the basis of future reform.
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RT @HLAdultCare: 📢 The #HLAdultSocialCare Cttee's report is now live. It found that the continued #invisibility of #SocialCare dramaticall…
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@theGAPinthelens @montygristo @AnnAtkins_Poet @Tracy_treasach @beesmade Your ambience looks very serene. I feel I need to get some candles now for D&D sessions to make a magical atmosphere!
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@JonJonBelloo @ThisFireBurns__ @Gintit2k21 @ladbible I'm not referring to NHS prescriptions, as there are so few of them. I'm talking about private prescriptions for cannabis, which are taxed. This change to being able to buy/vape cannabis flower legally possibly indicates wider legalisation on the horizon.
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@JonJonBelloo @ThisFireBurns__ @Gintit2k21 @ladbible Cannabis is already legalised in the UK for medical use
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@beesmade @stuffpunxdo @AnnanMoth @montygristo @AnnAtkins_Poet @theGAPinthelens @Tracy_treasach We need a DnD battle rap event I feel
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@Jones88bones @mspricklefinger @davidlhardie But if that's the case, then it isn't the diagnosis that leads to 'financial reward' it is due to her, from your other answer, fraudulently misleading the systems
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@Jones88bones @mspricklefinger @davidlhardie Does it impact her life to the level she fulfils the descriptors? as then she would be entitled to it. If she has issues to the level that fulfil the descriptors then a diagnosis isn't required anyway; or are you saying she mislead the dwp/pip assessors?
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@Jones88bones @mspricklefinger @davidlhardie How does having ADHD in the uk result in financial gain?
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@M_J_2_0_6 @Pasc76 @soniasodha @Gatwick_Airport Also once you get off they very often will not let you back on, even if they say they will
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@Pasc76 @soniasodha @Gatwick_Airport How can they help? They can't necessarily lift the person, or get an aisle chair. It takes 2 people to lift me, and someone to assist with the aisle chair. Some places that disembark also use a lift that has to be driven and operated by the staff
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@banger505 @soniasodha @Gatwick_Airport That's not how it really works, I've been in a similar situation and asked 4 or 5 times to the same response of 'they're on their way' 'there's nothing we can do' etc, bearing in mind some places are impossible to disembark without support as it uses lifts driven to the plane
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@victorstuber @MellieRenne @johnlevenstein @jamiattenberg I've flown long haul a few times, still never seen the inside of an aeroplane toilet as there in no real access onboard for wheelchair users who can't weight bear
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