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Patients with Power @ptswithpower.com Patient-scientist fighting for medicine based in SCIENCE; NOT BIAS⚡Calling out harmful healthcare culture⚡Breaking down difficult doctor behaviour✍️🧐
Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social Advocates for those injured in military + disabled folk, founder http://veteranlawproject.org.uk, spinal cord injury, not a lawyer, manage land & forestry @ Dartmoor
Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social We one of the UK’s leading Disabled People's Organisation run by and for Disabled people, working for justice and equality for all. https://linktr.ee/disabilityrightsuk
RNIB @rnib.bsky.social We’re the Royal National Institute of Blind People. Profile pic: Our logo, bold black capital letters spelling RNIB, with a bold pink underline.
RNIB Scotland @rnibscotland.bsky.social We’re the Royal National Institute of Blind People Scotland. Profile pic: Our logo, bold black capital letters spelling RNIB Scotland, with a pink underline and See Differently. Header pic: RNIB Scotland community outside Hillside linktr.ee/rnibscotland
Anna Landre @annalandre.com Part woman, part machine / Disability justice + more / #DisabilityPower100, Vogue #21Under21 💋🦾 Fmr Washington DC Commissioner, now in London📍 annalandre.com
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social #Research & #Design at @merlan.bsky.social ⟹ Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ツ
rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk Daily social welfare law and #accesstojustice updates, casework support, advice jobs, training & events. Website: https://www.rightsnet.org.uk More: http://linktr.ee/rightsnet
Kelly Jones @kmjones.bsky.social Editor at Rightsnet | Advised on social security since 2010 | Life experience includes poverty & parenthood | Love reading stories, enjoy little adventures & genuinely curious about how aaaaanything works
Tania Tirraoro @tanialt.bsky.social Founder @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social, writer, #autistic, #SaveOurChildrensRights, #SENDsky #EhlersDanlos #Disability #ChildrensRights, Devoted Grandma #wheelchair user #chronicpain
Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social Mental health/tech stuff. Sell ads for local newspapers, keeping local public interest news alive. Former writer in residence @centreforMH. Ask me to write MH things. Director Social Spider CIC. DMs open. Podcast @BBCOuch (he/they)
Carri Swann @carriswann.bsky.social Welfare rights/social security at @cpaguk.bsky.social. Posting in a personal capacity. Repost ≠ endorsement 📍Nottingham
O Owen @owenatcpag.bsky.social Welfare rights adviser at Child Poverty Action Group
Terry Makewell @terrymakewell.com Gov CDTO | Evelyn Glennie Foundation Trustee | Prev Gov CTO, CDO & NHS | Accessibility | Ménière's disease Exeter, Devon
Stephen Unwin @stephenunwin.bsky.social Director, Writer, Teacher, Campaigner. Founded ETT. Opened the Rose. Laughing Boy, All Our Children, Poor Naked Wretches, Beautiful Lives. Man to Man. http://www.stephenunwin.uk/
Learning Disability England @learningdiseng.bsky.social Learning Disability England is a movement for change. Our members are people with learning disabilities, families, & organisations. We work for human rights, equality & good lives. https://www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/
Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE @clentonf.bsky.social Professional Revolutionary,for Social Justice. I call it the 'invisible factor'4 overcoming fears & obstacles to living a life. #TLAP1 #DRUK#NDTI #IMPACT
Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social 🔥Free Disability Zines🔥 https://linktr.ee/disabilityark Disability: History, Politics, Media Analysis and more! Recent ones include Disability and: | Star Trek | Ancient Egypt | Radicals | Gods | Film Analysis Tools | Feminists | Anarchists | and more!
Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social Talks, writes, teaches. "The Ha-ha" & "The Ends" might make you laugh. Patreon https://patreon.com/Tomtalksdisabillity?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link
Dr Elisabeth Griffiths @egriffiths.bsky.social Associate Prof @NorthumbriaLaw. Research - equality | disability rights | legal ed. | menopause and the workplace | labour/employment law. Big believer in widening participation. Love photography. Solicitor (non-prac). Trustee SLSA. Member Law Society DSN.
Angela Catley @angelacat.bsky.social Overly enthusiastic & talkative doer Believer in citizens & community Finding creative, quirky ways to think about care & wellbeing. Co founder When I Get Old www.WIGO.org.uk. Roles @TLAP.bsky.social @Commcats.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social
Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social Covering world news with a disability lens. I love languages, questions and places I've lived 🇬🇧🇧🇷🇧🇩🇪🇬 Writing Disability Debrief: https://www.disabilitydebrief.org/signup
Marjorie Creek @mcreek.bsky.social A solicitor, veteran, charity trustee law, health, politics
Simon Mulholland @obamathepony.bsky.social Inclusive Pony powered inventor specialising in all terrain disabled access.
Prof. Bethan Evans @drbevans.bsky.social Professor of Human Geography at Uni of Liverpool, research on chronic illness, energy limiting conditions, fat embodiment. Feminist, Fat Activist, Spoonie, PwME, Friend, Sister, Daughter, Person. Hobbies: SF, cats, knitting/crochet. she/her or they/their 🏳️‍⚧️
Keely Lawesome @i-am-lawesome.bsky.social Tiktoker (i_am_lawesome) and disability rights advocate. Also disabled myself since 14. ♿️ I have a husband and 2 young daughters 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 And living in the Northwest UK. 🇬🇧 #dontbechronicallyignorant
Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social Academic law person at King’s College London. Working on feminist, disability & gender things, also medical ethics. Held hostage by my beagle. All views my own & not peer reviewed.
Beyond Words @booksbeyondwords.bsky.social Beyond Words - Using pictures to help people understand the world. Founded by Baroness Sheila Hollins Charity no. 1183942 www.booksbeyondwords.co.uk
Paula Peters @paulapeters19.bsky.social Disability Rights Activist - DPAC Co founder of Bromley & Croydon DPAC Disability Rights Advocate Trade Unionist - Unite NHS Activist
Dan white @danwhite1972.bsky.social Children's author / Disability & care campaigner / writer / carer / politics / occasionally on your TV & Radio / ambassador / dad❤️
The Belay Foundation @thebelayfoundation.org.uk Helping families living with early trauma through finding specialist support workers, providing advice, offering training and reducing isolation. More info on our trauma-responsive support here: https://thebelayfoundation.org.uk/trauma-responsive-support/
RF Hunt♿️ @rfhunt1.bsky.social I’m a journalist, author and columnist and have spinal cord injuries (SCI) plus secondary conditions Interested in the mental health of those with SCI. Crazy childless cat lady - social justice warrior! https://authory.com/RuthHunt
Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social Welfare policy research at Citizens Advice she/her views my own ✨
Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social Work on economic strategy in South Yorkshire | Associate @BennettSchool.cam.ac.uk | Raising money for MS at https://www.justgiving.com/page/not-being-funny
Greg Ichneumon Brown @gibrown.bsky.social spinal cord rehab; politics; wrangling analytics, data, and search at http://Automattic.com. Jetpack/WordPress.com/Tumblr/Parsely.
Sophie🧑🏻‍🦽♾️🏳️‍🌈 @sophiemattholie.bsky.social Public History student, Fundraising + Policy - Disabled Students UK, Trustee - The LUNA Project, writer and reader, disabled, ND and loud about it. Views my own https://aspacewithin.substack.com/
Shawnte Rothschild @advocacymatters.bsky.social
Spinal Injuries Association @spinalinjuries.bsky.social We are the expert, guiding voice for life after spinal cord injury, supporting 105,000 people with SCI and their families to live a fulfilled life in the UK https://linktr.ee/spinalinjuriesassociation
Ian Hewitt @ianh1978.bsky.social Book lover, stuck loving the bands I grew up with. FND/SFN/EM and Chronic Pain Exister… Veteran fighting for rights of fellow UK Veterans. Studying for BA(Hons) in History.
Dancing Monk🌻 @dancingmonk.bsky.social I'm playing everything in my record collection (@81%) #MonksMusic explores my Classical record collection 800-2024 Here for music & art #ASD but not in a good way. I post UK disability stories but avoid politics. Not a monk, don't dance
ataxia.scot @ataxia.scot Step-Free DIY Walking Tours --> www.ataxia.scot All routes are accessible to everyone 🚶♿
josefina (fka vaccinelover666) 🧋 @effexcalibor.bsky.social it’s a mix of “Effexor” and “Excalibur” if you’re wondering. former autistic child and former undiagnosed EDSer and epileptic. associate @ NDTI. 90% cat grief 9% special interest (in another account) 1% anything “important.” winter zealot
Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn @gillloomesquinn.bsky.social Socio-legal scholar; Co-director of openjusticecourtofprotection.org; Autistic; Wheelchair-user Here for all things #OpenJustice, #MentalCapacity #DisabilityRights, #SocialCare, and #Advocacy Also nature, textile crafts, Irish language - and cats 🐈...
Andie Pring @andiepring.bsky.social Children’s author, poet, & PhD student (disability/illness in children’s Gothic) | Founder of #VirtualWriters | #WriteMentor ‘21 mentee #eds #mecfs #pots #mcas she/her @virtualwriters.bsky.social andreapring.com | virtualwriters.org
Dan Paskins @danpaskins.bsky.social Save the Children UK Exec Director - UK Impact Vice-Chair, End Child Poverty Chair, Civic Power Fund
Emily Mae C @maethefourth.bsky.social One hip wonder & chron(iconic)ally sick | working towards being paid to argue (seeking pupillage) | Chair of Neurodiversity in Law 🧠 @ndinlaw.bsky.social
Neurodiversity in Law @ndinlaw.bsky.social No Mind Left Behind 🧠 Working to raise awareness, provide support, and reduce the stigma surrounding Neurodiversity in the legal profession. 🌐 https://neurodiversityinlaw.start.page
Reads On Trains @readsontrains.bsky.social Research practitioner. Poverty, education and youth transitions. Chronic illness. Reposts not endorsements. Opinions own. Wales.
Lynn Laidlaw @lynnlaidlaw.bsky.social Living with a rare rheumatic disease and MLTC’s Vocal about Co production and Public Patient Involvement. Peer researcher Interested and involved in Health research/ Policy Trustee @hsruk.bsky.social
Tom Lay @thatcharityman.bsky.social Hi 👋🏻 I’m Tom and I work at Cancer Research UK as the Head of Talent & Influencers. Also a Trustee at St. Catherine’s Hospice. (all views my own)
Ben Clarkson @btpclarkson.bsky.social Kentish Yorkshirephile. Blade 🔴⚪. Father. Chief Finance & Operating Officer at Parkinson's UK. Trustee of Contact (for families with disabled children). Runner and bloody cyclist. ND. Opinions mine and many
Beth_Tastic @beth-tastic.bsky.social #SEND parent & advocate supporting families, working with schools/disability forums/health boards etc to help improve practices around disabilities. #ActuallyAutistic
George Julian @georgejulian.bsky.social I like people watching, good food and people who speak out about injustice. Crowdfunded #OpenJustice journalist, reporting mainly about #LearningDisability and #Autism. Also can be found with a needle, all things #sewing #quilting #knitting
Nick White @doggypicks.bsky.social Anglo-Canadian; N Devon UK based; Retired; Dog Lover; Green at heart; Anti hunting/Badger cull; Republican; Atheist; Pro Europe; photography; mainly classical music; Disability - mental and physical. I follow UK back unless no profile and/or post history
Kirsty Liddiard @kirstyliddiard1.bsky.social Sociologist and Senior Research Fellow researching breath, ventilation, disability and health. All views my own.
Age UK Bradford District @ageukbradford.bsky.social
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Snowball @snowballcommunity.bsky.social What’s is Snowball??…Think TripAdvisor for the disabled community. Apple https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/snowball-community/id1624679548 Android https://play.google.com/store/search?q=snowball+community&c=apps&hl=en&gl=US
Libby Humphris @libbyhumphris.bsky.social Public contributor | Honorary Research Associate @CardiffUni | Advocate for women’s health, rare diseases & shared decision-making | Co-lead, Public Engagement @EvidenceCentre | Breaking down barriers for patients & the public ✨ Crocheter & Rescue Dog Mum
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People @gmcdp.bsky.social Disabled People's Organisation (100% exec & staff are disabled people working from Social Model of Disability & Disability Justice) #RightsNotCharity https://gmcdp.com
Kayla @kayla-gmcdp.bsky.social Project Worker at GMCDP
Laura Hellfeld of Neurodivergent Nurse Consulting @laurahellfeld.bsky.social Nurse • Author • Speaker | Supporting neurodivergent and disabled people across everyday life, healthcare & education
Lucy Hobbs @lucykhobbs.bsky.social Founder of The Future is ND, Creative Director, neurodiversity consultant, keynote speaker and proudly AuDHD
Rhidian Hughes @rhidianhughes.bsky.social Chief Executive of the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group Personal views He/Him
SeeAbility @seeability.bsky.social Supporting people to live, love, thrive and belong for 225 years. https://www.seeability.org/ #WeSeeAbility
Action on Smoking Health (UK) @ashorguk.bsky.social Action on Smoking and Health. Follow for the latest tobacco and smoking news. Receive ASH Daily News at http://ash.org.uk/dailynews
dr alicja pawluczuk / HYSTERA ART @alicjapawluczuk.bsky.social digital [in]equity research, art, and community @include-plus.bsky.social // disability + #ADHD Digital Youth Work Research Hub @leedsunimedia.bsky.social #endometriosis ART at www.hystera.online Endo Violece www.endoviolence.com
Sam Barnett-Cormack @sambc.barnett-cormack.co.uk Liberal Quaker, disabled, neurodivergent (ADHD), interested in most things. Eclectic education. He/him. narco_sam on X. Lancaster, UK Writing/speaking on disability, patient experience, Quaker stuff, & whatever I feel like. https://linktr.ee/quakersambc
Valerie Eliot Smith @valerieeliotsmith.bsky.social Independent researcher living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) since 1981. Barrister (ret'd) #TMTlaw Visiting scholar @QMUL Blog at http://valerieeliotsmith.com Based in London, UK
Dr Dawn Cavanagh @dawnc05.bsky.social LD Researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University. Lives in Wales. Stolen Lives. https://stolenlives.blog Son with learning disability, autism, ADHD and epilepsy. Autistic herself.
Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way. Lives with epilepsy.
Jaipreet Virdi @jaivirdi.com Award-winning historian #HistSTM & #DisHist. Author of "Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History" (2020) and "Echoes of Care: Deafness in Modern Britain." Associate Professor at University of Victoria. Deaf & forever a radical Learn more: jaivirdi.com
Dermot Devlin @mywayaccess.bsky.social Disability rights. Access warrior. Ableism’s worst nightmare. My Way Access | DPAC Northern Ireland | IMTAC
Relish_Hendy aka Jen @relishhendy.bsky.social Comedian, Wigs/Hair/Make-Up Historian, Disability Rights Champion, Parent-Carer As seen on TV/Heard on Radio #History #SEND #ParentCarer #DisabilityRights #DPAC
Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social Senior Journalist/Producer in Society and Health at BBC Scotland News. Once deemed "not quite Terry Wogan" by a listener. ✉️ : daniel.bennett@bbc.co.uk BBC journos starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD
Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social Journalist, guide dog owner, potter
Jemma Brown @jemmabrown.bsky.social Blind accessibility advocate and influencer living neurospicy and chronic illness life. https://linktr.ee/jemmabrown
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People @hearingdogs.org.uk Official account of UK charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. We train dogs to alert deaf people to sounds they can't hear, as well as helping them leave loneliness behind. Find out more here > https://www.hearingdogs.org.uk/
Mark Henderson @markhenderson.bsky.social Media and human rights barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. Chair of The Bar Council Disability Panel. Board, Spinal Injuries. Ambassador, ParaPride. Views my own (he/him) https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/mark-henderson
Hoss @hossylass.bsky.social Here for when the other place implodes. Disability rights. Fair society. Animal rescue. Likes spreadsheets, clean air and FFP3 masks. Reads Hansard. Swears. UBI nerd. Swears - in case you missed it the first time.
Dr Amy Kavanagh @blondehistorian.bsky.social Blind activist, Mama, accessibility professional and Londoner. Guided by the Diva Retriever. Sharing my blurry world view
Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social Day job policymaking on climate change/adaptation gap. Research public goods provision (IR, IPE, Law) Nature | Academia | Disability | Politics | LGBTQ+ | BookTok | Writer | Anime | Gamer | Fandoms | Photography ☕️📚🇨🇦🇬🇧🔸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🐈‍⬛🍵 Oxford | UBC | Columbia | Waseda
Inclusion Barnet @inclusionbarnet.bsky.social Peer-Led, Deaf and Disabled People's Organisation based in Barnet. We believe in the power of lived experience. Visit our website: www.inclusionbarnet.org.uk
Disability IN-CLUSIVE sustainable & active travel -- Exeter @in-clusive.bsky.social Working for a city where walking, cycling, wheeling & public transport are safe, efficient & accessible for everyone, including those with disabilities who cannot drive. Greater Exeter, UK. https://in-clusive.uk/
WheelPower @wheelpower.bsky.social National charity for wheelchair sport. Providing opportunities for disabled people to move more, play sport and lead active lives. www.wheelpower.org.uk
Charli Clement @charliclement.bsky.social disabled, ND & queer speaker, writer, creative ♾️ imperfect capitalism hater + arts & culture enjoyer 🎞️ author of ALL TANGLED UP IN AUTISM & CHRONIC ILLNESS 📖 views own, they/them. mostly random thoughts - work elsewhere! https://linktr.ee/charliclement_
ru 🧚‍♀️🌸 @rollwithru.bsky.social award winning queer disabled activist & lover of everything pink🌸🧚‍♀️🎀 csf leaker 🧠💧 🌸collabs: rollwithru@hotmail.com
Hagittude @hagwithattitude.bsky.social Left Wing for politics, Old Hippie, won't put up with Crap. Have the best husband in the World, who is disabled and does the most amazing art. Owned by a very determined small dog. Love Life and Laughs, and reading all about your lives. XX
Lucy Webster @lucywebster.bsky.social Disability advocate | Journalist | Author | Public speaker | Community organiser | Rep'd by Curtis Brown | My first book, THE VIEW FROM DOWN HERE, a very personal memoir of ableism and sexism, is out now 👩‍🦼🏳️‍🌈
Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social #SaveOurChildrensRights Parent-led special educational needs and disability #SEND website. UK-based, strategic advocacy, resources, and information to help improve the lives of children & young people with disabilities and their families. Volunteers.
Johnny Timpson @johnnytimpson1.bsky.social Chair, NED, Financial Inclusion Commissioner, Financial Services Consumer Panel Member, Trustee of Neurodiversity and Disability Charities, Adviser to the Surviving Economic Abuse Charity and Patron of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association UK 🇬🇧.
Peter Hale @petervhale.bsky.social UK Politics, Science, Tech, Autism, Disability Rights, Mental Health campaigning - PhD in computing.
WheelieMSAdvocate @wheeliefums.bsky.social She/Her MS and Disability Rights Advocate Podcast/YouTube - My Living with MS #EndSocialCareDisgrace #KeepOurNHSPublic #SOSNHS #EndTheCrisis Hull FC ⚫⚪
Lucy Series @thesmallplaces.bsky.social Associate Professor of Social Care Law and Policy, University of Bristol, School for Policy Studies. Socio-legal research on: disability, legal capacity, human rights, sovereignty, governmentality and other stuff. Small Places Blog.
AudreySuffolk MBE @audreysuffolk.bsky.social Equality law compliance trainer and consultant. audreyludwig.com Non-practising Solicitor. My personal thoughts on Equality/Disability/Feminism/ Access2Justice/LawCentres/FineArt etc. Founder Suffolk Law Centre. Repost not endorsement
Harriet Cannon @harrietcannon.bsky.social University Disability Practitioner and Manager, NADP Senior Accredited member, NADP Director, AAPHE founder. Accidental competence standards nerd. Pronouns: she/her. Views entirely my own.
Black Triangle Anti-Defamation Campaign Disability Rights @blacktriangleuk.bsky.social NGO Human rights and anti-defamation campaign in defence of disability rights. Scotland and U.K. - wide. Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Established June 2010 blacktrianglecampaign.org facebook.com/blacktriangle11 @blacktriangle1 on the fascist’s X 😉
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist. I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Stacey Worboys @staceyworboys.bsky.social Social Media Executive at RNID Deaf 🦻🏼 BSL 🤟🏼 South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿