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Catherine Edgson

@catherineedgson.bsky.social
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Autistic disabled activist Non-binary & queer Interests: film, music, theatre, welfare, social justice, disability, fighting for equality

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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 18h
Yup 🫠
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hey CSJ & other think tanks Stop pitting taxpayers against benefit claimants as if we’re the enemy They’re releasing a report tomorrow apparently and complaining benefits are too high Here’s a thought RAISE MINIMUM WAGE 38% on UC are working! www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/rev...
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Revealed: Minimum-wage worker must work six days a week to match combined benefits - The Centre for Social Justice
A worker on the National Living Wage must work more than 50 hours – equivalent to six days a week – to take home as much as a claimant on combined benefits, a
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
😮 Mainstream media comment sections especially on Facebook can be extremely toxic and attract the worst of people Hoping some are bots Doesn’t make it ok Increasing dehumanisation of migrants is horrifying
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Am I outraged? No Cos this is cool
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
WTAF 🙀 How is it safe for them to return when it’s still volatile? Are they not genuine? This is heartbreaking
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
🦊#FoxiMax #1506 2/8 (10 letters) foximax.com 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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FoxiMax - A Word Puzzle
Multiple word guessing puzzle game
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Sxv's WTF Reaction
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Oh interesting 🤔
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It was and always will be the worst idea he ever had that wasted a ton of money and was dropped anyway Why is he still talking about it ? 🤦🏼
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Finding out the thing I want is more expensive than expected 🫠 The one pair of headphones that are actually comfortable is £200 😱🙃
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Woman's Empty Wallet Frustration
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think that might have been a separate one? Today’s report www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Chris Bogle @chrisbogle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1. The independent Taskforce — commissioned by NHS England, backed by government — concluded ADHD is under-diagnosed, under-recognised and under-treated in the UK. Not over. The press has reported the reverse of the finding www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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ADHD label ‘risks lifelong harm to children’ as diagnoses surge
Landmark government review warns of a ‘tipping point’ as figures show the proportion of youngsters with an autism diagnosis has risen 40-fold
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So fed up of the media being disingenuous and misleading today And of course Helen Whately takes it as “overdiagnosis + benefits = we must stop benefits” 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The media is going to be loud about this review today but the truth is autism, adhd, and mental health are not overdiagnosed and we need earlier support www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news... #autism #adhd #review
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Good luck 🤞🏻
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Brain: I want to be productive Body: absolutely not! Curve ball of upset stomach, bowels and pain flare Great thanks 🫠 Had a great time watching Paddington the musical last night though Even if I did forget my glasses 🙃
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is not newsworthy 🤦🏼
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yes 🙌🏻
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Cannot deal with the Tories or reading anything from her speech They piss me off so much 😡
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There’s probably loads of Disney films that came out before i was born that are my favourites
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Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) 1964
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today is one of those days where I’m extra tired and nothing is refreshing Even had a nap after a shower this afternoon
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Sappy Seal
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Time to tax the banks and the rich Disabled people have had enough of being the target for cuts
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Unsafe housing and destroy environment Tories: 👀 🔥
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This Is Fine
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Impressive 👏🏻 Mine today Cool game 🦊#FoxiMax #1501 4/8 (15 letters) www.foximax.com 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
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FoxiMax - A Word Puzzle
Multiple word guessing puzzle game
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have family in Luton He is talking rubbish
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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Social care for Disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government silent about it?" Read the @guardian story here: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Social care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government silent about it? | John Harris
Working-age adults such as my son, who is autistic, face an unreliable system, yet ministers talk only of a national care service for older people, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Taxpayers alliance Once again painting benefit claimants as the enemy Cherry picking data into an ai model By postcode And a map targeting disabled people by age and area It doesn’t even include pensions or attendance allowance or those on universal credit who work Absolutely disgraceful
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Remind me not to watch Frozen again anytime soon Apparently I tried before & gave up, the video was left unfinished Started again cos the songs were in my head Like this morning when 4 other ones were trying to play at the same time 🫠 Anyway, paused a lot, nearly gave up Finished eventually 5/10
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3D Figure Examining ADHD with Magnifying Glass
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WTH 😳 We’re on two different sides! Neo Nazis need to be proscribed though
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Snowball: I'M SORRY... WHAT!?!
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He must tax the banks Stop going after the poor and vulnerable But unfortunately he probably won’t Hope, no More of the same, yes especially those on the sharp end of possible cuts
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Seeing out of hours later today Finally managed to speak to someone Of course they also called yesterday when I couldn’t answer the phone 🙃
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Telegraph cringe levels 💯 😬
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Cringe 😬 Yours was better
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Are limited to do so They already cut it by 49% from April 2026 Been so concerned with who Burnham kept on in his team and the direction of the harmful narrative by the government, reviewers like Milburn, media & opponents Disabled people are being treated as less than Young people are the scapegoat
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Why should it be one or the other? PIP is not an out of work benefit yet they are treating it like one We need both welfare and good work opportunities, paying enough to live on, not topping up with UC UC health/lcwra is being weakened yet it’s for disabled people who can’t work or…
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Agreed
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
💯 Hopefully without sacrificing social security safety net to pay for it As apparently Labour and the Tories are planning to do
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They make it sound like the man who’s just been convicted is the victim It definitely contributes to radicalisation
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
💯 How can anyone be hopeful when Burnham kept McFadden, hired Purnell and the man who resigned over the lack of defence spending is now chancellor? Naive comes to mind 😬
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Work not walk 🤦🏼
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I also can’t believe they didn’t hear Healey or McFadden talk The “moral crusade”… Benefits are a bridge to walk not to be trapped - Healey Burnham - paying for opportunity not failure re welfare 😳 Rhetoric red flags that should alarm any disabled activist or is it just me?
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yeah they’re in for a shock when they see that 😳
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I thought that might happen 😳
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Disabled People Against Cuts - DPAC @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#TimmsReview #PIP Timms Review rebellion: reject youth disability cuts dpac.uk.net/2026/10/timm...
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
After reading papers from this week covering the Labour conference, l have more concerns (welfare) and need to write about it officially This afternoon is movie time though so it will need to wait a bit
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Two years since crushing defeat, the Tories have made no substantive efforts for reputation rehabilitation. Are they regretful of Brexit? What about Partygate or austerity?” My col. ahead of Tory conference on the vandals of Britain. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I’m not buying into the ‘Keminaissance’. If the Tories lowered the bar any further, they’d be Reform UK | Frances Ryan
Rather than ridding the Conservatives of their ‘nasty party’ status, Badenoch has a plan – to cut benefits for young people and demonise the unemployed, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Argh Damn ear infection Not much choice with seeing people Enhanced access GP chambers stopped booking appointments for my GP surgery 3 weeks ago for some weird reason. Pharmacies can only help with kids 111 - we’re very busy, call back within 24 hours 🫠 Ffs 🤦‍♀️
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Robert Downey Jr. Facepalm Meme
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No change or hope for us unfortunately Pat McFadden and John Healey talking about welfare reform being a moral crusade, “progressive” paying for opportunity not failure said by Andy Burnham This article comes right after Tories said stop benefits for under 25s & make it harder to 🔍 for work
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Slam I Love My Job
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Catherine Edgson @catherineedgson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No surgery just yet but I’ll be getting a steroid injection soon to help with the pain If it doesn't help then that's always an option It's ok to get a second opinion & to complain if you feel you were dismissed-eg being told surgery is too overwhelming due to autism & not fully discussing options
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