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Eleni Chambers

@elenichambers.bsky.social
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Disabled researcher/activist. Inclusion, access, involvement and co-production (mainly, but also wildlife, gardening, music, modern art, photography...) Works for different UK H&SC organisations, particularly likes Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs).

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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Disabled people have told researchers that charging for social care is “unjust and harmful”, just as the new prime minister has spoken of his determination to address reform of the social care system. #CareCharges #SocialCare #AndyBurnham www.disabilitynewsservice.com/research-tha...
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Research that says ‘unjust’ care charges cause ‘spiralling debts’ could support Burnham’s push for reform
Disabled people have told researchers that charging for social care is “unjust and harmful”, just as the new prime minister has spoken of his determination to address reform of the social care syst…
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I was really pleased to be part of this research study on charging for social care: centreforcare.ac.uk/publications... Please share widely…
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Social care charging: is it worth it?
In this report we focus on the charges that Disabled people and older people in England pay for social care at home.
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Really useful resource for social workers (or indeed other H&SC workers). Have a look at the resources and please take part in the survey if you use them
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
What an interesting PhD, I look forward to reading…
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Important consultation on legislation for powered mobility devices, including for Trirides etc, which currently aren’t covered at all
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Still can't quite get over being called 'vengeful' and 'vexatious' by #DWP for asking for an unredacted email that could reveal details re the department's links with hundreds, and probably thousands, of deaths over the last 15 years. #DeathsByWelfare www.disabilitynewsservice.com/watchdog-dis...
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Watchdog dismisses DWP’s description of DNS editor as ‘vengeful’ and ‘vexatious’ for asking to see deaths email
The information commissioner has dismissed attempts by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to describe a disabled journalist as “vengeful” and “vexatious” after he tried to obtain informatio…
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
How to do it… www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Campaigner turned down MBE over ‘scapegoating’ of people with disabilities
Exclusive: In letter declining proposed award, Tressa Burke, CEO of Glasgow Disability Alliance, accused government of ‘fuelling hatred’
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Also, it’s very interesting that no one ever objects to the use of the word user in “wheelchair user” ! Personally I’m not fussed about the word, I use it to mean employ. I do like your blogs etc, as I hope you’re aware and we have a mutual interest in language…
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Thanks. I think it’s about not perpetuating the stigma that is illustrated by people saying they don’t like the word user because of its association with drugs/alcohol.
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I actually feel that view should be challenged…and would do so if I had the opportunity. So I was disappointed to hear this from both yourself and the centre for care without such a challenge being made
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
How do you think such people (and their families) feel to hear the association of people who use drugs with something implicitly negative in that manner?
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I get all that, that’s not my point. You said that some people didn’t like the word user because “it is linked to drug use”. People who use drugs are human beings too.
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
@bryonyshannon.bsky.social @centreforcare.bsky.social I’m just listing to your podcast. I like your stuff, as you’re aware. But I don’t like the way you are criticising the use of the term “user” because it is “linked to drug use”. People who use drugs are human beings too, including my brother…
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Another so true blog…
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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
🏳️‍🌈⚧️Being LGBTQ+ and Disabled: Where Identities Meet 📝New blog post! Celestine, one of DR UK's Trustees, writes about the intersection of LGBTQ+ and Disabled people - our shared experience of being other'd, and our creative ways we resist this💥 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/being-l...
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Being LGBTQ+ and Disabled: Where Identities Meet
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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Deeply concerning to hear that Disabled people are facing surveillance, with evidence of being physically active is used against us. The only 'welfare reform' the government should be talking about is a complete overhaul of this ableist system.
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AutisticMumTo3 She/Her or They/Them @autisticmumto3.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
2/2 www.channel4.com/news/access-... #TakingThePIP #PIP #Disabled #AccessToWork
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Access to Work: cuts to support putting employment out of reach
Today, a public consultation closes on one of the existing programmes of funding reasonable adjustments in the workplace.
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Of which there are 1.3 million people…the “concessions” are a big red herring, playing on MPs lack of understanding of PIP/DLA
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
And this applies to those currently on DLA also
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
And the 1.3 million people on DLA are also not protected, even if they have an indefinite award
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
But it’s far worse than this ! People who have a PIP review or those still in receipt of DLA will all also be affected. That’s about 3.5 million people who will also potentially be affected. The concession proposals are a red herring, based on a lack of understanding of these issues
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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‘I Was Attacked by a Cat’ and Other Caregiver Excuses
Any who relies on caregivers has to deal with no-shows, and with cancellations come excuses. Jenny Smith talks with wheelchair users about the wildest ones they’ve heard and lessons learned in the…
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Jim Blair 🇪🇺🇺🇦⚒️🪩🕴🏼 @jimgblair.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
www.seeability.org/news/I-cant-... @uklabour.bsky.social 👇🏻
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I can’t afford to lose PIP.
Scott Watkin BEM opens up about what the government’s proposed changes to PIP could mean for him, and the anxieties that people with disabilities face.
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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
🚨 Joint statement: Unacceptable “concessions” on the disability cuts MUST be rejected. Signed by @justtreatment.org, @nsunnews.bsky.social, @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social, Crips against Cuts, Mad Youth Organise and Taking the PIP. 👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/unaccep...
As disability rights organisations and grassroots campaigns, we are voicing our united and absolute opposition to the apparent concessions offered by the government on their proposed disability cuts.

We know that for many, including the MPs who took a principled stand by supporting the reasoned amendment that would have killed this bill, the government's offer looks like a win.

But we have been dealing with the benefits system for years and we know the potentially lethal effects the concessions being reported will have.

As Disabled people, we will not accept a Bill that condemns future generations of Disabled people to devastating cuts in their vital support in order to avoid that fate ourselves. Rather than fixing this Bill's dangerous attack on Disabled people, these concessions will introduce a new and cruel inequality into our communities. They will condemn young Disabled people, and those yet to be Disabled, to a future of poverty, hardship and worsening health. Not to mention those unable, or yet to apply due to how taxing the process of proving your eligibility is.

We are absolutely clear that no amount of "concessions" will make this government Bill acceptable. Any and all cuts made to the already limited support Disabled people rely on - both now and in the future - must be resisted.

Disabled people have a long history of solidarity with each other and other communities - it has been essential to our survival. The desperate attempts by the Prime Minister and his whips to buy votes by selling future Disabled people out - attempting to divide our community - will not work.

We know these "concessions" have only come about because of the tidal wave of resistance created by Disabled people and our allies over the last couple of months. They underestimated our power, and now they are underestimating our strength of solidarity.

We know the MPs who listened to us, who have stood with us against these cuts to PIP and Univ
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
A great track !
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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Pride in Disabled and Queer Identity🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♿️ Delighted to share this @desibility.bsky.social piece from DR UK Trustee, Celestine, on the intersections of queerness and disability 'Why does the conversation rarely go beyond the accessibility of Pride events?' www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/goin...
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Going off script
Moving through shame to find pride in disabled and queer identity
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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
We're moved by the stunning photo essay by Frankie MIlls which powerfully demonstrates the pain couples and families in our community and across the UK suffer at the hand of the cruel and hostile UK family migration system. #FamiliesBelongTogether www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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In limbo: families hoping for change to UK income rules for spousal visas
Photographer Frankie Mills documents the lives of nine families whose stories illustrate the human cost of this policy threshold
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Reasonable adjustments still not being made ! (Why am I not surprised…) Disabled workers are facing large amounts of discrimination including failure to provide reasonable adjustments and bullying at work, a TUC survey has found: www.tuc.org.uk/sites/defaul...
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Bluesky has a setting that will remind you to add alt text before posting any images. Go to "Settings," then "Accessibility." Select the checkbox for "Require alt text before posting."
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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Chris Judge’s “A Daily Cloud” project began in 2020, born from quiet days in the garden during lockdown. With simple lines and a touch of imagination, he turned everyday skies into playful scenes - one cloud at a time. [1/3] Credits: adailycloud [FB] #clouds #creative
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Network Rail’s decision to spend nearly £8m building a footbridge that will be inaccessible to many disabled people has been labelled an “appalling contradiction” of the govt’s commitment to improving the accessibility of the public transport system. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/network-rail...
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Network Rail to spend £8 million on building an inaccessible footbridge that will last 120 years
Network Rail’s decision to spend nearly £8 million building a new footbridge that will be inaccessible to many disabled people has been labelled an “appalling contradiction” of the government’s com…
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Thank you. I find that for such little birds blue tits are quite fearless !
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
My adorable nesting blue tits, with one of the hundreds of grubs they now have to find each day
Mrs blue tit with a tasty grub in her beakMrs blue tit and grub, looking at the camera
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Really important survey re PIP and work:
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
@soditsheffield.bsky.social
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Prof Stephen Whittle @profstephenwhittle.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Online version now available: ‘Rights can be knocked out in a second’: older trans women shocked by supreme court ruling www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘Rights can be knocked out in a second’: older trans women shocked by supreme court ruling
Women who transitioned decades ago feel their safety and security has suddenly been removed
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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 28/03/2024
Global refugee populations from origin to asylum state in 2023. Fascinating and very well visualized.
The infographic provides a detailed visual representation of refugee movements worldwide in 2023, with over 30.5 million individuals displaced. Origin countries with significant refugee populations include Syria and Afghanistan, with many seeking asylum in Iran, Türkiye, and Germany. Lesser but substantial numbers originate from Ukraine, South Sudan, and other nations. Asylum countries range from Pakistan and Uganda to Western nations like Germany and the USA. The data visualized using a Sankey diagram emphasizes the breadth of the global refugee crisis, highlighting the scale and diversity of both origin and asylum countries. Data is sourced from the UNHCR and presented by Preyash Shah.
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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 29/04/2025
💙SCIE is proud to announce the launch of our first-ever #SocialCareImpactAwards! These awards will identify, recognise, and reward small organisations doing exceptional work in social care💙. 1/4
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Mimi realised she was intersex when she was 12. Approx 1.7% of people are intersex, thats approx 1.2 million people in the UK alone. Where exactly are they meant to go to the toilet now? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4xG...
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“Learning that I was intersex was just absolutely mind-blowing.” #Shorts
YouTube video by ABC Science
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Super news: Our letter on disability benefits cuts has almost 450 signatories — incl doctors, nurses, psychologists, OTs, clergy, and crucially, disabled people & carers. Thank you!🙏 Every signature matters for Parliament & media — so please sign & share if you haven't already. tinyurl.com/2z8xu9k8
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Google Drive: Sign-in
Access Google Drive with a Google account (for personal use) or Google Workspace account (for business use).
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
That’s a lot of people who are going to lose out…
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Labour is peddling the “work cure” for mental health—are we back to Victorian times?
Over the past six months, I’ve worked in primary care, emergency care, and paediatrics. Every day I see people in mental distress—from depression to psychosis to post traumatic stress disorder. Recen...
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Lazy Sunday morning…
My ginger, black and white cat snoozing on her side on the bed looking cute
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The system is completely broken. I’ve been waiting over a year for just an initial assessment
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Recovery in the Bin @ritb.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jobs fears as Access to Work disability scheme owes businesses thousands
One firm says it is owed £186,000 by the Access to Work scheme and is worried it may have to close.
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
If you’re on #DisabilityBenefits, it’s ok to have hobbies, holidays, food deliveries, and so on. Benefits exist so disabled people can live safely, independently, with quality of life. Don’t let government rhetoric make you feel guilty for existing.
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
When it comes to killing there are few things worse than killing children when they sleep ! Shame on those that support this…
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
One more time for ministers at the back: it’s entirely possible to be a taxpayer and to receive benefits. As someone currently in the mid-tax band and on PIP, I’m more than happy for my earnings to help people who can’t work - and to pick up the state support I’m entitled to.
But Reeves herself seems in no mood to back down. In an interview on BBC Breakfast this morning, where she was responding to the growth figures, Reeves was asked about the plans for welfare cuts. She replied:

We will set out our plans for welfare reform, but it is absolutely clear that the current system is not working for anyone.
It is not working for people who need support, it’s not working to get people into work so that more people can fulfil their potential, and it’s not working for the taxpayer when the bill for welfare is going up by billions of pounds in the next few years.
So, we do need to get a grip. We need to spend more on national defence, but we need to reform our public services, and we need to reform our broken welfare system.
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This looks very interesting…
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Eleni Chambers @elenichambers.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Wow…
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