The things nobody tells disabled journalists about an industry that wasn’t built for us. Click to read Press Access, by Frances Ryan, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Alan Milburn said 16- to 24-year-olds with most complex needs should not have to keep proving they cannot work

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

System gives patients, loved ones and health workers the right to ask for a second opinion on care

Alaa lives in a tent pitched on the ruins of her house, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike that killed all three of her children. In one month, she will give birth again.

Outcry over ‘brazenly discriminatory’ funding practices among NHS care boards and local councils, with wide variations in rules

This scandal shows there are many who don’t expect us to live rich lives – and that paternalism lives on in disability services, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

This scandal shows there are many who don’t expect us to live rich lives – and that paternalism lives on in disability services, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Campaigners describe ‘brazenly discriminatory’ practices around funding from NHS care boards

And why the long game is sometimes the best

And why the long game is sometimes the best

And why editors are like cocker spaniels.

Campaigners say care users face a postcode lottery for support overseas – despite no extra cost to taxpayer

Campaigners say care users face a postcode lottery for support overseas – despite no extra cost to taxpayer

The things nobody tells disabled journalists about an industry that wasn’t built for us. Click to read Press Access, by Frances Ryan, a Substack publication. Launched 3 days ago.

It’s hard to beat back charges that MPs are ‘all the same’ when they have accepted £400k in freebies this year, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

It’s hard to beat back charges that MPs are ‘all the same’ when they have accepted £400k in freebies this year, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

A whopping 64% of pet owners in the UK now celebrate their animal companions’ birthdays … even though it’s not entirely clear who the celebrations are for, writes Frances Ryan

The things nobody tells disabled journalists about getting into an industry that wasn’t built for us.

Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp and his son Roman embark on a journey around the Emerald Isle. For what reason, nobody really knows

Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp and his son Roman embark on a journey around the Emerald Isle. For what reason, nobody really knows