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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

This case shows the unfair nature of overpayments enforcement. Do you work out, overpayments weekly or monthly? DWP can’t consistent. It’s woeful that Oksana wasn’t contacted earlier. And it’s why this issue needs sorting sooner rather than later. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP rules by £1.92 a week

Over five-year period Oksana Shahar – who cares for her son – was paid a small amount more than carer’s allowance earnings limits allow

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Last Wednesday in PMQs 🧾 Alison Hume MP raised a crucial point “People with a learning disability should not face PIP reassessments.” 👏 Thank you for standing up. The PM’s answer? Well… Watch it yourself and tell us what you think. ⬇️ Thanks to @mencap.org.uk for the clip buff.ly/XbcW1Xk

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Dr Dawn Cavanagh @dawnc05.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Should benefit claimants risk having their bank accounts spied upon and driving licences revoked? I don’t think so | Neil Duncan-Jordan

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jan200428.bsky.social @jan200428.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Given how many people are likely to be affected, this is not very many. They are not releasing details of where the events will be held so they must be nervous about demonstrations. They don't seem confident these are popular measures.

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jan200428.bsky.social @jan200428.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

There could be more of this as changes to PIP bite. It's shocking how little support there is!

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Dr Dawn Cavanagh @dawnc05.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

2. We need less hospitals in Wales and more, better quality community-based care. Stolen Lives will continue to fight on this issue and will always remain true to its values: 'Homes not Hospitals.'

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Dr Dawn Cavanagh @dawnc05.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

1. It has been one year since Stolen Lives protested outside the Senedd. Detention of people with learning disabilities and autistic people is a human rights issue. It results in harm, abuse and long-term trauma.

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jan200428.bsky.social @jan200428.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I volunteer in a lowly capacity in the Food bank. Nearly every week I engage with a new family only to tell them they qualify as Unpaid Carers and have specific rights. They have doctors and social workers, so why is it down to some old biddy in a church hall to pass this vital information to them?

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Paula McGowan OBE @oliverscampaign.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

#Oliverscampaign Not one person has been held accountable DISGRACEFUL In June 2022 the BBC revealed that more than 100 reports of abuse & neglect had been recorded between 2018 & 2021 at the settings. The homes remained rated "good" by Ofsted throughout. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Staff accused of abusing children won't be charged

BBC found children were fed chilli flakes, left in soiled clothes and had vinegar poured on cuts.

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Dan white @danwhite1972.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

DR UK have launched a new page on the website containing information and resources regarding the recent green paper plan on benefit cuts and how people can get involved in responding! Read my story here & pls share. www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uk-l...

white text on a pink background which reads: oppose the benefit cuts

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

🎶 Tulip magnolia, blossoms blooming, Head's all empty and I don't care 🎶

A blooming tulip magnolia tree with pink and white flowers against a very sunny Bluesky

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Around 4.5 million children are living in relative poverty after housing costs. 200,000 more since before the pandemic. These are record numbers of children living in poverty. Latest DWP figures on Households Below Average Income has found 🔽 1/3

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Dr Dawn Cavanagh @dawnc05.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

#StolenLives says NO to cuts #DisabilityBenefits #WelfareNotWarfare People with learning disabilities and their families are already struggling. People are hospitalised because services and support are not there. Please do not make an already bad situation worse.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Its not that using ableist language is "offensive" alone, it is in that using ableist epithets, we normalize the idea that disability is a state of undesirable, laughable inferiority and otherness, and that disabled people deserve to the butt of the joke for some intrinsic reason--its insidious

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

If you're not supporting disabled people on Wednesday - what are you doing? @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social & ‪@thecanaryuk.bsky.social‬ will be saying 'Balls to the Spring Statement' at Downing Street from 11am tomorrow But we need YOUR support #WelfareNotWarfare buff.ly/9BirGMM

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If you're not supporting disabled people on Wednesday - then where the hell are you?

If you're not supporting disabled people on Wednesday - then where the hell are you? from Canary on 25 March 2025

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Dr Dawn Cavanagh @dawnc05.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Great to be part of this collaboration. Epistemic violence can damage the ability of autistic people and people with learning disabilities who have experienced solitary confinement to speak and be heard. It deserves to be exposed and seen for what it is. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Long-term segregation and seclusion for people with an intellectual disability and/or autism in hospitals: critique of the current state of affairs: commentary, Quinn et al | The British Journal of Ps...

Long-term segregation and seclusion for people with an intellectual disability and/or autism in hospitals: critique of the current state of affairs: commentary, Quinn et al

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Dragonrider "Is he dead yet?" 🐠🐟 Try/Me 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @topsyscatmum.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Ms Kendall, whipping the disabled who aren't working will not create the same chance, choices and opportunities to work. It's employers that need to do that. Your policy will merely reinforce the eugenic language there already is around disability and increase poverty.

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Emma's petition on Increasing Carers' Allowance to equal Minimum Wage has reached over 10,300 signatures. This means that a government written response is now due. Let's see what this government says about #UnpaidCarers and their worth.

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Petition: Increase Carer's Allowance to equal minimum wage

Carer's Allowance is currently £327.60 every 4 weeks for people who care for someone for at least 35 hours per week. Around £2.34 p/hour.

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Making it harder to qualify for #PIP. It was never ever easy, it’s always been so hard. This will also impact on those caring, as is a qualifying benefit for Carers Allowance. Therefore, more carers and disabled people going without support. www.itv.com/news/2025-03...

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