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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜

@starlighttherapy.co.uk
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GSRD therapist, trainer, consultant & speaker. AuDHD, non binary, disabled, Queer, white. NCPS snr accred. Pink therapy advanced accred

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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 21/09/2026
My ATW call today involved me telling my case worker WCS don't do power assist ax. Him telling me I need to phone them and check. Me phoning them, they don't do it. Then me phoning ATW twice as I got cut off to ask that my case manager be sent a message that they don't do them. Now I wait.
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 15/09/2026
Absolutely gutted. Was supposed present at the Living & Working with Neurodivergence online conference on the 9th of October, but I've had to pull out as the MRI app I've been waiting for has come through. On the 9th. 😭. It's a lost opportunity & lost income. #DisabilitySky #ChronicIllness
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 14/09/2026
You can't make this up. Just called #AccessToWork . It's exhausting. I ended up saying, "So you don't have my report, which you say is unusual after 3 weeks & you are going to ask my case manager, who is on annual leave with an unknown return date, whose email isn't monitored, to contact me? (1/3)
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 09/09/2026
Off to #Naidex today. Looking to try out adaptations and wheelchairs I'll never be able to afford but it's fun to dream right? #DisabilitySky
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 04/09/2026
forms.gle/K7mNNNoEJUeF... lnk.ink/trans-sharin... @Therapy_with_zoe (Insta) and @mxrhikempdavies (Insta) are offering three free groups for people impacted by the Welsh Gender Service. Cardiff, Swansea, and Online. #WelshGenderService #GenderService #Wales
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Welsh gender surgery sharing circles
Register for a place in Swansea, Cardiff or Online. These groups are intended for people who are directly affected by the recent cancellation of all gender-affirming surgery for people referred by t...
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 27/08/2026
New Resource from @tactt.bsky.social a trans affirming therapy checklist. Inspired by the work of @sonnyjane.bsky.social and the Neurodiversity affirming checklist. #TherapistsConnect #TherapistSky #AffirmingTherapy #TransRightAreHumanRights
A two-column guide for assessing whether a therapist is trans-affirming, created by Therapists Against Conversion Therapy and Transphobia (TACTT). It lists green flags (affirming practices) and red flags (concerning practices).

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Solidarity Against Racism & Ableism in the Autistic & Neurodivergent Community YouTube link to the Clarion Call event recording and a huge community-led signposting resource are in the blog. Please share. autisticrealms.com/clarion-call...
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Clarion Call: Standing in Solidarity Against Racism and Ableism in the Neurodivergent Community | Autistic Realms
Solidarity Against Racism & Ableism in the Autistic & Neurodivergent Community
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 19/08/2026
A fundraiser for Black Psychotherapy to organise crisis counselling and support following Jason Arday’s death. Please donate if you can. #Psychotherapy #CrisisSupport #Fundraiser
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Donate to Group & Crisis Counselling for Jason Arday’s Death, organized by Black Psychotherapy
The lynching of Professor Jason Arday has devastated many of us… Black Psychotherapy needs your support for Group & Crisis Counselling for Jason Arday’s Death
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 14/08/2026
*Call for Proposals: NeuroQueer Therapy Conference* March 19th 2027, 9am-5pm GMT We are inviting expressions of interest to facilitate 50-minute online sessions on the theme of neuroqueer therapy. All sessions are 50 minutes long; presenters will receive a £100 honorarium #TherapistsConnect
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NeuroQueer Therapy Conference 2027
A NeuroQueer space for curiosity, conversation and learning in the helping professions A collective, inclusive space for Neurodivergent, Queer people to share professional experience with curiosity an
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 14/08/2026
#Clacton
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 13/08/2026
I spent the #Eclipse with my fiancée. Looking through bulk boxes @TMMGames in Chippenham for cards to add to my #WinnieThePooh Lorcana card Master set. I have absolutely no regrets.
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 10/08/2026
🧵 #AccessToWork strikes again an hour before an arranged call I get an email stating my case has been reallocated and telling me the deadline to submit paperwork I've already sent. No mention of the appointment today. I can't email back as they removed that as a method of contact. 1/4
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 08/08/2026
I'm making an attempt to write my thoughts out more often. How long this lasts who knows. here is the first one. #WheelchairWarrior and Proud of it. #Disability #TherapistsConnect
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‘Wheelchair Warrior’and proud of it.
As a disabled therapist and wheelchair user, I get a lot of content around disability on my social media feeds. Today was no different. I was scrolling social media and an article came across me feed. "Wheelchair Warriors Make me feel bad about myself" Julie Burchill The Eyeroll emoji available is not big enough to express my feelings at coming across this article in the i paper with this title.
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 06/08/2026
Wtaf! 😡🤬😡 I don't often comment on other people's practice but... the actual?! That was the response. It's no wonder people don't trust our profession and are turning to gen ai for support.
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 06/08/2026
@transactualuk.bsky.social have created a know your rights guide regarding the unworkable #EHRC guidance. It's not law, no crime is being committed by using a toilet and the responsibility rests solely with the service provider. You can't be asked to prove anything either. #TransRightAreHumanRights
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 05/08/2026
Reminder that with the EHRC guidance coming into force today the responsibility is on the service providers and there is no law dictating which toilet you can and can't use. Also ACAB includes people who decide to be the toilet police. #EHRC #TransRightAreHumanRights
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 05/08/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The EHRC Code is being challenged in court just hours after coming into force 🧵 What we know so far 👇 📩 Get a detailed explainer with analysis, in our Saturday newsletter. Join 10K readers: wearequeeraf.com/subscribe
Text reads: EHRC code that recommends segregation of Trans+ people challenged in court proceedings just hours after coming into force. A Trans+ claimant supported by Good Law Project is seeking a judicial review of the code which comes into force Aug 5 2026, arguing it misinterprets the Equality Act 2010. First published in the QueerAF newsletter.
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 04/08/2026
Had to cancel my sessions today as waiting for. Dr to call me. Suspect I have early stages of thyroid eye disease. The earlier it's caught the better + it hurts. But it's cost me money I can't afford to lose. *Sigh* #SelfEmployed #TherapistsConnect
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 03/08/2026
Got told today we are going to tribunal. I've expected it all along but part of me had hope my employer would be reasonable. Looks like this is all going public soon, it's not pretty + reputations will be damaged. Join your union! #DisabilityDiscrimination #DisabilitySky #UCU
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 30/07/2026
Being disabled is expensive,restrictive, & isolating. Those 3 things grind people down. Many disabled people are seen to not be trying hard enough, years of trying to fight for accommodations + access take its toll + people give up. #WheelchairUser #NEISVoid 1/3
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 27/07/2026
The disability discrimination fight against work is taking its toll. The system is working as designed. Taking as long as possible to grind me down and make me give up. That's not gonna happen. I'm fighting this. #DisabilirySky #ChronicIllness #WheelchairUser #NEISVoid
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Disabled People Against Cuts - DPAC @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
#TimmsReview #Wales Timms Review Complaint - Welsh call for an independent review dpac.uk.net/2026/07/timm...
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Timms Review complaint: Welsh call for independent review - DPAC
Welsh disability & union orgs lodge "strongest possible grievance."
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 23/07/2026
Survey:100% of the British population dislike ketchup. Methodology: The first question screened out anyone that said they liked ketchup. The remaining participants were then asked if they disliked ketchup Conclusion: We will be campaigning to remove ketchup from shop shelves. *SMH*
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 22/07/2026
Signed up to training on how to run a #D&D therapy group and I'm very much looking forward to it 😁. #AutisticTherapist #TherapistSky #TherapistsConnect
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 16/07/2026
Wes Streeting's Interim #ADHD and #Autism report is out but the media seem rather quiet about it. Probably because it shows no evidence of overdiagnosis but confirms what our communities have been saying all along.
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Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism: interim report
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 16/07/2026
This was posted in sincerity. No wonder the satirists are struggling. What a totally out of touch thing to say. My MP everybody. Who believes that wealth, power and opportunity has been spread for the many. *SMH*
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 15/07/2026
You know you're #autistic when it gets to 8pm and you realise that today you have eaten a grand total of an ice-cream. Oops. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 15/07/2026
It's gender census time again.
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 14/07/2026
Proud of the Queer community of Bristol for showing up at the full council meeting. Our City is rainbow and that isn't changing. Says a lot that the GCs didn't stay to hear the youth council speak considering they keep saying they are so concerned about kids. #ActionsSpeakLouderThanWords
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 14/07/2026
Having to deal with grief today. Fatigue is hitting + I can't go to the Full Council meeting to support my community. Living the values I espouse is important to me; disability makes that harder. So I'm making space for my grief over the loss of choice. #Bristol #DisabilitySky #NoLGBWithoutTheT
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 06/07/2026
Just bought tix for a show in Jan 28 to get access seats. Wheelchair spaces for the 3 shows I can attend sold in the members presale, which would mean having to pay an extra £60 a year for a chance to get a chair space. It is time the #BristolHippodrome added more wheelchair spaces. #DisabilitySky
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 21/06/2026
I've had my active chair a few weeks now and yesterday I had my first tumble. I was trying to balance in a wheelie and lost it backwards. I can't stop giggling at the thought of me backwards on the floor with my legs in the air 🤣🤣🤣. #Wheelie #DisabilitySky #WheelchairUser
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 11/06/2026
There are people all across Belfast helping relocate people, get them food, clothes, meds and more. You will likely never hear about them on the news. But they are many. And *they* are Belfast.
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 11/06/2026
New wheels who dis? Need a name for my wheels. Open to suggestions:). #Wheelie #DisabilitySky #ChronicIllness
A white non binary person wearing a green baseball cap sun glasses, a blue shirt is sitting in a purple wheelchair.
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 30/05/2026
@tactt.bsky.social have just published a blog on the #EHRC .
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The EHRC draft code of conduct is out. Here’s how to fight it…
On 21st May 2026, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) laid a new code of practice for access to services based on gender before Parliament. The code is the EHRC’s second attempt at prov…
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Donn @bluewa1961.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Everyone should subscribe to Stephen Colbert’s new YouTube channel. Get him millions of subscribers as a big FUCK YOU to the Ellison’s and CBS!! youtube.com/watch?v=jJTX...
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 28/05/2026
Currently in hospital waiting to go home after surgery. The advocating you have to do to have your pain taken seriously as a chronic pain patient is ridiculous. Thankfully after bashing my head against a brick wall with the nurse she escalated and the anaesthetist spoke to me.
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 22/05/2026
New books arrived. Really looking forward to getting my teeth into these. #DND #TTRPG #Therapy
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On the left Tabletop Role-Playing Therapy, A Guide for the clinician game master by Megan A Connelly. On the right Therapeutically Applied Role Playing Games, The game to grow method. By Elizabeth D Kilmer, Adam D Davis, Jared N Kilmer, and Adam R Johns.
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 21/05/2026
I say this as someone who in the past was a paid up active member in local Labour party politics. Fuck the Labour Party! They wouldn't recognise equality if it was anthropomorphised standing naked in front of them holding a massive sign singing equality is here again. #EHRC #TransRightAreHumanRights
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 21/05/2026
@kazself.com so with the draft guidance being dropped are you still standing by this transphobic Labour party? Or are you standing with the trans community. As one of my local councillors it's important for me to know which side of the line you are putting yourself on.
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chappell roan atkinson @turpywurpy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
EHRC says it's discriminatory to assume that gender critical people have a negative attitude towards trans people, or that religious homophobes have a negative attitude towards gay people... Would love to hear an example of those beliefs reflecting a positive attitude towards queer people 🙄
4.100 Examples of stereotypes in relation to religion or belief are that persons who 
hold or manifest certain gender-critical beliefs necessarily have negative 
attitudes towards trans people, or that persons who hold or manifest the belief 
that same-sex sexual activity is sinful necessarily have negative attitudes 
towards gay people. The judgment explains that: ‘it may be that some persons 
who hold / manifest such beliefs have such animus, but it is stereotyping to 
assume that all do.’
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Dr Dan @dpdormouse.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
New EHRC guidance bins the concept of legal sex for the purposes of the equality act (but not any other aspect of law) such that no one can prove their sex anymore but also we are all required to abide by their new concept of sex that they are unable to define in this guidance
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 21/05/2026
The Minister has confirmed that she has laid the new Code of Practice. But the Code itself has not yet been published for members of the public to view. We are watching closely and will have more analysis once we have seen it.
Written Statement from Bridget PhillipsonWritten Statement from Bridget Phillipson
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 10/05/2026
Went out in my new active chair for all day for the first time yesterday. Oh my goodness it was wonderful, also had a lot of grief last night of what I had lost for so long. Need to write it out in full, noone talked about those feelings I didn't expect them. #DisabilitySky #WheelchairUser
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 26/03/2026
Reasonable adjustments should not be a constant fight. Yet for many of us our needs are treated as a management nuisance to be navigated around, fear of consequences keeps us silent. Being employed is better than unemployment right? #Disability #Discrimination #HumanRights 1/2
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 25/03/2026
Just incase anyone is wondering, I just spoke to #AccessToWork, self employed applications are being dealt with from August 2024, employed applications from July 2025. But tell me how disabled people just don't want to work. #DisabilitySky #ChronicIllness
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 25/03/2026
Arrgghhh, navigating all the admin and advocacy that is required as a disabled person in work to ensure your needs are met and you can keep working is a job in itself. #HiddenLabour #DisabilitySky #AuDHD #ChronicIllness #WheelchairUser
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Tris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿💜 @starlighttherapy.co.uk · 12/03/2026
Looked at my student loan balance today. I'll never pay it off. In the 10 years I've been repaying, I've paid just under 7k yet 10.5k has been added in Interest. It's not a loan it's a lifetime subscription for poor people to access education. I'd love to do a Masters, can't afford to. #StudentLoan
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