Dr Shani Dhanda

To the career advisor who, when I was just 16, saw me in my wheelchair and suggested I apply for a job at my local council because they “like” hiring “disabled people,” I proudly hold the title of Doctor of Social Sciences, the highest of academic achievement that exists.🎓

Foreign nationals pay in far more than they take out, helping keep our NHS and care system running. When 8 in 10 disabled people acquired their health conditions, sure, let’s pretend they’ll never get sick or disabled. Must be that special foreign portal they come through. 🪄🇬🇧✨

Register for our next group meeting on 7 August 2025 on Zoom from 4 pm - 5 pm. Meeting Agenda 1. Update on campaign 2. What we've achieved since our last meeting 3. Next steps and future planning forms.gle/rcFdmg6tiSue6t… #AccessToWork #AccessToWorkCollective

MPs are still working during recess. This is the moment to push for action. This crisis is causing delays, cuts, and lost jobs, with more to come. ✍️ Write to your MP: drive.google.com/drive/folders/… 📢 Sign the open letter: forms.gle/zTxQsKY8kJ5MkP… #AccessToNowhere #AccessToWork

"It got to the point where I'd applied for over 100 jobs, and I didn't hear anything back…" @ShaniDhanda and other disabled people discuss how Access to Work has helped them, and why potential reforms to the service would be so damaging. bigissue.com/news/employmen…

Disabled people warn of brutal ‘secret’ cuts to DWP Access to Work support: ‘It’s been horrific’ bigissue.com/news/employmen…

#AccessToNowhere is a campaign led by disabled people demanding urgent reform to Access to Work. People are losing jobs, income & their homes. We need your support: 1. Sign the open letter ow.ly/XUBI50Wr3ZY 2. Write to your MP: ow.ly/eRUm50Wr3ZX 3. Share this post

We all saw Lee Ridley @LostVoiceGuy win Britain's Got Talent @BGT – proof of what disabled people can achieve with the right support. But right now, that support is failing. That’s why he’s backing #AccessToNowhere. Join him.

'Everything I've achieved in my career has been possible because of Access to Work. Not having that makes it impossible.' @ShaniDhanda hears from disabled people facing cuts to their Access to Work support. Have you been impacted? channel4.com/news/access-to…

Campaigners and disabled people said failing to properly protect the Access to Work Scheme will push people out of employment and into poverty ➡️ Read more: trib.al/3nLCh2L

Disability campaigner @ShaniDhanda meet people facing cuts to their Access to Work support packages, hearing the impacts on their ability to carry on working. You can't force people off benefits into work with NO support! channel4.com/news/access-to… channel4.com/news/access-to…

23% of disabled people (3.7m) claim PIP. 77% (12.4m) do not. The issue isn’t too many on benefits, tackle the cause of need: improve assessment processes, insecure jobs, high housing costs NHS backlogs etc. Let’s talk about dignity, opportunity and reform - not just cuts.

I’m back on @LBC at 5pm. Here’s a clip of my last chat with Tom.

Speaking to @TomSwarbrick1 on @LBC about the proposed disability welfare reforms. Part 1

This is a receipt that disabled people have been handed again & again. From welfare support cuts to unofficial cuts to Access to Work, your mental health should never be a line item on a receipt. 🧠 Access to Work is meant to remove barriers. Instead, it became the biggest one

🚨BREAKING: The UK govt has forced through its Bill to cut social security - rushing all 3 stages of scrutiny in a single day to avoid accountability. No amount of concessions can disguise this political choice for what it is: an assault on disabled people.

🚨The UN has written to the government about disability cuts in the UC and PIP Bill 🚨 It says it "has received credible information" indicating that the Bill will "deepen the signs of regression" on disabled people's rights in the UK. The Bill must not proceed.

I spoke on @GBNEWS about people living with Mental Health Conditions claiming PIP. It’s a valid disability and can be very debilitating. 70% of disabled people live with non-visible disabilities. The Gov should make policies that make life liveable for everyone! #PIP