Anna Landre ♿️

So proud & honored to be named The London School of Economics’ Volunteer of the Year 2022 for my work supporting Ukrainians with disabilities (w/ @FightForRightUA @DisasterStrat)!

Are we repeating history? @annalandre provides a satirical take on today's disability politics. disabilityarts.online/magazine/opini…

‘Closing the disabled employment gap will require 880,00 part-time roles, at least ten times the current number of suitable vacancies.’ A comment by our research director Arun Veerappan. Read full article here: thedisabilitypolicycentre.org/disabled-emplo…

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

Regulator’s report on rail assistance ‘shows it is still failing to acknowledge right to turn up and go’ @Doug_Paulley @LordOrk @flowergirl_lon @TransportForAll @ABCommuters disabilitynewsservice.com/regulators-rep…

Many disabled activists began with personal advocacy — not out of choice, but necessity. The prevalence of inaccessibility, even in the decades following the ADA, often requires disabled people to fight for their basic rights. For many, this is what pushed them into their work.

“There’s a longstanding practice in UK politics to force disabled people to fight for basic rights – a kind of gladiatorial scrap in which the Colosseum is replaced by the set of Good Morning Britain.” Today’s col. on the fallout of more ‘welfare reform.’ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Interesting to see in print the government's three 'core objectives' for adult #socialcare. They are sensible and coherent, even if they do skip over the key issue of eligibility. A surprise, though, to see them at all after a year when social care strategy was largely avoided.

Ever wondered what PIP is or why some disabled people get it? It’s not “free money.” It’s not “extra help.” It’s a lifeline in an inaccessible world. Disabled people face on average £1,095 in avoidable extra costs per month. #TakingThePIP #DisabilityBenefits

Are you a disabled person who faces barriers to evacuating your home in case of fire? Researchers at @GDIHub are looking for disabled Londoners to take part in workshops to design a digital information system to facilitate accessible evacuations. Sign up: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_a9…

The Government claims they are cutting benefits to 'encourage' Disabled people into work. Yet with a disability pay gap of 17%, a underfunded Access to Work programme and reasonable adjustments overwhelmingly ignored, it is employers, not us, who need the incentive. Us on @LBC

Well…this whole thing could have been avoided if Government consulted properly in the first place. Months of uncertainty and proposals that will make people poorer, only for government to pull and say they will consult. A huge cut to UC health remains so still work to do

If we closed the disability employment gap even slightly, it would bring £50 billion back to the treasury. But this will never happen when everything you need to get into work is inaccessible, non-existent or broken. #TakingThePip #EndAbleism

I voted against the Disability Cuts Bill last night. And I will continue to vote against this Bill while it tries to balance the books on the backs of disabled people.

#WelfareReformBill @Dis_PPL_Protest & allies held a die in to highlight disability benefit cuts in the lobby area outside the House of Commons as MPs were debating the PIP & UC Bill

Amendments: ✅ The Bill drops plans to overhaul PIP—reforms have been removed. ✅ New legal guarantees mean ESA & LCWRA payments must rise with inflation every year until 2030. ❌ Other major cuts are paused until impact assessments & consultations happen. tinyurl.com/3536cp68

You’re letting ministers get away with trotting out their lines that don’t match the reality of what’s already happening, they’re dismantling #AccessToWork & many disabled people who’ve been working no longer have the support they need to do so: channel4.com/news/access-to… 1/2

Cervical screening and Mammograms are inaccessible in my experience as a disabled woman. This puts our lives at risk and should be addressed. We need equal access to health care .Our lives Matter !

The idea that more DWP work coaches is the answer to disability unemployment rates is rooted in the belief that disabled people are the problem, when the actual problem is that jobs aren't accessible and employers are unwilling to employ and make adjustments for disabled people.