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Ahead of the North East Combined Authority elections for a new regional mayor in May 2024, we have some important points to raise. See below for our Disability Devolution manifesto, which outlines what Disabled people in the North East need for a fair and equal region to live, work and play. Disability Devolution NEMCA Manifesto… Read more »

Our Training and Campaigns Coordinator Bea, writes about why Children in Need is problematic today. Disabled children have the right to be included in their local community and to do the kinds of things that non-disabled children do. They have the right to support to help them do this. Following the ‘Rights not Charity’ chant… Read more »

Jeremy Hunt! Strengthen Our ‘Threadbare Safety Net’! Along with Over 50 North East organisations, Difference North East has signed a letter to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt asking him to strengthen our threadbare safety net at this month’s Autumn Statement “…forcing low income families – who have borne the brunt of the cost of living crisis –… Read more »

Do the DWP think I just need to pop on a nappy and get back to work?   I start off my ramblings by saying these are my experiences, they won’t represent everyone. I can’t and won’t speak for every person who has experienced issues similar to my own. Further, I write like I speak… Read more »

When a café up the road opened, I hoped for a social lifeline, somewhere to meet work colleagues and friends. The reality of visiting the Café, though, left me with a sense of alienation and rejection. Earlier this year a new café opened near where I live with a hipster-type vibe, with a 10pm licence,… Read more »

DPO Forum England, the collective voice of Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations in England, has published the Disabled Peoples Manifesto. The manifesto highlights a list of asks of the next UK government. You can find a link to the full manifesto at the end of this article. The DPO Forum is made up of Deaf… Read more »

Disabled Researcher, Abby Moses, is looking for participants for her study at Durham University. You can download an Easy Read version here: Disabled People’s skills study- Easy Read Hi, my name is Abby, and I am a Disabled researcher doing a study on what skills Disabled People have. When I first started using a walking… Read more »

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Housing Contains the Word Sing – Interview with gobscure. Disability Housing. “Provoked to Madness by the Brutality of Wealth.” Over the next few months, we will be talking to Difference Northeast members and supporters to her their personal experience of housing as disabled people. You can read more about the disability housing crisis here The… Read more »

This week, to round off Disability Pride Month, Difference’s Communications Coordinator talks about direct action in social justice movements, its surveillance, tightening rules around protest, and some implications for Disabled People. Community Organising In my time as a community organiser, I’ve coordinated a significant amount of direct action, most of which aimed at forcing powerful… Read more »