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‘People with chronic illness face hostility and isolation’, says pioneering report

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘People with chronic illness face hostility and isolation’, says pioneering report
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People with chronic illness face hostility and isolation because of society’s failure to understand how their impairment affects their lives, according to the results of a ground-breaking piece of user-led research. The research concluded that the most “fundamental oppression” experienced by […]

‘Definitive’ account of austerity decade ‘provides evidence of government’s shame’

By John Pring on 17th October 2019 Category: Human Rights

‘Definitive’ account of austerity decade ‘provides evidence of government’s shame’
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The government is continuing to breach disabled people’s rights despite repeated exposure by the United Nations, according to a new book that provides a “definitive” account of the harm caused by a decade of cuts and reforms. In Second Class Citizens, […]

Project offers new bridge between chronic illness community and disability movement

By John Pring on 5th July 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Project offers new bridge between chronic illness community and disability movement
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A disabled researcher has suggested a way to bring the hundreds of thousands of people with chronic illness under the umbrella of the disabled people’s movement. Catherine Hale (pictured), who has lived with a diagnosis of ME for nearly 30 years, […]

Project aims for inclusion and a collective voice for ‘spoonies’

By John Pring on 13th July 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Project aims for inclusion and a collective voice for ‘spoonies’
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Disabled activists behind a pioneering new project are aiming to build the first organisation that will give people with chronic illness the chance to have their voices heard outside their own “social media bubble”. The Chronic Illness Inclusion Project plans to […]

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