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Damaging attitudes to disability still common, says disabled MP, decades after eating disorder ‘anguish’

By John Pring on 19th March 2026 Category: Politics

Damaging attitudes to disability still common, says disabled MP, decades after eating disorder ‘anguish’
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An MP has called for action to “turn the tide of public attitudes towards disabled people”, and to empower young disabled people, after revealing the “anguish” she was caused by an eating disorder as a teenager. Dr Marie Tidball (pictured, in […]

Peer warns of ‘backward slide to dependency’ after disabled woman’s forced move to nursing home

By John Pring on 12th March 2026 Category: Independent Living

Peer warns of ‘backward slide to dependency’ after disabled woman’s forced move to nursing home
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A disabled peer has used a debate celebrating International Women’s Day to highlight how a disabled woman was placed in a nursing home against her will after treatment for pneumonia, rather than being returned to her own home. Baroness [Jane] Campbell […]

Disabled author swamped by hate speech after social media post on feminism

By John Pring on 13th March 2025 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disabled author swamped by hate speech after social media post on feminism
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The response to comments made by a journalist and author have exposed the disablist and dehumanising abuse disabled women often receive when they speak out publicly on controversial issues. A social media post featuring a brief comment by Lucy Webster (pictured) […]

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