Ellie Ora Page is making a zine to accompany an upcoming exhibition at People’s History Museum in February 2024. The mini-zine will include prompts for
Category: Politics
Vaccine Passports vs. the Social Model
Here we are again, sunny weather, pubs opening, and discourse around public health behaviours all over the shop, rarely with the evidence or information required
Mad in America interviews Ellie…
(Hi, I’m Ellie & I run/operate under the moniker of Still ill OK & have never quite worked out how to pronoun – I/we –
A Wrong Assumption: A Statement in Response to Jonathan Sumption
A Wrong Assumption: A Statement in Response to Jonathan Sumption Recent comments made by former supreme court judge ‘Lord’ Jonathan Sumption have been circulated on
Deadline Friday 18th December: Call for Evidence Regarding the Disability Employment Gap
Standard print and Large Print Word & PDF version of this call-out are available for free here. Let’s make sure we are listened to!
Quick October Update on Activism & Funding for Disability Arts
Unlimited Funding Unlimited are now open for applications to their current round of funding and there is a LOT of money for a WIDE range
Not so NICE – Chronic Primary Pain Guidelines Advise No Painkillers for Patients. Guest Article by Jennifer Bough
Not So NICE – Chronic Primary Pain Guidelines Advise No Painkillers for Patients New and existing patients with chronic primary pain conditions will be steered
Research 4 Access! [[Action Needed]]
Below are a few brief surveys that are out being shared at the moment with the view of improving access in all its nitty gritty
‘On Being Politically Disabled’ by Amy Bethan Evans
I am disabled and politically so. Part of this is because I have been working with Graeae from a young age and Graeae is a political movement, born out of disability rights. I have gone on a journey of accepting who I am and how I experience the world. The social model of disability was a revelation. Through my freelance work I am constantly trying to bring that into other organisations so that disability liberation is not solely left to companies who have that as their main aim. It is something everyone should be doing.
bit of a grim news round-up for disabled creatives
ONS statistics The Office for National Statistics has produced the first round of real data regarding coronavirus. The results are shocking and, even more shockingly,