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Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?

by Charlie Hertzog Young

By forcing people to work through illness, our inadequate sick pay system is a tool of domination, writes Charlie Hertzog Young. Let’s replace it with one that puts people before profit.

A man in a wheelchair takes part in a protest against cuts to state disability welfare payments. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Feature: Disabled People Are Fighting Back Against ‘Life or Death’ Energy Prices

by Sophie K Rosa

Disabled people are facing disproportionate fuel poverty, but they're getting organised. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Health secretary and former DWP secretary Therese Coffey. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

Opinion: The Government’s New Mental Health Funding Will Be Spent on ‘Helping’ Depressed People Into Work

by Jay Watts

Liz Truss just announced £122m of new funding for mental healthcare. But it won't be spent on the psych beds and specialists we so desperately need, writes psychologist Jay Watts - it’s for 700 employment advisors to ‘help’ depressed people into work.

A commuter walks past a face covering sign outside King's Cross St Pancras Underground Station. Coronavirus restrictions have been reintroduced in the UK, with mandatory face masks in shops and on public transport, to help stop the spread of the new Omicron variant. People who refuse to wear masks face a fine of £200. (Photo by Vuk Valcic / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Opinion: Britain Has Ditched Masks and Disabled People Along With Them

by Sophie Buck

The end of mask mandates came not a moment too soon for many in Britain. This speaks volumes about our attitude towards society’s most vulnerable, writes Sophie Buck.

a man and woman sit back-to-back in their respective office cubicles, on their computers

Opinion: Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does

by Charlie Hertzog Young

I’ve often blamed myself for my poor mental health, writes Charlie Hertzog Young. The concept of neurodiversity showed me it’s society that’s at fault.

Protesters hold a trans flag during the demonstration against trans conversion therapies, London, April 2022.

Analysis: Autistic People Are More Likely to Be Trans. So What?

by Ell Folan

JK Rowling is right: autistic people are far more likely to be transgender. That doesn’t make them any less deserving of gender-affirming care.

Opinion: Stop Using Disabled People As an Excuse Not to Ban Cars in Cities

by Charlie Hertzog Young

Accessible solutions to car-free cities are out there. We just need to care enough about disabled people to implement them, writes Charlie Hertzog Young.

A graphic with the words 'sexualised' 'desexualised' 'disabled' 'woman' 'black' beside and image of a Black woman in a wheelchair

Opinion: Navigating Sex and Desire Is a Headfuck When You’re Black, Disabled and a Woman

by The Triple Cripples

We develop our ideas about sex and relationships by observing the world around us. Things get tricky, then, when there's nobody you can relate to.

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Opinion: To Solve Britain’s Mental Health Crisis, We Must Fundamentally Change Society

by Mark Brown

Progressives still wishfully think that upping budgets will solve the problem. We need to think much, much bigger, writes mental health journalist Mark Brown.

Opinion: Deaf People Are Paying Thousands to Learn Their Own Language

by Liam O'Dell

It’s 2021 and the UK still has no sign language GCSE. Deaf journalist Liam O'Dell asks: could the Tories care less about us?

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Opinion: Sex Worker Rights Are Disability Rights

by Sophie K Rosa

Tired debates about disability and sex work too often focus on the morality of a disabled man buying sex. Why aren’t we talking about disabled sex workers? Sophie K Rosa reports.

Downstream: Why Are All the Baddies Disabled?

From ancient myths through to the Batman trilogy, pop culture is littered with disabled people and those with facial differences being cast as villains. Why does disability feature so heavily in literary and cinematic traditions, and how has this hypervisiblity had the ironic effect of erasing the experiences of disabled people? Ash Sarkar is joined […]