Dermot Devlin
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Dermot Devlin
@mywayaccess.bsky.social
Disability rights.
Access warrior.
Ableism’s worst nightmare.

My Way Access | DPAC Northern Ireland | IMTAC
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Hi there.

I’m Dermot, a disabled activist.

Follow me for posts about:
♿️ Disability
🧑‍🦯 Accessibility
📰 Disabled Issues
😡 Politics
👨 Me

Stuff I love:
🤓 Cosplaying
🌳 Environment
🐝 Alcohol
🍽 Food
📺 Sci-Fi & Comedy
😁 Funny stuff

Say hello if you think we are compatible as friends & activists.
Valentine’s Day isn’t easy for everyone.

As a single disabled man, I know how much of today is built around a narrow idea of love. But being single doesn’t mean being incomplete.

Love is also friendship, family, community, and self-respect.

Everyone deserves love.

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February 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Wrote a Valentine's Blog for tomorrow. Still debating with myself whether or not to post it.
February 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I hear Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon has sought asylum in another country.
February 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Watching "How To Get To Heaven From Belfast" and spotted a scene in London, 100 yards from where my wheelchair went up in a puff of smoke in 2024!
February 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I’m sick of hearing people on the news, discussions panels, and in columns about welfare calling deaf and disabled people “needy.”

It’s demeaning, outdated language that treats us like we’re lesser or a burden, not equal citizens with rights.

It needs to stop.
February 12, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Starting a strict diet tomorrow. Thought I'm wondering if I should start now and forgo that last wee chocolate bar.
February 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Morgan McSweeney has gone!! 🖕
Morgan McSweeney quits as PM's chief of staff following Mandelson scandal
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.”

- Maya Angelou
February 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Dog mess on paths ends up on wheelchair wheels.

That means bringing it straight into your home. Floors, carpets, hands.

It is not just unpleasant. It is a hygiene and accessibility issue.

If you have a dog, scoop the poop. 💜

#Accessibility #Community
February 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I cried twice today.

Once in front in a friend and once on the phone to a fellow disabled campaigner.

My glass is empty.
February 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
As Convener of People, Streets and Places Working Group at IMTAC, I encourage all deaf & disabled people to join IMTAC, especially those from rural communities.

Your voice is important in making our travel and streets accessible and inclusive for all.

Closing date for applications is the 26/02/26.
Member recruitment
We are currently looking for new members of Imtac. Imtac is a Committee of 18 people including Deaf people, disabled people, older people and others including carers and transport professionals. Our r...
www.imtac.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Woke at 2am and been awake ever since. Struggling to keep eyes opened in the office
a cartoon cat is holding a camera in his hands and looking at it .
Alt: a cartoon cat is holding a camera in his hands and looking at it .
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Saturday Night Live is painfully unfunny. #SNL
February 1, 2026 at 1:59 PM
We did it folks, we made it to the end of January!
January 31, 2026 at 9:48 PM
RIP Catherine O'Hara
January 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM
In Belfast this afternoon, to put right that once went wrong, and hoping each meeting will be the meeting to take us home.
January 28, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Smallville 😳
Ghost in the Shell - apt given how fucking feral I am rn
January 28, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Watching It's All Coming Back to Me Now by Celine Dion on YouTube.

You can feel the Jim Steinman sound oozing from it. A classic.
Céline Dion - It's All Coming Back to Me Now (Official Extended Remastered HD Video)
YouTube video by CelineDionVEVO
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 5:43 PM
It's a day to pop the kettle on
January 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
So many people have reached out to me this weekend.

If you are feeling lonely, isolated and pondering you're future. Please remember this ❤️
January 25, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Bruise still there from Friday's cannulation
January 25, 2026 at 1:21 PM
In other news, I have a meeting next month with the Department for Infrastructure to get some important improvements made to public realm in Omagh and Greencastle.

You may have seen some of the videos I highlighted recently about dangers it poses for disabled people.
January 23, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Today has been a hard day for Vimizim.

Exhausted, bloated, headache and stressed.

Does be worth it comes Saturday or Sunday.
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
January 22, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Just ordered myself a wee drone.

Why? To create aerial shots to highlight inaccessible public realm spaces and to document my travels as a disabled wheelchair user.

Thank fook I got gift vouchers as presents at Christmas.
January 21, 2026 at 3:57 PM