Mette Anwar-Westander
manwarwestander.bsky.social
Mette Anwar-Westander
@manwarwestander.bsky.social
Founder of Disabled Students UK
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Disabled people who can work are worthy.

Disabled people who cannot work are worthy.

Disabled people who are completely independent are worthy.

Disabled people who rely on others for assistance are worthy.

ALL disabled people are worthy.
April 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic

www.crabmuseum.org/visit

🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.
April 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
April 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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merry autism to all those who celebrate
April 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Having tackled other societal menaces, such as disabled adults and transgender children, Starmer announced yesterday that he’d be forming a posse to erase every last galago, before they can get their tiny paws on our precious bananas.
Starmer: “The moral case for bludgeoning those cute bush baby things you see at the zoo”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has issued a statement explaining the “moral case” for bashing to death the adorable, wide-eyed bush babies holding back our nation.  Having tackled other societal menaces,...
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March 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Yesterday was Disability Day of Mourning. In a few weeks we'll mark 5 years since the first lockdown

Thinking about all the disabled people who died because of government and societal callousness, and how many more we'll lose to the same if assisted dying is legalised
March 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Unable to go to a local Disability Day of Mourning event on March 1st, but still want to participate? Join us for a virtual vigil here:
2025 Disability Day of Mourning Virtual Vigil
Content Warning: fillicideWhat is the Day of Mourning?Every year on March 1st, the disability community comes together to remember the victims of filicide – ...
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February 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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On Disability Day of Mourning, Saturday March 1st, the disability community gathers to mourn those killed by their caregivers and fight for the living.

This year we are hosting an online UK event, join us! #DDoM2025

www.eventbrite.com/e/uk-disabil...
UK Disability Day of Mourning
Gathering to honour disabled people killed by caregivers
www.eventbrite.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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“The only way to deal with unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
~~~Albert Camus
February 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
February 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Ministers appear to be set to announce cuts to a flagship disability employment scheme, just as the government is trying to push more disabled people towards the workplace.
Minister suggests cuts are coming to Access to Work scheme
Ministers appear to be set to announce cuts to a flagship disability employment scheme, just as the government is trying to push more disabled people towards the workplace. Sir Stephen Timms (pictu…
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February 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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As Jews for Shared Safety, we know our history demands that we take a stand against ethnic cleansing—wherever it happens. Trump wants to erase Palestinians from Gaza. We must be louder than ever.

350+ rabbis & Jewish figures are taking a stand in a historic NYT ad rejecting his genocidal rhetoric.
February 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
On Disability Day of Mourning, Saturday March 1st, the disability community gathers to mourn those killed by their caregivers and fight for the living.

This year we are hosting an online UK event, join us! #DDoM2025

www.eventbrite.com/e/uk-disabil...
UK Disability Day of Mourning
Gathering to honour disabled people killed by caregivers
www.eventbrite.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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An alert that I will be sharing a lot of grim news stories over the next two or three days, much of it #DWP related. Please consider muting me, or even temporarily unfollowing me, if you fear this might be triggering. As with my book, I think the info is valuable but your safety is more important.❤️
February 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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February 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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In my years of reporting on LGBTQ news this was by far the hardest.

But we are still here. You made it to Friday. You lived. Good job. That wasn’t easy.

Through a diversity of tactics, we will continue to live.

Rest up, drink water, find community, so that we can all be here tomorrow too.
January 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Disability culture is writing notes for an important project in your phone notes app because you can't currently hold yourself upright
January 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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📢 The 2024 Annual Disabled Student Survey Report is here!

Discover what disabled students had to say in our annual survey. Download the full report now and explore their experiences, challenges, and recommendations.

Link to the report: disabledstudents.co.uk/2024-access-...
December 20, 2024 at 1:37 PM