Michelle Hewitt
@michellehewitt.bsky.social
Disabled woman with a gorgeous service dog. Chair of Disability Without Poverty and on other disability cttees here and there. PhD candidate and will be grateful when I am no longer a candidate. Lifelong MUFC.
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A few years ago I was introduced to the grinch for the first time, the Jim Carrey version. I was totally confused how the grinch is meant to be the bad guy in this story, so I rewrote from a Critical Disability lens.
Follow along…
Follow along…
Excellent piece from Liz Carr on the vote tomorrow in the UK.
It’s been kinda odd for me to hear my old home 🇬🇧 describing my new home’s 🇨🇦 attitude to assisted suicide. One journalist described it as dystopian. I have to agree.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s been kinda odd for me to hear my old home 🇬🇧 describing my new home’s 🇨🇦 attitude to assisted suicide. One journalist described it as dystopian. I have to agree.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
MPs may trust doctors to manage assisted dying. Disabled people like me cannot | Liz Carr
Two friends recently woke up in hospital to find ‘Do not resuscitate’ orders on their notes. We’re all too aware that some lives aren’t valued as much as others, says the actor and disability rights a...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Excellent piece from Liz Carr on the vote tomorrow in the UK.
It’s been kinda odd for me to hear my old home 🇬🇧 describing my new home’s 🇨🇦 attitude to assisted suicide. One journalist described it as dystopian. I have to agree.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s been kinda odd for me to hear my old home 🇬🇧 describing my new home’s 🇨🇦 attitude to assisted suicide. One journalist described it as dystopian. I have to agree.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I guess the NDP read the title of the rebate. This is beyond callous if that’s possible. $6.3b in a 2 month giveaway that ignores the most vulnerable disabled people compared to $6.1b over 6 years for the CDB.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Singh calls on Ottawa to extend $250 rebate to cover seniors, vulnerable Canadians | CBC News
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the Liberal government to go back to the drawing board after learning that the Working Canadians Rebate won't apply to many seniors, people with disabilities and recent graduates.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2024 at 4:47 AM
I guess the NDP read the title of the rebate. This is beyond callous if that’s possible. $6.3b in a 2 month giveaway that ignores the most vulnerable disabled people compared to $6.1b over 6 years for the CDB.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
A few years ago I was introduced to the grinch for the first time, the Jim Carrey version. I was totally confused how the grinch is meant to be the bad guy in this story, so I rewrote from a Critical Disability lens.
Follow along…
Follow along…
November 26, 2024 at 4:32 AM
A few years ago I was introduced to the grinch for the first time, the Jim Carrey version. I was totally confused how the grinch is meant to be the bad guy in this story, so I rewrote from a Critical Disability lens.
Follow along…
Follow along…
Such a monumental slap in the face to disabled people
November 25, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Such a monumental slap in the face to disabled people