Rachel Court

Proud mama & carer, vet nurse many moons ago #send #epilepsy #Gillespie syndrome & partial to a cat or two 😸😽🤍💛💙Come on Leeds!

[DEAL LEEDS @DEAL_Leeds]

Discrimination at disabled child unfriendly LCC included: @CllrSalmaArif
@debracoupar
@cllr_harland
@helenhayden01
@mohammedrafique
@jessicalennox

@unitecomleeds
Thanks Councillor Alan Lamb @Wetherby Cllrs
What are you playing at @passengerT
@jacko-7777
Help us@ kevin_ritchie1

[DEAL LEEDS @DEAL_Leeds]

Leeds mps can they help? @RachelReevesMP
@hilarybennmp
@alexsobel
@MarkJSewards
@RichardBurgon

[DEAL LEEDS @DEAL_Leeds]

@Juliebaird19 @spads24 @lumpybird @SendCrisis @SEND_Action @contactfamilies @BarnsleySEND @gfreeman2012 @2020_send @Callum_SEND @tinkerbellbites @HartCazzahart @RachelOliversMa
#disabilitytransport #post16transport

[DEAL LEEDS @DEAL_Leeds]

'Hang your heads in shame' @LCC councillors @Jonathan_Pryor @FionaVenner @JamesLewisLab plus more below. For removing transport to school for post 16 students.

Can you help us overturn this appalling decision @kevin_ritchie1
@RachelReevesMP AGAIN
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[Rachel Court @RachelOliversMa]

@MartinSLewis Martin you also said £140/wk was a tiny amount to live on and it’s actually £77/wk. Please highlight how horrendously low this is in line with other benefits. The inability to work ( even to the threshold) is impossible for some carers) #CarersWeek2023

[Rachel Court @RachelOliversMa]

@Andie_Ellwood It’s the sacrificing of your entire life, relationships, aspects, career, ambitions for that person with very little outside support. Of course you do it through love but I’d challenge any other parent of children that will most likely fly the nest to question that.

[Richard Jackson @jacko_7777]

Good for teams to hear the challenges of being a parent career from @Juliebaird19 hugely challenging

[Dr Alison Pearson @alisonpearsonSW]

When my daughter hits 18 she will be able to claim benefits without looking for work.
What does she even contribute? Well, only love, courage, optimism, hope, peace, joy, kindness- I agree these are not values the Telegraph recognises. #disabilitytwitter #HateSpeech #Shameful

[Dan White : Disability Campaigner / Author / ♿️ @Danwhite1972]

Got to love the media’s visual representation of what a carer is and does.

Look at this classic👇🙄

The reality would be empty cupboards, antidepressant bottles on the shelf, in the shower crying your heart out, black holes for eyes & a look of worry for the future.

That’s us.

[Scope @scope]

📣 This harmful narrative about disabled people must end.

It’s time to ditch the 'burden' rhetoric for good.

Coverage like this is irresponsible. It has a direct impact on how disabled people see themselves and how others see them.

[Rachel Court @RachelOliversMa]

@ElizStanley_ @coldplay Gorgeous joy 💖💖

[Rachel Court @RachelOliversMa]

@JeremyVineOn5 Nasty, nasty and hate inciting.

[Rachel Court @RachelOliversMa]

@PackedLunchC4 No totally unfair, complex issue, more support not less. Work together to sort the contradictory dietary advice out. Restrictive diets do not work long term.

[Rachel Court @RachelOliversMa]

@BornatRightTime So sorry you both had to go through this 💔I had exactly the same situation with my son 4years ago. I’m sad things haven’t improved @NeilCouling

[Claire Turner @CETurner1975]

#unpaidcarers in #leeds - there is still time to complete our annual survey. Deadline is the end of the year. At my last check we had 485 responses. Wow! Would be amazing to get 500+ responses. You could win an M&S voucher too

[Rachel Court @RachelOliversMa]

@RachelDaly3 Me too

[Rachel Court @RachelOliversMa]

@NeilCouling how is this still so difficult for these families???

[Julie baird @Juliebaird19]

@NeilCouling making positive changes? Claiming UC for disabled people and their families is still a gruelling process! Been waiting nearly a year for my daughter's health assessment, she is non verbal, non mobile and severely learning disabled. Not enough proof?

[Stephen Unwin @RoseUnwin]

Every family of a disabled child or young person is different. What unites us is the endless struggle for decent services and support.