Tim Rourke

Disability Inclusion in Derby CofE. Wigan FC FAN, Boardgamer, Foodie - cooking and eating! Walks with wheels! Lives with pain & a smile!!! All views my own

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

I am leading a conversation (Webinar) called Interconnected tomorrow at 2pm

It is about how Physical, Mental and spiritual health are interconnected and looks at how we can thrive in a disabling world.

If you wish to come along please DM me and I’ll send you the link

[Samantha Renke @SamanthaRenke]

Just seen this and I’m absolutely devastated. https://t.co/HC3zK672yS

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@OurCofELike You’re not the only one, I’m afraid

I have one in our room too!

Very bright indeed!

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@KtTup @KreftRudhlas Which of course you didn’t, in fact your words assumed they were disabled and had forgotten their badge…. So infuriating. And then call you a liar! Disgusted!

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@uk_timwilson To explain ‘so what’…. How might this work in your/our context and what difference does it make to me!

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@MathewsAnnika @jpuddlegoose I’m hoping to make it next year! Glad you enjoyed it

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@naomi_jacobs @emjric Sue has already told me about it! Bought ‘at the gates’ and told me, ‘we need to talk’. So glad it went well

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@DisabilityJ @KtTup Hope you don't mind again! - Nicking this for my MA bit on Identity!

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

This sums up academic life with pain…. I began work this morning and did a good hour, planning and thinking and writing things down…. Then my body said, enough!

An hour later I was waking up in pain in my office chair

One final weekend and I’m finished! Prayers appreciated!

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

Trying to find blogs of disabled Christian’s who have been a part of a pioneer community or FX of church. if you have can you link below

I need it for my MA as I am unable to interview, but would like to add more disabled voices

@DisabilityJ @YouBelong_2019 @churchofengland

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@Jo_H_M @queensfdn Hello Jo… watch out some of those students at queens can be very difficult…. Especially me with 17 days left on my MA! Enjoy

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@bbcemt I travel weekly from Chesterfield Nottingham on Northern rail, but EMR won't let me on their trains either.

I have half the trains to choose from than my wife !

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@MathewsAnnika @rmbastable Well said Annika and I don’t want to see the C of E torn down, but I also don’t want it to stand for what it has done in the past, and more worryingly often still does!

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@LizCarterWriter Praying for you Liz! God bless!

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@choochoolfc @Tanni_GT @HuwMerriman @Mark_J_Harper My experience on the little bit of northern rail I use is that the guard will deploy the ramps on similar looking trains. Sometimes after a grumpy look and a question of do you have a permit (I’m on a mobility scooter!)

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@bexwhitworth @AShettle @DanTee2Tech @softsoulcomplex @BarnsleyCouncil Give me a date and I’ll happily come and ‘park’ my mobility scooter in the road outside the pub! Get 20 wheelchair users in a line stopping cars for 20 mins might make the news anyway!

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@KayMorgan_Gurr @Janeywoo1971 They are all different, but the 'prove you need a carer' bit seems like new to me (I usually do football stadiums that usually assume you will once you've proved your disability)

I think the question may have been asked for Wembley this year, but there, I do need assistance!

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@Janeywoo1971 @KayMorgan_Gurr No, because after you show the evidence you get the complimentary ticket.

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@naomi_jacobs Just started reading your first part of this - whilst listening to urgent and driving Jean-Michel Jarre music...

The push to be recognised but still having to play by their game and the tension and drive in the music was coincidentally rather moving...

Thanks for this paper

[Tim Rourke @TimRourkeCA]

@MartynBowler As long as assistance dogs are welcomed that’s fine

In a disability survey i carried out 3yrs ago 75% of church leaders said assistance dogs would be welcome

For assistance dogs it is a legal requirement under the equalities act! It has to be 100%