York Disability Week

Keeping York up-to-date with disability activism, especially York Disability Week. York Disability Week 2026 will run from 28th November to 5th December.

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

Given how one has to play find the guard to get in, then wait patiently to get out, I suspect many have carried on as they did when it was #ClosedToUs and gone elsewhere. Need to feel welcome again.

[Steve Galloway @SteveGallowayYk]

Fewer Blue Badge holders using City Centre vehicle access https://t.co/5wxBMmBFls

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

Require venues to accept government evidence of disability or caring needs https://t.co/o7FSzOl6LC

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

What is the Channel 4 programme The Experiment about?https://t.co/YN18icB775 @mencap_charity #TheExperiment

[Dawni Q 🎨 @Dawni_Q]

My 2nd email to @yorkbarbican regarding the @nimbusdis controversy remains unanswered after almost 2 wks highlighting exactly what they think of customers with a #disability … disrespectful

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

How to talk about disability and climate adaptation: https://t.co/kJpYOVhs0F via @friends_earth

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

Visually impaired snooker superfan hails sport as ‘a godsend’ through adversity https://t.co/R8fG0d4oyn

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

Free inclusive cycling programme launched in #Darlington to build confidence https://t.co/3LQw10bdsi

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

I was told I was "too young" to have Parkinson’s when I applied for a Blue Badge https://t.co/N2lPG3rsJ5

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

Radical Signs: Deaf People in Radical Left Politics Thursday, December 3  •  1:30 PM - 3 PM @YorkStJohn https://t.co/bXrhTcXn62 @DrDaiJestive

[Holly Bunty @hollybunty]

The decision to sideline the impact of the pandemic on dom care, came despite the📕estimating that nearly 1 million disabled pple, were receiving support to live in their own homes, at the start of the pandemic.
🪫Many millions more were supported by family providing unpaid care"

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

SIA calls on Chancellor to protect disabled people’s independence ahead of the budget https://t.co/oomsDJ2Us1 @spinalinjuries @MotabilityOps

[JELLY HEAD @LordOrk]

Man with muscular dystrophy trapped on a hospital ward for 13 months

Ravi Mehta used to receive NHS funding that allowed him to hire his own carers and to live at home

That’s taken away and he is threatened with being put in a care home
https://t.co/zC4tMGvzB4 via @vsmacdonald

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

@Chuffin_ell @yorkbarbican Not just York Barbican - all under @LegendsGlobal_

[Katie @LuxMeaMundiAM]

@Chuffin_ell @WallaceUofE @yorkbarbican @yorkbarbican this is literally illegal and you’ll end up being sued for breaching the Equality Act 2010

[Rae :-) @Chuffin_ell]

“MUST have registered for a Nimbus Disability Access Card.”

Why, @YorkBarbican?

Disabled people have rights under the Equality Act 2010. Accessibility is a legal duty, not a membership scheme.

[Enough’s Enough @Enoughsenough00]

🚨Conservative shadow minister’s nearly £2 MILLION expenses bill draws scrutiny

Helen Whately, the Conservatives’ Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, has claimed almost £2 million in parliamentary expenses over the past decade. These payments come from the public purse—funded by the taxes of ordinary hard-working people. Most of the total covers staff salaries, but around £300,000 relates to her own travel and accommodation, even though she lives roughly 50 miles from London in Kent.
Party leader Kemi Badenoch claims £2,700 a month toward rent on a six-bedroom farmhouse in her Essex constituency, within the rules for an MP with three children. She has also faced claims she once sought taxpayer funding for a family holiday flight, which officials refused.
Critics say the sums sit uncomfortably beside Conservative calls to tighten welfare; supporters note the claims follow standard IPSA rules for MPs

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

Disability News Service will continue publishing stories, despite indefinite closure of @TheCanaryUK https://t.co/jl6UuiO33B via @johnpringdns

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

Slow but steady progress on UK air travel access improvements, says report https://t.co/sJtE0hUewk via @johnpringdns

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

Relationship and sex education failures put disabled pupils at risk of abuse, says new report https://t.co/i7a4Tya1ia via @johnpringdns

[York Disability Week @YorkDisability]

Disabled people who rely on PIP face ‘constant fear’ that physical activity could see them lose their benefits https://t.co/wcDMT9Xqnw via @johnpringdns