friendly reminder that they don’t just hand out PIP to anyone that fancies it!!! i am multiply disabled and have been too scared to ever apply for it because every single person i know that receives PIP has been subject to a lengthy and traumatic assessment process
i personally am not the biggest fan of living in a country where the unelected ‘leader’ will boldly with his whole chest say disabled people should stop 'over-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life'
With all the discourse around Richard III at the Globe, it makes me think about how Nessarose is still not being played by a disabled actor. One third of wheelchair users are ambulatory, why can’t Nessa be played by someone with the lived experience?
Any artists affected by yesterdays horrible news please reach out. We do have gaps at the moment but even if you just need your faith in agents restored please reach out 👋 Respect. Honesty. Development. Passion.
“I understand that this feels like a missed opportunity for a disabled artist to play a disabled character on a major UK stage, but it will come around again.”
Ah yes of course, there’s a disabled artist playing a disabled character in every production they put on.