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Feb 2 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I mentioned earlier in the week that IPSO are't willing to create guidelines on reporting disability because they don't get complaints. They asked me to provide 5 recent examples of media ableism so please drop examples below #DisabilityTwitter #NEISVoid
Ideally it must be from an IPSO participating publication. However this includes Daily Mail, The Sun, The Telegraph, The Times, The Mirror, Metro and more. ipso.co.uk/arbitration/pa…
And of course please send me any current stories to complain about
Use #MediaAbleismWatch when sending me examples of ableism in media so I don’t miss it. I’ll be using that hashtag going forward

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Feb 2
IPSO told me that they have no remit to create guidelines on reporting disability b/c nobody complains. On the same day, Daily Mail wrote "why are so many adults being diagnosed with ADHD now?" Here's how to complain: (thread) #MediaAbleismWatch
Go to this link: ipso.co.uk/complain/compl……
In section 1: click material published in print and/ or online click online and write Daily Mail
#MediaAbleismWatch
In section 2: no on previously contacted publication Headline: Why are so many adults now being diagnosed with ADHD? Date: 30/01/23
Link:dailymail.co.uk/health/article…
#MediaAbleismWatch
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Jan 31
Honestly could cry at how disappointing and infuriating my meeting was today. I’m trying so hard to change how disabled people are written about in media but when the ruling bodies just don’t want to do anything about it what am I supposed to do??
Basically lads IPSO told me today that there’s no remit for guidance on reporting disability because they don’t get enough complaints. I know how tiring it is but I need you all to start reporting ableism in the media to them.
Next time a big instance of ableism in the media (and you know it’ll happen soon) I’m gonna coordinate an easy send complaint and I need you all to get behind it. Because they don’t think the media is doing anything wrong in the way it represents us still.
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Jan 31
This week's @DailyMirror column is inspired by the AP "people with frenchness" debacle and how it was an opportunity to highlight why we need to stop being vague when talking about disabled people mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i…
It features one of my favourite professional photos of me ever where you can practically HEAR the mackem and me suitably ranting about "people with a disability".
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mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i… close up of a white woman w...text reads The main argumen...
Me: writes about how vague phrases for disabled people reinforce that we're just there to inspire, only to be positive and allows non-disabled people to treat us like shit

comments: comment from user named hen...comment from user named ele...
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Oct 24, 2022
Rishi has got as much blood on his hands as Johnson over Covid & cost of living. 🧵

He encouraged healthy people to eat out to help out in September 20, denied thousands of businesses grants and placed the blame on us for not using them during a pandemic.
Sunak ended furlough far too soon. Forcing people to choose making a living over their healths. Because after all some of us aren’t twice as rich as the king.
On more than one occasion he refused to raise benefits for poorest and most vulnerable in line with inflation.
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Sep 6, 2022
You can criticise Therese Coffey without bringing her appearance or weight into it. I mean, let’s talk about the fact she just REFUSED to release reports into how many disabled people the DWP killed for starters.
When asked what the DWP was going to do to protect vulnerable people on benefits Therese Coffey said “ We do not have a statutory duty of safeguarding, though of course that we do care about our claimants.”
The DWP under Coffey got away with not publishing reports into how many people have died because of them due to a loophole. We need to hold the next DWP secretary to account mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/t…
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Apr 21, 2022
I wanted to write a thread about the gatekeeping I see of who can call themselves "disabled". So here we are.
As the editor of a publication for disabled people, I'd say one of the top sort of messages I get is "I don't know if my illness/ condition counts but..." and my reply is always "yes it does count!" Who am I or anyone to gatekeep what makes anyone else disabled
Disability encompasses a myriad of conditions and nothing isn't valid. We shouldn't limit what does and doesn't count as disabled. By using the words disabled and disability we destigmatise them and make them neutral terms instead of giving them certain connotations.
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