It costs £581 a month more to be disabled in the U.K. (@scope) and it can sometimes be difficult for non disableds to wrap their head around that… so here are some examples last month of the #DisabilityTax I’ve had. #NEISvoid #DisabilityTwitter Starting small- I take 40 tablets a day that keep me alive- my prescription costs me £108.10p a year (VERY aware that this could be so much more, and very grateful, however this is a thread about costs I WOULDNT have at all if I was non disabled.)

Finished up on the 3 day residential with @sounddelivery, learning the ins and outs of sharing your voice as a spokesperson within the media. I’m on this programme because I don’t want other disabled people to feel like they’re in this fight alone… A thread 🧵 When I first got sick at 12, I didn’t know anything about disability as an identity. Invisible chronic illness as a young woman meant I went undiagnosed for 8 years. #EDS #POTS #MCAS