2023

May

The Daily Mirror: Scope says the media must stop ‘destructive disability narrative’ – and I agree

The Daily Mirror: Thousands heading into bank holiday without GP care due to system failures

The Daily Mirror: DWP still pushing dangerous ‘benefit fraud crackdown’

The Daily Mirror: It’s vital we teach the next generation about disability history

Glamour: Dangerous coverage of ADHD means women like me don’t feel like we can ask for help

The Daily Mirror: We’re aware of the mental health crisis, we need government support

The Big Issue: The DWP is pushing the benefit fraud narrative but disabled people know where the real problem lies

The Daily Mirror: Disability aids are freedom, they shouldn’t be a source of shame

The Unwritten: “If I’m not writing honestly there’s no point in writing at all” – Q & A with Author Holly Smale

The Daily Mirror: The Coronation was an attempt to appease struggling class – we can’t let it be

April

The Daily Mirror: DWP benefit fraud raids are trying to make us forget who the real enemy is

The Daily Mirror: Voter ID will lock out many at-risk people – we can’t let it

Radio Times: A Kind of Spark shows importance of authentic neurodivergent stories

The Daily Mirror: Labour blames disability benefits fraud and error for lack of Cost of Living Support – but they’re demonising the wrong people

 The Unwritten: Statement on the future of The Unwritten

The Daily Mirror: A Kind of Spark’s reception shows how important authentic disabled representation is

March

Digital Spy: BBC’s A Kind Of Spark is groundbreaking in its portrayal of autistic women

The Daily Mirror: NHS covid app closing next month, but pandemic is far from over for disabled people

The Daily Mirror: Woman claims ‘Premier Inn would’ve left me to die in fire because I’m a wheelchair user’

The Daily Mirror: Met Report shows shocking discrimination – but disregard for ableism isn’t a surprise

The Daily Mirror: Lockdown files show how the Government let disabled people die

The Unwritten: Employers need to do more than just celebrate neurodiversity

The Daily Mirror: Where are the different types of disabled women this IWD?

The Unwritten: The Best Fiction Books by Disabled Authors Coming in 2023 (with Chloe Johnson)

The Unwritten: The Best Non-Fiction and Poetry Books by Disabled Authors Coming in 2023 (with Chloe Johnson)

Glamour: Pregnancy crisis centres are dangerously manipulating people against abortions

February

Therese Coffey says “work more” – but many disabled people don’t have that option for The Daily Mirror, February 23

Press Regulator must create guidelines for reporting disability – or the media will never become less ableist for The Daily Mirror, February 23

Disabled people are missing out on the government’s cost of living payments for The Big Issue, February 23

Disabled people deserve to be able to find books about us easily in bookshops for The Daily Mirror, February 23

No one should have to ask whether they can ‘do without’ medication for The Big Issue, February 23

The government’s exclusion of menopause leave in the Equality Act proves it is already failing disabled women for Stylist, February 23

I’m not here to write want the government wants for The Daily Mirror, February 23

IPSO Told me Nobody Complains About the UK Media’s Ableism- so Let’s Prove Them Wrong for The Unwritten, February 23

January

I’m a disabled person not a person with a disability for The Daily Mirror, January 23

North East has most disabled people but is ignored into extinction by Tories for The Daily Mirror, January 23

The High Court ruling on legacy benefits is a bitter blow for disabled people for The Big Issue, January 23

DWP refuse to release reports on disabled deaths amid inhumane assessment system for The Daily Mirror, January 23

January cover interview with Caprice-Kwai Ambersley: ‘I want to be the representation I didn’t have when I was younger’ for Glamour Magazine (digital), January 23

A more equitable future: Diversity, inclusion and belonging in the UK workplace, 2022 report (pages 85-89) for Indeed UK, January 23

We’re told to be born with a womb is to suffer’: Rebel Bodies is a crucial deep-dive into the gender health gap for Glamour, January 23

Labour’s plan for disabled people is the same as Tories – to push us into work for The Daily Mirror, January 23

It’s time the government stepped up to help disabled people in the cost of living crisis for The Big Issue, January ’23

DWP should have some clear resolutions and goals to help disabled people in 2023 for The Daily Mirror, January ’23