Here is where you can find all my Op-Eds and features about disability rights.
2023
Labour blames disability benefits fraud and error for lack of Cost of Living Support – but they’re demonising the wrong people for The Daily Mirror, April 23
NHS covid app closing next month, but pandemic is far from over for disabled people for The Daily Mirror, March 23
Met Report shows shocking discrimination – but disregard for ableism isn’t a surprise for The Daily Mirror, March 23
Lockdown files show how the Government let disabled people die for The Daily Mirror, March 23
Employers need to do more than just celebrate neurodiversity for The Unwritten, March 23
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
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
A more equitable future: Diversity, inclusion and belonging in the UK workplace, 2022 report (pages 85-89) for Indeed UK, 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
2022
14 Ways the Tories shafted disabled people in 2022 for The Daily Mirror, December 22
Delay in the National Resilience Strategy terrifying for disabled people The Daily Mirror, December 22
Government’s treatment of disabled people at Christmas is frankly Dickensian for The Daily Mirror, December 22
Nothing disables me more than society’s attitude towards disabled people for The Daily Mirror, December 22
How pro-life campaigners hijacked Heidi Crowter’s fight against aborting disabled foetuses for The iPaper, November 22
As a pro-choice, disabled woman, I’m torn over why late terminations are legal if the foetus is potentially disabled for Glamour, November 22
Disabled Brits live in fear of rolling winter blackouts as ministers won’t promise help for The Daily Mirror, November 22
Jeremy Hunt vows to protect disabled people – but those who can’t work suffer again for The Daily Mirror, November 22
Matt Hancock Going on I’m a Celeb is a Kick in the Teeth for Disabled People for The Daily Mirror, November 22
Purple Tuesday Needs to Show Real Commitment to Disabled People for The Daily Mirror, November 22
Disabled People Number Nearly 14 Million in the UK – They Deserve Their own Minister for The Daily Mirror, October 22
Disabled People Have Been Ignored by Rishi Sunak and They Will die This Winter for The Daily Mirror, October 22
The Tories Will Never Have to “Get It” for The Daily Mirror, October 22
The State Of This: How Much is the New PM Going to Screw Disabled People? (with Cath Poucher) for The Unwritten, September 22
Why Channel 4’s Disability & Abortion: The Hardest Choice documentary is a hard but important watch Essential Watch for Stylist, August 22
The Tories are Gambling with Disabled Lives via a Loophole – We Can’t let Them get Away With it for The Daily Mirror, August 22
We Deserve to Know What the DWP is Hiding About Benefits for The Independent, August 22
Rishi Sunak’s NHS No-Show Fines Are a Direct Attack on Disabled People for The Spill, August 22
Rishi Sunak’s £10 Fine for Missing GP Appointments Will Penalise Disabled People for The Daily Mirror, August ’22
Disabled People Don’t Need Your Outrage – we Need you to Fight With us for Change for The Guardian, July 22
Assuming Someone is Faking a Disability to Jump Queues is Discriminatory and Offensive for The Daily Mirror, July ’22
Introducing The Mirror’s Disabled Britain: Doing It For Ourselves series for The Daily Mirror, July 22
Ending masks and isolation will kill vulnerable people for The New Statesman, January 22
2021
Disabled People Feel Left out of U.K. COVID-19 Plans—Again for Verywell Health, December 21
Uber Is Being Sued by Justice Department for Overcharging Disabled People for Verywell Health, November 21
Disability, delays and disadvantage: the reality behind NHS waiting lists for The Flock, October 21
It’s Ableist to Cut Pay of Work-From-Home Employees for Verywell Health, October 21
Some Disabled People Say Twitter’s New ‘Accessible’ Design Is Inaccessible for Verywell Health, August 21
In The Midst Of The Pandemic, Have Politicians Done Enough For Disabled People? for EachOther, July 21
Benefits and disability: ‘I’ll never cohabit again, to protect myself’ for BBC News, July 21
Disabled people miss out on millions in ESA benefits – but not for want of trying for Left Foot Forward, June ’21
Disabled people say they feel excluded from Clubhouse for Business Insider, April 21
Disabled people say they feel excluded from Clubhouse for Business Insider, April 21
Please Stop Killing Us for The Unwritten, February 21
BBC documentary Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain uncovers how disabled people were shut out of society for decades for Stylist, January 21
Free school meals private contractor refuses to cater for children with dietary requirements for The Unwritten, January 21
2020
Why Ruth Madeley’s #DisabilityOptIn Campaign is Important for Conscious Being, December 20
Is Your Social Media Campaign Accessible to Everyone? for Scope’s The Big Hack, December 20
How To Make Your Online Organising And Activism Meetings Accessible for Act Build Change, November 20
New lockdown restrictions are forcing disabled people to make a choice between health and career for The Independent, November 20
Disabled People Share Fears For Recession for Metro UK, August ’20
Please don’t hoard Hydroxychloroquine because Trump claims it cures Covid-19 for Metro UK, May 20
Working And Studying At Home Shouldn’t Be Pandemic- Only Accommodations for Rooted in Rights, March 20
Disabled Women Like me are Being Trapped in Abusive Relationships by Inadequate Benefits for Metro UK (published anonymously), March 20
When Someone Says They Are Disabled, Believe Them for Folks at Pillpack, February 20
2019
The DWP Christmas Bonus Is An Insult To Disabled People for Metro UK December 19