Anna Landre ♿️
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Part woman, part machine🦾 doing disability justice. @DisasterStrat @GDIHub @TheRideAhead. Fmr Washington DC Commissioner, Vogue #21Under21, #DisabilityPower100
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As someone that had to go to 3 tribunals to get disability benefits (I use a powerchair full time) I'd like to tell Rishi Sunak it is not too easy to get benefits. It is a cruel & harsh system. Perhaps the rise in people unable to work is due to the huge waiting list for the NHS?
My conversation with Margaret Price and Mimi Khuc about their new books 'Crip Spacetime' and 'dear elia' (both from Duke University Press) is now live from Un/Livable Cultures!
Interview audio: open.spotify.com/episode/7ax6PB…
Interview transcript: docs.google.com/document/d/1oP…
The government is in no position to advise employers about hiring disabled people James Moore independent.co.uk/voices/disable…
Let me get this right. The #nhs already has an app that asks all the right questions for #Disability access (hurrah) but they've outsourced creating a different app that won't?!?
Is this scripted by #blackmirrorXP or something?!?
When an angry sighted person tried to force me to stop the touch tour for blind guests at the @BritishMuseum, I harnessed the power of the written word to advocate for #accessibility . Thanks to the @BBCWorldService for broadcasting a version of this story youtu.be/ErfbUD9kVVs?si…