Catherine Hale
@catherinehale.bsky.social
Founder, Disability Insight. Independent research and policy consultant on disability employment and social security. Founded Chronic Illness Inclusion. #pwME and survivor of medical abuse.
The only research center in the United States focused on disabled parents may close soon due to loss of federal funding. New from me at @motherjones.com. “It is a profound setback for disability rights and family equity.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The only research center for disabled parents is losing federal funding
Staff call it a "profound setback for disability rights and family equity."
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The interim report of the Timms Review of PIP was published this morning, and its conclusion is stark: "PIP is not working." Here's a thread summarising what it says, and what we might expect from the final report in the autumn. 🧵
🧾Next week, we will be giving evidence, alongside others, to the @commonswec.parliament.uk on their new inquiry: Equality at work: flexible working and disability 📅Wednesday 15th July, 2:20pm You will be able to watch live on: www.parliamentlive.tv/Committees
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It never ceases to amaze me how many election pundits don’t understand the dynamics of First Past the Post, and how vote-splitting works under the UK’s electoral system. John Curtice does. Listen to John Curtice.
🧵/ The NHS is about to undergo one of the most radical – and scandalous - changes in its history. From 1st April (the public are the fools in this), GPs will be contractually obliged to seek remote “advice & guidance” from hospital clinicians, making it even harder to see an NHS specialist.
Self-employed disabled people who seek support through the government’s Access to Work scheme are facing delays of up to 19 months for a decision on their claim, months longer than MPs were told in a Commons meeting earlier this month. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/self-employe...
Self-employed disabled people face waiting up to 19 months for Access to Work decisions, evidence shows
Self-employed disabled people who seek support through the government’s Access to Work scheme are facing delays of up to 19 months for a decision on their claim, months longer than MPs were told in…
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The DHSC paused action on commissioning a specialised service for very severe ME/CFS until April 2027 at earliest. This isn’t acceptable @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social! Sign up for our mailing list meaction.org.uk/sign-up for more news. #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #VerySevereME
🚨 Timms' Review of Personal Independence Payment #PIP: Call for Evidence. Closes 28 May 2026 #DWP #DisabilityBenefits www.gov.uk/government/c...
Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: Call for Evidence
This Call for Evidence is being administered by DWP on behalf of the Timms Review steering group and seeks to gather feedback and insight relating to the areas outlined in the Terms of Reference of th...
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If you’re hosting in-person-only academic conferences, may I say a hearty fuck you! Yours sincerely, An academic who pre-COVID needed remote access and couldn’t often get it with hugely marginalising impacts on my and others’ like me capacity to contribute to knowledge
Sue is half the reason I got into disability activism back in 2012 and still try to disrupt the status quo through my work today. This post is vintage Sue! @suey2y.bsky.social
Sue Marsh@suey2y.bsky.social · 5mo ago"I was just an ordinary person with no media experience at all. And I found the whole thing darkly fascinating. Like a front-row seat at a scary clown circus. “Roll-up! Roll-up! Take a peek behind the Magical Media Curtain. See the strings behind the Marvellous Mechanicals!”
It’s hard to explain to you how filthy politics is. So I thought I’d tell you how it got me to today's post : "The Sting-Op and "Bob's" Story" open.substack.com/pub/undercla... Please Read, share and subscribe for free.
The Seaside Sting-Op
"Bob's" Story
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The Public Accounts Committee seeks about #AccessToWork by 26 Feb. committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi... Even a v short response with: * Main impairment needs and agreed AtW support * How you found accessing AtW (e.g. how quickly/easily) * Any issues you have ongoing with support is helpful!
Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
Submit written evidence to the inquiry: The Access to Work scheme
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When ministers defended Starmer over Mandelson’s links to Epstein this week, they rushed to X - a platform that lets users strip photos of women and girls. Is it surely time for the government to log off X? And is social media too toxic for all of us? My col: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Given the toxicity of social media, a moral question now faces all of us: is it still ethical to use it? | Frances Ryan
With so many platforms rife with racism, misogyny and far-right rhetoric, there must be a point where decent people walk away, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Academic Audio Transcription Ltd@aat-transcribes.bsky.social · 6mo agoDoing research into marginalised communities? Client C's research into the lives of a marginalised group benefitted greatly from being supported by transcribers and editors with relevant lived experience and identity-based expertise. Want the same for your project? Message us today 👇
He pushed me down the stairs! Today's Post : "Chuka's Story. The Heir to Blair" open.substack.com/pub/undercla... "We don’t want gloss from a front-man in a suit. We don’t want more broken promises. Cool Britannia closed shop following a corporate takeover by Brexit PLC." RT & Subscribe
Chuka's Story
"The Heir to Blair"
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Pls read share and subscribe for free, for all the leadership shenanigans. underclass.substack.com/p/the-story-... #Burnham #Labour
The Story of Two Andrews
It's my Party and I'll cry if I want to
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Sue Marsh@suey2y.bsky.social · 6mo agoI cannot WAIT to write up the intricacies of the #Burnam Issue tomorrow. I had the front-est of front row seats. And I've waited for this for YEARS underclass.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
The government wants to enhance contributory unemployment benefits - we’re good with that Contribution-based benefits can help the legitimacy of the welfare state. There is a catch though… www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
Energy limiting conditions are still largely missing from how we think about disability— despite how common they are. Here's my new explainer on ELCs, drawing together my previous research, thinking and practice. disabilityinsight.co.uk/about/what-a...
What are energy-limiting conditions?
What are energy-limiting conditions? A core concept for disability inclusion policy and practice Energy Limiting Conditions (ELCs) describe a form of disability where energy production itself is im…
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Today's Post : "The Starmer Prophecy" Epilogue "..these Ladies of a certain Age and Experience know that leaders come and go. This one now seems unlikely to succeed" May 2023 open.substack.com/pub/undercla... Please read, share and subscribe for free
The Starmer Prophecy
Epilogue
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Today's Post : Rod's Story open.substack.com/pub/undercla... Have you ever wondered if the person serving you is being trafficked? No, nor had I. Until I met Rod. Please Read, share and subscribe
Rod's Story
Modern Slavery?? In MY town?
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Today's Post : "The Addenbrookes Infection" How does a Trust become so toxic, it ends with a Letby or an AlderHey? Like this..... open.substack.com/pub/undercla... Please read, subscribe and share. We have to start hearing uncomfortable truths about the NHS, or we can't fix it.
The Addenbrookes Infection
*Other Trusts may apply
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Good news about Erasmus! Would you please boost my take on what it meant for poorer kids like me? @willblackwriter.bsky.social @haylesben.bsky.social @catherinehale.bsky.social @chrisbracken.bsky.social @stefbenstead.bsky.social @peterstefanovic.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/undercla...
Erasmus' Story
"Travel the world and the seven seas......"
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Thank you to @kingscsmh.bsky.social for the opportunity to respond to the recent Get Britain Working report by Sir Charlie Mayfield. I’ve looked specifically at how the recommendations could make a difference, or not, to disabled people who are locked out of employment due to inflexible job design
ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health@kingscsmh.bsky.social · 8mo agoWill the Mayfield Review create pathways to work for disabled people? Catherine Hale explains why flexible working must sit at the centre of the employer-led approach to supporting people to stay in work. www.kcl.ac.uk/will-the-may... @catherinehale.bsky.social @kings-sga.bsky.social
If anyone missed the launch event last week for our guidance on more inclusive workplaces for academics with ELC, the recording is now available on our website (along with the guidance) exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/ @alisonallam.bsky.social @catherinehale.bsky.social @equihealthfutures.bsky.social
Guidance - Cripping the Exhaustion Economy
Cripping The Exhaustion Economy Radically Reimagining the Neoliberal Academy from the Sick Bed Guidance We have produced two guidance documents […]
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Prof. Bethan Evans@drbevans.bsky.social · 10mo agoJoin us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social
So excited to share our new article on energy limiting conditions (ELC) and energy impairment in @ijdsj.bsky.social with Anna Ruddock and Ana Be. Open access www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum... It discusses the emancipatory research process that gave rise to these terms >>
Another great article from the brilliant work of @catherinehale.bsky.social & Chronic Illness Inclusion - paper from Catherine, Ana Bê & Anna Ruddock. #DisabilitySky International Journal of Disability & Social Justice. www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
Introducing “Energy Limiting Conditions”: The Emergence and Evolution of a New Impairment Concept
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d1540804e129">The terms “energy limiting condition” (ELC) and “energy impairment”locate the embodied e...
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Great to hear a robust challenge to DWPs misleading stats on out of work benefits. Thank you as ever @benbgeiger.bsky.social
ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health@kingscsmh.bsky.social · 11mo agoAre out of work benefits at a record high? Prof. Ben Geiger (@benbgeiger.bsky.social) from the ESRC Centre for Society & Mental Health explains that the official statistics are wildly misleading on BBC radio 4’s More or Less this morning. Have a listen! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
