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Anna Landre
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Part woman, part machine / Disability justice + more / #DisabilityPower100, Vogue #21Under21 💋🦾 Fmr Washington DC Commissioner, now in London📍 annalandre.com
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · Jan 16
“We — our disabled ways of life, thinking, creativity, ingenuity, resistance, and ability to thrive against all odds — will be key to human survival through the greatest existential threat of our time: climate change."
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No Planet Without Us: Disability Ingenuity as Key to Climate Action
In the wake of the devastating LA wildfires of this month, I’ve watched more and more people come to the conclusion that climate change is not coming, it’s here. Embracing disability wisdom will be ke...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21d
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."

me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually

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How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
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Dr Amy Kavanagh @blondehistorian.bsky.social · 21d
As a disabled pregnant woman currently taking paracetamol (tylenol) for back & pelvic pain...

I don't yet have a response for the ableist, eugenicist, evidently pro-life movatived "announcement" from the US President.

But I will say this. If you don't want a disabled child, don't have children.
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · Sep 12
Here's to hoping the House of Lords gives the Assisted Dying Bill the scrutiny, safeguarding, & open debate it failed to get in the Commons. Lives -- of disabled and ill people, already under attack in this country -- are quite literally at stake.

Lucy Webster for @theguardian.com ⬇️
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Lucy Webster @lucywebster.bsky.social · Sep 12
Today the House of Lords begins its scrutiny of the assisted dying bill

They've got the opportunity to prove their worth by doing a better and more honest job than MPs

Me for @theguardian.com
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It’s not too late: the House of Lords can still protect disabled people from this dangerous assisted dying bill | Lucy Webster
MPs passed it without sufficient safeguarding. If there is any point to the upper chamber, it is to give the legislation the open debate we need, says political journalist and author Lucy Webster
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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · Jul 16
Are we repeating history? @annalandre.com provides a satirical take on today's disability politics.

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Medieval-style illustration of a group of disabled people being burnt at the stake
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · Jun 30
As researchers, scientists, & innovators in the disability space, we at @gdihub.bsky.social wrote an open letter on the UK government's proposed disability cuts:

They lack an evidence base & don't address the employment barriers disabled people face.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 29
Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.
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Inclusion London @inclusionlondon.bsky.social · Jun 18
The Assisted Dying Bill will soon be voted on in Parliament.

We need all Disabled people and allies to urgently write to your MP and let them know why this dangerous bill can't go ahead. 📢

Use resources from Not Dead Yet to help you speak out:
TAKE ACTION TO KILL THE BILL | Not Dead Yet UK
Time left to kill the bill
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Jun 9
If you're a disabled person whose mobility devices are damaged at anti-ICE protests by the police etc and you have evidence of it, I'm always interested in you contacting me for a potential @motherjones.com story at [email protected] or signal: juliametraux.49.
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The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies @disasterstrat.bsky.social · Jun 5
Our Global Research & Response Lead, @annalandre.com represented The Partnership this week in Geneva at the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction Global Platform that brings together leaders from around the world on Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · Jun 4
On a train near a man who just said to his friend:

“Like, people can become paralyzed at any time — become a burden to themselves & others. Sometimes it’s better to be dead.”

But yeah, the UK should totally legalize nondisabled people deciding when suicide should be allowed for us. ♿️
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · May 27
Despite very much NOT being a celebrity (!), I’m proud to be one of the over 100 disabled people undersigning this letter to Keir Starmer as part of the #TakingThePIP campaign against cuts to disability services.

Read the letter & share: takingthepip.co.uk
A Guardian article titled “Disabled celebrities urge Keir Starmer to scrap ‘inhumane’ benefits cuts” by Frances Ryan with text “More than 100 of the UK's most high-profile disabled people, including Liz Carr, Rosie Jones, Ruth Madeley and Cherylee Houston, have called on the prime minister to abandon "inhumane and catastrophic plans to cut disability benefits". and photos above of Liz Carr, Ruth Madeley, Rosie Jones, and Cherylee Houston.
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atlanta @atlantarey.bsky.social · May 25
Will these new homes Labour keep crowing about building be fully accessible?

Just 1% of new homes are planned to be wheelchair accessible, despite approx 1.2 million wheelchair users living in the UK.

Source: www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/building-control-news/accessible-housing-lockdown/84458
The reality of accessible housing during lockdown
Nicholas Bungay of Habinteg discusses research into the challenges many disabled people have faced during lockdown because of a lack of accessible features
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · May 26
I had a lovely bank holiday morning with @GMB today, discussing my unfortunate train access denial from last week — and some tips on enforcing your rights as a disabled person in a political context where they’re rarely granted without a fight.
Anna, a wheelchair user, smiling in front of a wall with the GMB logo and graphics.
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · May 25
This is SO COOL!!
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Matt Eason @matteason.me · May 24
lifts.matteason.co.uk now shows historical reliability data for almost every station lift in the UK - for example, lifts.matteason.co.uk/HRH/history

I really hope this is useful for people who need to know how accessible local stations are as well as accessibility and disability rights campaigners
Screenshot Lift reliability for Horsham Station This page shows the historical reliability of the lifts at Horsham station. Last 24 hours Lift 1 Platforms 1&2 Reliability: 30% Lift 3, station entrance to footbridge Reliability: 12% Lift 2 Platforms 3&4 Reliability: 44% Each lift has a timeline graph showing when it was broken, in red, and working, in green
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · May 23
Every minister should read this. 👇 If the government actually cared about disabled people being in work, they would reform the chaos of Access to Work.
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Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social · May 23
I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4
A photo of Jess Thom, a white, wheelchair using woman looking into the camera with a serious expression. She is wearing a blue and green hoodie, black padded gloves and is pictured in from of a brick wall
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · May 23
This government *says* it’s here to “get Britain working” — but its actions point to a very different, far more nefarious policy goal when it comes to disabled people.

Jess can’t work now, because her services just got cut. She’s one of many.

@ any media who follow me — this is quite a story!
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Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social · May 23
I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · May 18
The fact is, disabled people reacting with anything other than gratefulness & deference for being granted basic human dignity is often perceived as rudeness. And the power nondisabled people have over our lives to enforce that dynamic is extraordinary.

No trains for me today.
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · May 18
Standard for denial of ramp assistance. Abusiveness is, and I was certainly not that.

I have asked for any body cam footage of the interaction and to know exactly which words I said resulted in a denial of service. …
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · May 18
Ramp assistance by any staff due to one’s accusation that I was “rude.”

I do not believe I was rude — I believe this able bodied man did not enjoy a young disabled woman speaking assertively back to him in the same tone he was using. And regardless, “rudeness” is not the …
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · May 18
staff member (who I assume was a manager) came over to tell me that I was rude and so the staff member would not assist me. I told her I didn’t not believe I was, I simply asked him not to lecture me, but okay.

She left and came back to tell me that I would not be given …
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · May 18
& did not need a lecture. He continued on and I repeated myself and said I was just looking to the next train since they’d failed to bring the ramp for the original one. He then said I was rude and that he would not be assisting me. I said okay.

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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · May 18
bring the ramp in time for me to board my train several minutes before. He was telling me that I was a lower priority than those who booked assistance in advance. Very abled-mansplaining.

As I work in accessible transport, I firmly but politely told him that I know the law…
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · May 18
Was just fully denied the right to travel today at Liverpool St Stn, on any train, because Network Rail staff collectively refused to deploy a ramp for me.

Why? One of them claimed I was “rude” for telling him I didn’t need the lecture he was giving me on why they’d failed to …
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · May 14
Oh hell yeah. Assisted dying bills are NOT progressive and disability rights organizations overwhelmingly oppose them.
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · May 14
The assisted dying lobby isn’t being honest with you –

Disabled people are at risk from this bill.

Brilliant piece in the @theguardian.com from @lucywebster.bsky.social.

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A photo of disabled protesters with anti assisted dying signs and article text below reads: You’ve been deceived by the campaign for assisted dying. It has told you who the proposed law is for: people on their metaphorical deathbeds, no hope in sight, desperate to spare themselves and their loved ones the experience of an agonising death. And no wonder - these cases obviously merit sympathy and concern. These are the people campaigners want to talk about; this is the narrative that pushes people into unquestioning support for their cause. But what of the people the law would include who they don't want you to consider? Proponents keep saying that the bill is tightly drawn to exclude disabled people, because it limits eligibility to those with only six months to live. But this is patently false. The line between disability and illness - a line this bill relies on - is not a sharp distinction. It is
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