Philip J Connolly
UKIM to VIM
On the 17th of August 2023 the UK Independent Mechanism (UKIM) reported on the progress in implementing the United Nations Convention on...
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Philip J Connolly
- Aug 7
- 2 min
You Heard it Here First - the DRN Team Effort and Also General Election Dates Inside
Operation Purple Vote (OPV) is looking to set up an Artificial Intelligence (AI) facility to support the Disability Resilience Network (DRN)
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Philip J Connolly
- Jul 3
- 2 min
Being Special
What makes the Disability Resilience Network advocacy model special?
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Philip J Connolly
- Jun 19
- 2 min
So we asked artificial intelligence what the advantage of having a disability might be.
DRN asked artificial intelligence what the advantages might be in our experience of disability. Here below is the response.
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Philip J Connolly
- Jun 12
- 5 min
Transforming Support and Creating Uncertainty and Inconsistency
Below we set out the uncertainties and inconsistencies raised by the recent DWP white paper.
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Philip J Connolly
- May 9
- 2 min
pAIn?
How will Artificial Intelligence impact on the disability workforce?
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Philip J Connolly
- Apr 25
- 3 min
The Emperor Exposed
Disability Resilience Network response to Disability Confident, trade bodies and the UK government.
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Chris Lonsdale
- Feb 7
- 5 min
The Social Value Act, the Disability Employment Gap and the Need for Action on the Ground.
An Open Letter to the UK’s Disability Charities In recent years, I have been researching the use of the Social Value Act in the UK. This...
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Philip J Connolly
- Jan 17
- 1 min
The beautiful game just got more beautiful - here's how the DRN did it! Looking back from 2025.
The beautiful game just got more beautiful - here's how the DRN did it!
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Philip J Connolly
- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
Disabled people and the General Election
It is still up to two years to the general election so why act now? In a word - timing.
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Philip J Connolly
- Aug 18, 2022
- 3 min
Disability, Self-Sufficiency and Mutualism
Ok, so you've signed a petition, been on a march, added your details to the sum of evidence and yet still been ignored. What’s left?...
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Philip J Connolly
- Jul 14, 2022
- 3 min
Air Pollution is Making More of us Disabled
Dr Dean Schraufnagel of Illinois University has led a review of 70,000 scientific studies and concluded that every organ of the body is...
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Philip J Connolly
- Apr 25, 2022
- 4 min
"To the metaverse and back to the universe"
Your invitation to join the DRN purple trade mission and secure your place at our exhibition
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Philip J Connolly
- Mar 31, 2022
- 3 min
"Touchyfeely": enabling disabled people to create markets that in turn employ them
Enabling disabled people to create markets that in turn employ them.
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Philip J Connolly
- Mar 21, 2022
- 4 min
Semiotics of Disability
Semiotics is the study of anything that communicates something. The anything is regarded as a sign and the something is its meaning....
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Philip J Connolly
- Mar 7, 2022
- 4 min
Positively Disruptive Leadership
Finding leaders isn't difficult once people know what leadership isn't.
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Philip J Connolly
- Feb 7, 2022
- 3 min
"Creating our Own Weather" DRN's theory of change
Rainforests occupy only 6% of the earth's surface but 50% of the world's animals live there. Why? Its because rainforests create their...
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Philip J Connolly
- Jan 31, 2022
- 4 min
The Purple (Disability) Planet: The DRN Invitation and Challenge to the BBC
David Attenborough was once asked, what gave him hope. He replied "the indomitable spirit of humans and the resilience of nature."
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Philip J Connolly
- Jan 24, 2022
- 4 min
Mission Ignition
The Disability Resilience Network is asking for two years of your free time, say about five hours a week.
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Philip J Connolly
- Jan 18, 2022
- 3 min
The Book of Numbers
The Disability Resilience Network seeks to capitalise on the wisdom of the crowd.
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