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Encounters with remarkable people - who is in?
The last week has been rich in encounters. I spoke to three people with the compassion to renew my faith in a community's capacity for self healing.

Philip J Connolly
Jun 22 min read
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The Bloggers Blog - Worst Case Scenarios That Are Already Happening
The Disability sector is facing the unraveling of all policy gains since 1994

Philip J Connolly
May 141 min read
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President Trump gets an invitation from the Disability Resilience Network -Â and the DESTINY blog
The world is increasingly being ruled by people who believe their destiny is your destiny.
People like President Donald Trump don't see this as being a two way arrangement.

Philip J Connolly
May 62 min read
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The parties, their manifestos and disability - not all the same
Same old, same old I have heard people say about politics. Is their cynicism justified?

Philip J Connolly
Jun 27, 20243 min read
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Draft letter to disabled people's organisations in marginal constituencies.
How do we persuade you to talk to all the people you can that you don't know about Operation Purple Vote?

Philip J Connolly
Jan 15, 20242 min read
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Election year is part one of our great reset. 2024 is Our Year!
The Government has downgraded the voice of disabled people within Whitehall departments by abolishing the post of Minister for Disabled...

Philip J Connolly
Jan 8, 20242 min read
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When did the Government leave?
Conservative MP and ex-climate adviser Chris Skidmore has warned of a "vacuum and silence" in government on climate change. BBC 5/7/2023

Philip J Connolly
Nov 6, 20232 min read
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Journalists here is your chance to balance the neo nasty stories maligning disabled people
Changes are being proposed to the criteria within the Work Capability Assessment, the main test for health related out of work benefit.

Philip J Connolly
Oct 24, 20232 min read
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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...

Philip J Connolly
Aug 23, 20232 min read
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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)

Philip J Connolly
Aug 7, 20232 min read
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Being Special
What makes the Disability Resilience Network advocacy model special?

Philip J Connolly
Jul 3, 20232 min read
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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.

Philip J Connolly
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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Transforming Support and Creating Uncertainty and Inconsistency
Below we set out the uncertainties and inconsistencies raised by the recent DWP white paper.

Philip J Connolly
Jun 12, 20235 min read
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pAIn?
How will Artificial Intelligence impact on the disability workforce?

Philip J Connolly
May 9, 20232 min read
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The Emperor Exposed
Disability Resilience Network response to Disability Confident, trade bodies and the UK government.

Philip J Connolly
Apr 25, 20233 min read
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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...
Chris Lonsdale
Feb 7, 20235 min read
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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!

Philip J Connolly
Jan 17, 20231 min read
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We have a new anthem
This year we reveal an anthem for the resilient, a song to unite us all.

Martine Waltier
Jan 4, 20232 min read
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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.

Philip J Connolly
Nov 1, 20224 min read
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The Bluffers Guide to Obtaining Old and New Resources
Most NGOs have two arms to them. The first is the one that established them as providers of information, advice and guidance, possibly...

Philip J Connolly
Sep 26, 20223 min read
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