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Chrissie Henson
Mar 8, 20244 min read
A Look Inside the Therapy Room
The core principles revolve around creating a safe and confidential space for individuals...
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Philip J Connolly
Feb 5, 20242 min read
On Becoming an Influencer
As you know we don't charge fees, nor run services nor sell anything other than our ideas.
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Philip J Connolly
Jan 15, 20242 min read
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?
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Philip J Connolly
Jan 8, 20242 min read
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...
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Philip J Connolly
Nov 6, 20232 min read
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
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Philip J Connolly
Oct 24, 20232 min read
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.
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Philip J Connolly
Aug 23, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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 24, 20233 min read
Historic Mission
How we are where we are with disability politics in 2023.
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Philip J Connolly
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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
May 9, 20232 min read
pAIn?
How will Artificial Intelligence impact on the disability workforce?
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Philip J Connolly
Apr 25, 20233 min read
The Emperor Exposed
Disability Resilience Network response to Disability Confident, trade bodies and the UK government.
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Philip J Connolly
Feb 28, 20233 min read
Looking For a Black Swan
There are many legitimate influences on good policy making but one essential element is the asking of questions. If we ask better...
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Chris Lonsdale
Feb 7, 20235 min read
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, 20231 min read
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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Martine Waltier
Jan 4, 20232 min read
We have a new anthem
This year we reveal an anthem for the resilient, a song to unite us all.
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Philip J Connolly
Nov 1, 20224 min read
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
Sep 26, 20223 min read
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...
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Philip J Connolly
Jul 14, 20223 min read
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
Jun 20, 20223 min read
New Energy for the Unity Plan
If the disability sector is to advance then it will need to find new energy but where is this energy going to come from?
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