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    Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!

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  • Disabled Perspective on Assisted Suicide: A Guide to Members of the Scottish Parliament

    CW: suicide; ableism; abuse; coercion Introduction The debate surrounding assisted suicide has returned to the Scottish Parliament. The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill (henceforth “the ADTIA Bill” or “the Bill”) passed its first stage on 13 May 2025 with the aim of “[providing] terminally ill adults […] assistance to voluntarily end their

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  • Why is disability activism still important in 2025?

    Written by myself; originally published online here by the University of Leeds’ Disability Services TW: ableism I first planned to write this piece in December 2024, but the world has already changed a lot in these past three months. Donald Trump, after publicly mocking a disabled journalist (BBC News, 2015) and reportedly saying that severely

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  • Substance use disorders and disability

    This is a revision of a recent essay I completed as part of my MSc Disability Studies, Rights and Inclusion. A big thank you to Dr Claudia Coveney for her feedback and advice throughout the writing and revision of this text. Introduction Disabled people make up one of the largest, yet most marginalised and oppressed

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  • Hello world

    Hi, welcome! I’ve thought about creating something like this for a while. Somewhere where I can jot down thoughts and share them with the world, but for the longest time I assumed that the ‘world’ wouldn’t want to read my rambles. And to be honest, I still think that’s probably true! But if anything, this

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