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Category Archives: Equality & Diversity
Why Society Sucks for Disabled Workers
CN: Sensitive content, discussion about death, benefits, welfare reform and ableism. Attempting to study or work while having a disability or disabilities can be tough. Don’t get me wrong; your natural reaction shouldn’t be to feel pity or upset at … Continue reading
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Being a Disabled Student is Hard, Being an International Disabled Student is Excruciating
It has been close to 5 years since I woke up in the morning without wincing in pain, but whether I like it or not, my chronic pain shapes my life and who I am. I suffer from endometriosis and … Continue reading
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Headphones
Imagine someone took everything you could hear and then made the volume double. Then imagine whatever device they used wasn’t of great quality and what you hear now has lots of noise and crackling. That’s what it’s like for me. … Continue reading
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Bloody hell in a hand basket: Pain, my brain and endometriosis… Living with an invisible disability is hard
Living with an invisible disability is hard; dealing with one that flares up every month or so is pretty damn hard too. My pain rolls around and like half the population, I bleed, I’m cranky and occasionally, very occasionally, I … Continue reading
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Welfare reform is ruining the lives of disabled people and we should be furious!
Yesterday was the International Day of Disabled Persons, and rather than celebrating the lives of disabled people, the news in Northern Ireland was focused on the changes to disability benefits known as Welfare Reform. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission … Continue reading
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A Summer Pursuing Equality and Diversity
Hi everyone! It’s Rachel Powell here, your Student Officer Equality & Diversity. All of our summer events have come to an end and Freshers is upon us, so I thought I’d update you all on what I got up to … Continue reading
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GUEST BLOG: “I felt trapped trapped inside my own body; fighting a battle that no one could see”
The final blog post in our series, written by our students to provide visibility to the broad range of disabilities and the issues that students with disabilities face Writing blogs is not something I’ve really done much of before, but … Continue reading
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GUEST BLOG: Coming to accept the term disability
Another in our series of guest blogs written by our students to provide visibility to the broad range of disabilities and the issues that students with disabilities face. Disability was always a distant term to me, it didn’t seem to … Continue reading
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GUEST BLOG: Faces of Disability – The Stigma of HIV
Today, as part of the #DisableTheLabel campaign, we are launching “Faces of Disability”: a series of guest blogs written by our students to provide visibility to the broad range of disabilities. In today’s society, disability still carries a huge amount … Continue reading
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GUEST BLOG Transgender Day of Remembrance: 5 Tips on How to be a Trans Ally
The Students’ Union building lit up purple for Transgender Day of Remembrance Hi everyone! In honour of Transgender Day of Remembrance, MK (a Queen’s Business Management undergrad, former President and current Treasurer of QUB LGBT+ and non-binary trans person) and … Continue reading
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