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Tackle the topics and issues related to the work we do with this hub of news articles about Difference and disability rights in the North East. 

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Recruiting Disability History Month. An image of a female wheelchair user. She is wearing a red dress and is chairing a meeting.

Help Shape Disability History Month in the North East! We’re Recruiting!

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January 27, 2026
Your Access to Work Story. Graphic image of disabled people in the work place. the word "access" is repeated over and over as an overlay.

We Want to Hear Your Access to Work Story

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January 13, 2026
A colorful collage featuring overlapping protest imagery, banners, and circular date markers reading “1971,” “1980,” “1987,” “1999,” “2011,” and “2021.” A central figure holds a sign that reads “Cuts Will Kill — I am disabled not disposable.” Other visible text includes “Justice Not Charity” and “Block Telethon.” The artwork uses bold purples, yellows, blues, and greens with a textured, layered effect symbolizing decades of disability rights activism.

Join Us for Disability History Month 2025

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October 20, 2025

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Stylised, colour-filtered image showing Kim McGuinness’ and Mary Kelly Foy faces on the right, one above the other, both looking forward. The background features a large elephant statue and an industrial or urban scene, overlaid with a textured pattern in purple, yellow, and pink tones, giving the image a bold, poster-like appearance.

Building Momentum for Fair Travel: MP & Mayor Support and Voices from Our Community

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January 14, 2026
Real Stories Shape Employment: A heavily distorted images showing disabled people in various work settings. The image has significant digital glitching effects with purple and cyan colour shifts, horizontal scan lines, and pixelated artifacts that obscure details. The corruption creates a halftone dot pattern overlay throughout, giving it a degraded VHS or digital transmission error aesthetic.

Real Stories, Real Change. Help Shape Better Employment Support in the North East

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January 13, 2026
Stylized illustration using a halftone dot pattern effect. The center shows an empty purple chair symbolizing MPs who didn't attend the welfare reform meeting. On the left are stacked yellow coins marked with pound sterling symbols representing proposed benefit cuts. On the right is a teal-colored protest sign reading 'THESE CUTS WILL KILL.' The image conveys the stakes of welfare reform and political absence.

Driving Difference 2024-25

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January 12, 2026
Insight Impact Disability History Month

From Insight to Impact: Disability History Month 2025 Across the North East

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December 19, 2025
Budget 2025 Disability North East

Budget 2025 Disability North East: Fix the Systems, Not the Rules – What This Week’s Budget Means for Disabled People

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December 1, 2025
Support Makes Work Possible: Collage-style graphic featuring the logos of organisations that support Difference North East. Visible logos include: ONE IT Services & Solutions, Disability Action Research Kollective, Newcastle Libraries, Northumberland Estates, Northern Stage, and Alphabetti Theatre. The background is dark with layered textures and circular date markers.

The Support That Makes Our Work Possible

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November 25, 2025
Claiming the Normal. Photograph of Kev Howard's work for 'claiming the Normal' being exhibited in Newcastle Library

Claiming the Normal: Everyday Lives Through the Lens of Kev Howard

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November 17, 2025
Donate Books This Disability History Month: Split-screen duotone image separated by bold white zigzag border: left side shows a young wheelchair user with glasses reading a book in vibrant magenta; right side shows a wheelchair user reaching for colorful children's books on shelves in yellow-green tones, creating a halftone print effect

Share Disability Stories: Donate a Book This Disability History Month

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November 4, 2025
Disability Discrimination Act Disability History Month: Black and white photographs with magenta overlay showing disability rights protesters marching with 'THESE CUTS KILL' banner, illustrating activism during Disability History Month and context for Disability Discrimination Act

30 Years On: Reflecting on the Disability Discrimination Act and Launching Disability History Month 2025

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October 31, 2025
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Insight Impact Disability History Month

From Insight to Impact: Disability History Month 2025 Across the North East

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December 19, 2025
A black and white historical image of a charity collection box. Its shaped like a female child. one one leg is a calliper brace. The child holds a sign that reads 'please help spastics'. There is a small hole for coin donations in the head of the teddy bear she is carrying.

Children in Needism

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November 21, 2023
An illustrated graphic of a pink fist with red painted nails, next to the words Keep Going

Beyond Lip Service: ‘Doing’ EDI by Sara Chezari

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July 10, 2023
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Abstract digital artwork of urban housing, with a mix of high-rise flats and terraced houses in bold purple, blue, and yellow tones. Represents members talking disability housing and accessibility challenges in the built environment.

Members Make the Difference: Talking Disability & Housing

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February 28, 2025
An image of a group of people attending a blue plaque unveiling

Nothing about us, without us: Not consulted! Not invited!

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July 24, 2024
An image of a council member standing next to a blue plaque dedication

Celebrating a Local Disability Hero!

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July 18, 2024
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Disability Discrimination Act Disability History Month: Black and white photographs with magenta overlay showing disability rights protesters marching with 'THESE CUTS KILL' banner, illustrating activism during Disability History Month and context for Disability Discrimination Act

30 Years On: Reflecting on the Disability Discrimination Act and Launching Disability History Month 2025

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October 31, 2025
A colorful collage featuring overlapping protest imagery, banners, and circular date markers reading “1971,” “1980,” “1987,” “1999,” “2011,” and “2021.” A central figure holds a sign that reads “Cuts Will Kill — I am disabled not disposable.” Other visible text includes “Justice Not Charity” and “Block Telethon.” The artwork uses bold purples, yellows, blues, and greens with a textured, layered effect symbolizing decades of disability rights activism.

Join Us for Disability History Month 2025

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October 20, 2025
A collage showing Difference North East community activities with purple, yellow, and teal overlays. Features disabled activists at meetings, protest actions with "Benefit or Bust" and "Cuts Kill" signs, Books with title reading "Ramping Up Rights", and a sign stating "Eat More Warfare". Images show collective organizing, direct action, and disability rights campaigning across the North East.

Annual General Meeting 2025

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October 10, 2025
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Claiming the Normal. Photograph of Kev Howard's work for 'claiming the Normal' being exhibited in Newcastle Library

Claiming the Normal: Everyday Lives Through the Lens of Kev Howard

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November 17, 2025
A group of people are gathered outdoors on a sidewalk, engaging in conversation. In the foreground, an older woman wearing a light pink jacket and carrying a green bag is speaking to two men. Colin Cameron is wearing glasses and a bearded wearing a brown blazer and black shirt, he is beside another man, who is seated in a wheelchair, wears a white shirt. In the background, more people are standing and talking near greenery and residential buildings.

Disability Rights in the UK: A Critical Look at Progress & Setbacks

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May 12, 2025
high-contrast black and white images show a woman with short hair and glasses raising her arm in defiance

Unruly: The Power of Disabled Women’s Stories on Stage

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March 11, 2025
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Recruiting Disability History Month. An image of a female wheelchair user. She is wearing a red dress and is chairing a meeting.

Help Shape Disability History Month in the North East! We’re Recruiting!

Read More »
January 27, 2026
Stylised, colour-filtered image showing Kim McGuinness’ and Mary Kelly Foy faces on the right, one above the other, both looking forward. The background features a large elephant statue and an industrial or urban scene, overlaid with a textured pattern in purple, yellow, and pink tones, giving the image a bold, poster-like appearance.

Building Momentum for Fair Travel: MP & Mayor Support and Voices from Our Community

Read More »
January 14, 2026
Your Access to Work Story. Graphic image of disabled people in the work place. the word "access" is repeated over and over as an overlay.

We Want to Hear Your Access to Work Story

Read More »
January 13, 2026
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Recruiting Disability History Month. An image of a female wheelchair user. She is wearing a red dress and is chairing a meeting.

Help Shape Disability History Month in the North East! We’re Recruiting!

Read More »
January 27, 2026
Your Access to Work Story. Graphic image of disabled people in the work place. the word "access" is repeated over and over as an overlay.

We Want to Hear Your Access to Work Story

Read More »
January 13, 2026
Real Stories Shape Employment: A heavily distorted images showing disabled people in various work settings. The image has significant digital glitching effects with purple and cyan colour shifts, horizontal scan lines, and pixelated artifacts that obscure details. The corruption creates a halftone dot pattern overlay throughout, giving it a degraded VHS or digital transmission error aesthetic.

Real Stories, Real Change. Help Shape Better Employment Support in the North East

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January 13, 2026
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