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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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Dogs fighting underneath the table over scraps

Why Isn’t Access Prioritised?

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August 23, 2026
Disabled climate action forum: A cup of coffee with plant Earth inside with the writing DCAF on it

Who Turned Off the Lights? Disabled People & Power Outages

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June 23, 2026
Living Library Disability History Month. Black-and-white photograph of members of the Disabled People’s Direct Action Network (DAN) protesting in the street in 1995, with wheelchair users and other disabled activists gathered beside a double-decker bus. The image has a grainy documentary style with bright yellow, cyan, and pink colour overlays, giving it a bold, archival activist poster aesthetic.

Living Library Disability History Month 2025-2027. Were you there in 1995?

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May 22, 2026

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Environmental Justice & Disability Rights

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July 16, 2021

We Are All Disabled

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October 16, 2020
How accessible is your online presence for disabled people: A laptop with a glowing turquoise or cyan screen enclosed within a decorative vintage birdcage with dark purple or black metal bars, suspended against a yellow background with a halftone dot pattern.

Problems With Digital Accessibility

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July 28, 2020

More self-isolation?

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March 24, 2020

A Dog Journey Part 2

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December 4, 2019

A Dog Journey Part 3

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November 25, 2019

A Dog Journey Part 1

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November 15, 2019
A surreal, melting clock inspired by Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory, with distorted numbers and a warped frame. The image is edited in purple and black tones, emphasizing a dreamlike quality. A fly rests on the clock face, adding to the sense of decay and transformation. The artwork symbolizes how disability changes time perception, evoking themes of altered rhythms, delays, and nonlinear experiences of time

Disabled Time

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May 13, 2018
Percy Hedley Foundation logo

Reflections on Work & Life as a Disabled Person

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April 13, 2018
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Minister Responds All-Day Bus Access. A bus in front of the angel of the north.

Minister Responds: The Fight for All-Day Bus Access Continues

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September 23, 2025
Disabled climate action forum: A cup of coffee with plant Earth inside with the writing DCAF on it

Disabled climate action forum: A Cup of DCAF?

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September 22, 2025
Community event promoting Cleveland Police & Crime Plan 2024–2029 highlighting priorities such as improving safety and tackling Cleveland Disability Hate Crime, with Difference Members standing beside awareness banner and with PCC Matt Storey

Shaping Cleveland’s Disability Hate Crime Strategy

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September 22, 2025
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