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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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Disabled artist and Chair of Unfolding Theatre, speaks passionately about disability rights. Text overlay reads: 'Nothing about us without us. Do you want to fight for disability rights? Join Difference NE!'

Disability Rights and Governance: A Call for Inclusive Leadership!

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April 7, 2025
A protest scene with a pink and blue overlay. On the left, a banner with the words 'CUTS KILL' in bold, black letters is splattered with paint and handprints. On the right, a person using a wheelchair speaks into a microphone, holding a walking stick. The background appears to be an outdoor public space with stone architecture. Photo credit: Mark Simmons

Government’s Welfare Reforms Will Kill Disabled People – And We’re Fighting Back

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March 25, 2025
A digitally manipulated image features a protest sign with bold, handwritten-style text reading 'NO MORE DEATHS FROM BENEFIT CUTS.' The background is a collage of people engaged in various types of work, including wheelchair users and standing individuals. The image has a glitch-like effect with blue, purple, and green tones.

Austerity 2.0? Announced Welfare Reforms

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March 25, 2025
Image of Labour chancellor colourised purple, yellow and blue, overlaid are the photographs of people who died due to benefit cuts.

The Impact of Welfare Reforms on Disabled People in the North East

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March 20, 2025
Social Model Of Disability. A chaotic tangle of colourful wires and circuit boards, symbolizing the complexity and barriers of neurodivergent job hunting. The image is overlaid with pink, yellow, and blue filters, reflecting the overwhelming and inaccessible nature of recruitment systems.

Challenges in Job Hunting for the Neurospicy

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March 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
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
Silhouettes of disabled people, one using crutches and another in a wheelchair flexing their arms, against a bold background. This striking image represents efforts to break disability stereotypes through authentic representation.

Claiming the Normal, Break Disability Stereotypes! Join Our Photography Project

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February 27, 2025
Christopher Hartworth

People’s Stories: My Journey into Disability

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February 12, 2025
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Illustration of a diverse group of people, including wheelchair users, gathered around a table in discussion. Two individuals have speech bubbles, indicating conversation.

How Can Life Be Better for Disabled People? “On the Table” Event Recap

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February 5, 2025
A digitally edited historical photograph of a woman in a handcycle-style wheelchair. She is wearing a coat and hat, smiling at the camera. The image is overlaid with bold, contrasting colors, including purple, yellow, and teal, in a modern, graphic style.

Mary Greaves: A Trailblazer in Disability Rights and the Lessons We Must Learn.

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January 20, 2025
A Blue Plaque dedication that has been recoloured pink and the words reimagined by Difference North East

Disability History Month! What is it, when is it, and what can you do?

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November 12, 2024
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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
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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
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
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A digitally manipulated image features a protest sign with bold, handwritten-style text reading 'NO MORE DEATHS FROM BENEFIT CUTS.' The background is a collage of people engaged in various types of work, including wheelchair users and standing individuals. The image has a glitch-like effect with blue, purple, and green tones.

Disabled Person looking for employment? Nothing is more broken than the DWPs own find a job system.

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March 11, 2025
A man is seated in an event space, he is wearing a hat and dark rimmed glasses. His face mask is pulled down. A female sits in front of him holding a microphone.

Have Your Say on the Working Well Scheme

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February 7, 2025
A digital collage-style artwork featuring people with disabilities in various work and social settings. The image has a glitch-art aesthetic with vibrant colors like pink, yellow, and blue, and horizontal scan lines. Scenes include a person using crutches working at a computer, a wheelchair user engaged in a discussion, a group meeting around a table, and a professional standing and addressing colleagues. The composition emphasizes inclusion and accessibility in professional and social environments

“They Wanted My Experience: Just Not as a Paid Employee”

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February 6, 2025
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