Disability Archives - Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/disability/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:20:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-RP-Sq-Logo-32x32.jpg Disability Archives - Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/disability/ 32 32 Algorithms vs the welfare state https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/technology/algorithms-vs-the-welfare-state/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47272 Concerns about misleading AI and influencer ‘content’ on health, welfare and civil rights miss a wider issue, argues Sophia McHardy. They fill a human-made gap that risks becoming an austerity-shaped chasm

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Telling our own stories: An interview with Jen Deerinwater https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/telling-our-own-stories-an-interview-with-jen-deerinwater/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=45844 Empowerment comes from fighting marginalisation and discrimination on multiple fronts, says Jen Deerinwater

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Towards a progressive future for welfare https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/disability/towards-a-progressive-future-for-welfare/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=45784 David Matthews examines how the welfare state is used against the working class - and how we can imagine a more liberatory welfare system

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The war on neurodiversity https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/disability/the-war-on-neurodiversity/ Sat, 10 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=45590 From dismissive comments to benefits cuts, backlash against the neurodiversity movement is growing. Gerry Hart explains how the left can fight back

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Autism is Not a Disease – review https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/books/autism-is-not-a-disease-review/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=43762 Despite some shortcomings, Jodie Hare's book is an invaluable introduction to neurodiversity as a liberatory movement writes Beauty Dhlamini

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Social media and disability: the good side https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/disability/social-media-and-disability-the-good-side/ Wed, 08 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=42975 Kerry Martin Millan explores how online spaces can provide community and nurture confidence among creatives with disabilities

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Empire of Normality – review https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/books/empire-of-normality-review/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=42876 Chapman's book offers a vitally needed theoretical framework for neurodivergent anti-capitalism, writes Gerald Roche

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The world pretends the pandemic is over because of who it affects https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/health/the-world-pretends-the-pandemic-is-over-because-of-who-it-affects/ Fri, 22 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=42806 The rolling back of COVID-19 safety measures is leaving many marginalized people behind, writes Beauty Dhlamini

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What does an OCD diagnosis mean during a global pandemic? https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/health/what-does-it-mean-to-get-an-ocd-diagnosis-during-a-global-pandemic/ Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:00:59 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=34918 Beauty Dhlamini considers whether accepting an OCD diagnosis is a betrayal of her politics

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On the coming of age https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/health/the-coming-of-age-simone-de-beauvoir-ageing-old-age-vieillesse/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 08:00:57 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=34402 Old age and the ageing process cannot be divorced from the system as a whole, writes Jane Shallice

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