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Dr Shani Dhanda

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Dr Shani Dhanda

@ShaniDhanda

Accessibility Consultant, Author, Broadcaster. Enquiries: [email protected] Enjoying a life less ordinary ✨

England, United Kingdom

Joined August 2009

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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Sep 21, 2023
To the career advisor who, when I was just 16, saw me in my wheelchair and suggested I apply for a job at my local council because they “like” hiring “disabled people,” I proudly hold the title of Doctor of Social Sciences, the highest of academic achievement that exists.🎓
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Mar 15, 2025
1 in 5 employers won't hire a disabled person. We are twice as likely to be unemployed and have to apply for 60% more jobs. There are only 23 truly remote jobs in ‘Disability Confident’ organisations in the whole of the UK. Cutting PIP won’t get more disabled people in work.
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Mar 15, 2025
16M disabled people in the UK, but only 3.7M get PIP – that’s under 1 in 4. Now, Labour's planning to slash benefits for 1M people. This isn’t about job creation; it’s a calculated attack on our most vulnerable. Enough is enough.
Labour ‘to slash disability benefits for 1 million people’ as part of huge cuts
From independent.co.uk
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Mar 21, 2025
This is why Motability exists, for anyone in doubt. How are disabled people expected to get to work if public transport is not accessible and many jobs are not fully remote? Everything is broken, sort these things out rather than cutting welfare support - which won't fix it.
BBC Breakfast
@BBCBreakfast
Mar 20, 2025
Accessibility on public transport for disabled people is a "national embarrassment". On #BBCBreakfast transport correspondent Sean Dilley had the findings of a report by MPs which found "systematic" failings across all public transport bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Nov 22, 2023
It’s literally the government’s duty to provide welfare to people in society who can’t support themselves. If someone has a health condition that prevents them from working, it’s our governments duty to support them, not sanction them to find jobs that don’t even exist.
Scope
@scope
Nov 21, 2023
Let's talk about duty. Disabled people do not have a duty to work unsuitable jobs. Let's get that clear. The government *does* have a duty to not dehumanise the million disabled people who want to work but are denied the chance. It’s a duty the government is failing on 🧵 1/7
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Mar 11, 2025
The government’s Access to Work scheme has had up to 55,000 disabled people waiting to hear back on if their workplace adjustments will be covered, to get and stay in work. Why doesn't Labour fix that, it will actually help disabled people get in work? #NoAccessNoWork
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Mar 3, 2023
Non-disabled people and their inaccessible decisions cost us disabled people more than just money. It affects our mental health and our chance at having any financial stability. Living in an inaccessible society cannot continue to cost the earth.
I've worked out that being disabled costs me an extra £13,000 each year
From metro.co.uk
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Mar 17, 2025
There are only 137 fully remote jobs in the entire country with Disability Confident employers. Labour says the benefit cuts are meant to encourage people to work - @UKLabour, what jobs? findajob.dwp.gov.uk/search?dc=1&lo…
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Nov 8, 2023
Guess who’s just been crowned the most influential disabled person the UK…. yep, yours truly! I’m dedicating this accolade to the ultimate change maker @ClareMAG1 whose memory we honoured this evening. 💜 Thank you @ShawTrust. #DP100 #DisabilityPower #DemandTheChange
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Nov 11, 2023
So nice to be invited to celebrate Diwali and Bandi Chhor Diwas as St James Palace. 🪔 I met Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh @EdinburghRoyals alongside @SunnyandShay.
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
May 27, 2025
I’m backing #TakingThePIP a campaign led by deaf, disabled & neurodivergent people against cruel plans to cut PIP & UC. Cutting support = cutting off lives. Take action: write to your MP at takingthepip.co.uk Let’s be heard. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
takingthepip.co.uk
Home - Taking The PIP #TakingthePIP
Join the #TakingThePIP campaign and stand against government cuts to disability benefits. Read the open letter, share your story, write to your MP, and help protect disabled people’s rights and...
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Sep 27, 2024
83% of disabled people acquired their condition. Society needs to design for their future self. A wheelchair user joining a council housing list could wait 47 years for a suitable home. But we shouldn’t have accessible homes because it’s not attractive apparently. #EndAbleism
Tom Harwood
@tomhfh
Sep 26, 2024
New private homes shouldn't have to be wheelchair accessible. Many of the most attractive homes in the country have steps up to the front door, allowing for basements with generous natural light. Building regulations effectively ban building like this any more.
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Mar 13, 2025
Let me help you do it properly, in a way that really supports disabled people. Cutting benefits won’t make jobs magically appear. Currently there are only 23 truly remote jobs in ‘Disability Confident’ organisations in the whole of the UK. x.com/shanidhanda/st…
Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer
Mar 13, 2025
If something isn’t working, I roll up my sleeves and fix it. I will reshape the state to deliver security for working people.
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Dr Shani Dhanda
@ShaniDhanda
Mar 12, 2025
The most annoying thing with the coverage around disability benefit cuts is non-disabled people making and talking about decisions that don’t affect them. Yes, some of us disabled people are asked to comment, but there are still more non-disabled people dominating the narrative.
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