Jess Benton (she/her) 🏳️🌈 @lightrainbow232
27, Autistic Aspiring international disability activist - Former local gov officer, starting PhD on international criminal law and disability rights in Fall! linkedin.com/in/jessica-ben… United Kingdom Joined February 2022-
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Thanks to @SF_England I could imminently lose my Ph.D place and accommodation. I desperately need help to blow this up even further after having to complain and escalate to the Parliamentary Ombudsman and @jessphillips my local MP. No student should suffer this injustice+
My Ph.D dream is to push for change to better protect disabled people from human rights abuses under international criminal law. If this resonates with you at all, please share and reach out to me. I may consider crowdfunding. Thank you 💕
SFE found me ineligible for a doctoral loan when it was their information that was incorrect. Then they just…haven’t fixed the mistake blocking my loan. I’ve called many times, complained and now my local MP has to look at it. I’ve been sick with stress and desperation +
We should all support Muslim & other minority communities to strike en masse. Fascist thugs want to make good people afraid to go to work? The likes of Farage and Tories think diversity worsens our country? Make them put their money where their mouths are #refugeeswelcome
📝Amazing piece from @NSUNnews and @migrants_rights on how the punitive immigration system causes disablement in migrant communities. 'The violence of the border actively produces trauma' Read more here: nsun.org.uk/trauma-mental-…
@MorrisonBeth The denial of children’s views are so normalised, especially neurodivergent/disabled children. It’s horrendous and I’m sure a lot of us adults hold onto that trauma of not being heard
Justice for Persons with Disabilities at the Liberia War Crimes Court: Learning from Missed Opportunities at the Special Court for Sierra Leone | by @KateMcInnesLaw ejiltalk.org/justice-for-pe…
On Monday, I graduated from @BCU_Law with a Masters in International Human Rights Law with Distinction! Next is a PhD with @leedslawschool - if no one else will bring justice for disabled victims of crimes against humanity I will start to create it myself. #InternationalLaw
Towards ending forced sterilization: A landmark judgement for disability rights in Japan 🇯🇵 ⚖️Read more about what it means for persons with disabilities and for ending forced sterilization: internationaldisabilityalliance.org/blog/towards-e… #DisabilityRights
Please share this for me? We're flying over to Edinburgh to protest on Tuesday @AnnMemmott @clairew34614091 @AusomeCharlie @davecourtney666 @HeatherBeattie0 @Lisa_SEND @SARG_Research @ScotParl @abaukdiscussion @AMASEdin @emgntdivergence @Beth_Tastic change.org/p/megan-will-d…
Not surprising at all from @Telegraph considering how much they love the ‘scroungers’ narrative that the UN Committee on Rights of Disabled Persons has condemned as dangerous and dehumanising. It is past time ABA is recognised as abuse
‘Being an activist and a human rights defender is about much more than sharing petitions, taking to the streets and showing defiance…it’s also about nurturing others and nurturing ideas and opportunities’ my first blog post lightningandrainbow.wordpress.com/2023/01/02/new…
#RefugeeWeek2023 #LearningDisabilityWeek Disability and refugee rights issues go hand-in-hand. Just as anyone could become in need of refugee protection and asylum, anyone could have experiences related to what is considered a disability at any point in their lives. An intro 🧵+
#RefugeeWeek #LearningDisabilityWeek Why do people with learning disabilities become refugees? Largely, for the same reasons as anyone else; 💔 War 💔 Persecution 💔 Natural disasters etc. BUT... 🧵+
Next week is the #generalelection. MLMC Campaigner Shaun tells us why it is important people with a learning disability #vote and get their voices heard!
@LilahRPGtt I’ve been telling other cis autistics that we need to turn up to fight transphobia — if not out of the much vaunted sense of justice then at least base self interest, because we are absolutely on the list. UK TERFs have been openly infantalising and dehumanising us for years.
Several organisations have written to the leaders of the main opposition parties asking what they will do for autistic people and people with learning disabilities if they are successful at the next general election. It will be good to see who replies. learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
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