Dr Alison Pearson @alisonpearsonSW Twitter profile

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Dr Alison Pearson

4 months

We created this as a way of mapping #wellbeing and #mentalhealth interventions for doctors, but this will also be of interest to anyone doing wellbeing research, or trying to improve the workplace.

Care Under Pressure

@care_under

4 months

We are really pleased to share our latest publication - "Developing a typology of interventions to support doctors' mental health and wellbeing". #Wellbeing #MedTwitter #NHS #Doctors

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

Earlier this year someone (online) told me my daughter has no value “because she will never work”. Well Mr Anonymous, I’m telling you the currency you’re using to assess value is so very wrong. #Ableism #DisabilityTwitter #livelife to the max 🥰

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

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When my daughter hits 18 she will be able to claim benefits without looking for work. What does she even contribute? Well, only love, courage, optimism, hope, peace, joy, kindness- I agree these are not values the Telegraph recognises. #disabilitytwitter #HateSpeech #Shameful

The Telegraph

@Telegraph

1 year

🔴 Millions are claiming benefits without ever having to look for work, helping to push the tax burden to hit its highest point since the Second World War. Use our calculator to reveal how much of your salary bankrolls the welfare state ⬇️

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@alisonpearsonSW

10 months

November 2010 - “she will live for days or weeks at best”. November 2023 - happy 13th birthday to this glorious joyful child! #Trisomy18 and treat the #symptomsnotsyndrome

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@alisonpearsonSW

5 months

I’ve been thinking about this all day. Particularly, what IS the point of life - what does being human mean? Matthew Parris seems to think it’s only about economic output. A perspective lacking joy, love, humanity. I feel sorry for him. And also his family. So, #DontEraseUs

Dr Rachel Clarke

@doctor_oxford

5 months

🧵 Whatever your views on assisted dying, one thing I’d hoped we’d all agree on is that the topic is ethically fraught & complex. Not so Matthew Parris. For him, it’s simple. Old & frail people *should* be killed - to save society the cost of looking after them. 1/n

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@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@socialistboomer You know, looking after a medically fragile disabled child if ALL I had to worry about was the mild inconvenience of wearing a mask my life would be so simple and stress free. Thank you to everyone still doing this - you never know you just might have saved a life.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

@JC_free82 Well, as far I can see my taxes will alsofund Roads I will never drive on Hospitals I will never use Bins of someone else’s rubbish Etc etc Politicians I didn’t vote for. That’s how taxes work. But the one you think ppl should be able to choose is to support disabled people 🤷‍♀️

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@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@Telegraph Ok @Telegraph look into these eyes. The eyes of a child who “doesn’t count” according to your headline as she has an underlying health condition. She has more love, inspiration and humanity in one little finger than all of the writers & editorial staff for this headline combined.

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@alisonpearsonSW

2 months

This smiley face is bc she has no idea how unsafe hospital is for a child like her, with a quiet voice and no ability to call for help. That’s why so many #parentcarers and #carers sit by hospital beds exhausted 🙄

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

Well this clearly touched a nerve. Just to clarify: 1. Yes the article absolutely is about the “burden” of the welfare state, highlighting disabled people who can’t work. 2. No, my daughter is highly unlikely to work. This is absolutely not about my low parenting aspirations.

Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

When my daughter hits 18 she will be able to claim benefits without looking for work. What does she even contribute? Well, only love, courage, optimism, hope, peace, joy, kindness- I agree these are not values the Telegraph recognises. #disabilitytwitter #HateSpeech #Shameful

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@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

@zygradel I think you’re missing the point. She’s got disabilities that mean she won’t be able to carry out paid work. If she doesn’t “live off benefits” when she’s older then what do you think will happen?

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@alisonpearsonSW

4 years

@carolecadwalla HOW are we only managing to trace 50% of contacts - when NI are getting 98%? Why isn’t this more of a priority?

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

11 months

@danielgoyal Even later it wasn’t always better. Last December we smuggled a covid test in to my Dad. Because the hospital wouldn’t test him. Even though both me and my sister had it. He was positive. We told them. They didn’t isolate him 🙄 He was on a cardiac ward.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

@pedwards_phil How so? Does it force you to acknowledge there are real people needing welfare support?

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@trishgreenhalgh @little_mavis @Telegraph My beautiful daughter would be one of those who “don’t matter”. Yet she loves unconditionally, has resilience and tenacity, learns from every experience and radiates joy in her life. I wonder how many telegraph readers could say the same about themselves?

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

5 months

As they’ve turned off comments I would hate anyone to miss the fact that “some members of the class” should read “those children in the class with disabilities”. #DontEraseUs

Tempest Photography

@HTempestPhoto

5 months

Statement from H Tempest Ltd

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

Well what a 36 hours it’s been. Thank you to all the genuinely nice people who have commented. And as for the trolls, the minimisers, those who are nasty to a family like ours. Well, my daughter has a soul full of joy, love, gentleness and kindness. Shame you have none of these.

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

2 years

'Life without Covid rules is much worse than we thought'

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@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

Oh my word, thank you to every single person who has liked or shared this &especially those who have left such lovely comments. I haven’t kept up at all, but you have all restored my faith in humanity. “The greatest gift I ever learned Is just to love And be loved in return”.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

10 months

Or we could spend the money making schools safer with #CleanAir #Hepa filters 🙄

Schools Week

@SchoolsWeek

10 months

👑 Schools have been invited to request a free portrait of King Charles III under a government scheme costing £8 million Delivery of the A3 photo, printed on 'high quality paper' and mounted in a 'FSC certified oak' frame, will take place next spring

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

5 months

Still no proper apology that recognises the omitted children are disabled. #DontEraseUs

Tempest Photography

@HTempestPhoto

5 months

Statement from H Tempest Ltd

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@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

@DaveAtherton20 Actually you will find some people do, including the telegraph. Their article isn’t centred on fraud, but on the total cost for different benefits

Rachel Charlton-Dailey 💖💜💙

@RachelCDailey

1 year

The telegraph has created a calculator that lets people calculate how much disabled people who can't work are "Costing" them. This is deliberately inciting hatred against disabled people. I urge you all to report this to IPSO if you can

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

5 months

A great thread. Thinking of people, any people, as a “burden” on society - and who therefore shd be encouraged not to live - is the same kind of thinking as excluding disabled children from school photos. Instead, try leaning in and let some of these “burden”s touch your soul 🥰

Dr Rachel Clarke

@doctor_oxford

5 months

🧵 Whatever your views on assisted dying, one thing I’d hoped we’d all agree on is that the topic is ethically fraught & complex. Not so Matthew Parris. For him, it’s simple. Old & frail people *should* be killed - to save society the cost of looking after them. 1/n

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@carolecadwalla I wonder if people actually think about the human stories when they trivialise this. So I’m sharing mine. I’m CEV, vaccinated but low immunity. My 10yo daughter is CEV, my 14yo not at extra risk but in a busy school. Which life do we try and prioritise? We are balancing on a pin.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

5 months

#DontEraseUs

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@HTempestPhoto

6 months

It must be a day for polls! What is most important to you as a customer?

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 months

And if you don’t know a vulnerable person, think of this one. Her future is in your hands. Maybe quite literally her life #ToriesOut

Ed Finch

@MrEFinch

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Think of the most vulnerable person you know and vote in their best interest.

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@alisonpearsonSW

4 years

@BBCBreakfast Great news, but when thanking both experts at the end - “Dr Chris Smith” and “Devi Sridhar”. She’s a professor! Either give both experts their title or neither.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

5 months

Dear Tempest. Can I speak to a human? We need to have words. You need to apologise properly - “we really messed this up”- and not just to the families in question - but for being part of a culture that excludes disabled people. And for disability discrimination. #DontEraseUs

Tempest Photography

@HTempestPhoto

5 months

Statement from H Tempest Ltd

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

In this world, be more Isabel, less Raymond 😊. In other news #parentcarers are apparently not working hard enough and those with disabled children should just put in an extra night shift 🙄 #DisabilityTwitter #Ableism #UnpaidCarers

Raymond Harper 😎☠️✈️💉💦🍔

@RaymondDesigns2

1 year

@alisonpearsonSW @__garbo__ @zygradel You don’t need to be wealthy, just work and earn the money yourself, nightshifts pay well. Sick of spongers of others for your own problems. Sort it and stop feeling sorry for yourself 🙄

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@alisonpearsonSW

4 months

Fantastic. I’ve been waiting for the miracle treatment to remove an extra chromosome from every cell in her body 🤷‍♀️

Anushka Asthana

@AnushkaAsthana

4 months

The PM is now pushing ahead with a consultation on Personal Independence Payments that was almost published previously (but was considered too controversial). It has some pretty radical ideas including replacing cash payments with access to treatment 1/

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@alisonpearsonSW

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@simonharris_mbd So I’m sure my daughter is exactly the sort of child they’re talking about - complex, nonverbal, will never work. Because of school she’s “only” learning to walk, developing communication, finding and giving more joy daily. Not things that matter to mumsnet but transformative.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

6 months

So it’s #RareDiseaseDay and time to celebrate all those rare people amongst us. Including this one - who is the epitome of love 🥰

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@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

@jerlafiii She was born to us. We just do what other parents do in the same situation, and stand up for her and all those like her.

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@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@SGriffin_Lab @TigressEllie @nadhimzahawi @LawtonTri @dgurdasani1 @jneill @Sandyboots2020 @SafeEdForAll_UK @LongCovidKids Sadly another beautiful girl lost her fight to Covid today. She was 10 years old 💔.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@EnemyInAState McDonalds told a friends teenager he could come in to work if he wanted - whilst testing positive. We won’t be eating there. Burger, fries & covid 🤢

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

4 years

@educationgovuk Says who? Exams are the best way for young people to show whether they are good at passing exams. Don’t conflate that with “show their potential”.

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@alisonpearsonSW

11 months

“Children aren’t affected by Covid” was one of the worst lies in the last 3 years. It led to all sorts of flawed decisions, including delayed vaccination and still no #hepa filters as policy in schools.

James Neill  ≠ 𝕏

@jneill

11 months

🚨 Another two children have died of Covid 👶 a baby girl aged <1, w/e 22 Sep 2023 👦 a boy aged 5-9, w/e 18 Mar 2022 - only now registered! = 170 child Covid deaths England & Wales + Scotland, 12 + N Ireland, 5 UK total = 187 + 6 PIMS-TS = 193 Chart is England & Wales

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

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@lewis_goodall Question for him then - were schools still open that week? And workplaces? And races? And concerts? Football matches? If Yes that doesn’t really count as a lockdown now does it? Talk about spinning the truth!

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@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@educationgovuk I think you could have stopped at “it’s not true the Government is planning” to be fair.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

7 months

This is why parents of disabled children have nightmares about what happens to our children if they outlive us 🙄.

Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺

@fascinatorfun

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56yr old man with Downs Syndrome had been looked after by his parents all his life. Within a day of being placed into care he fell & broke his hip and taken to Pool hospital where he was listed as "nil by mouth" because he had difficulty swallowing. Escalation by nurses ignored

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

10 months

Seems a day for old posts reappearing - just a reminder about the Telegraph downplaying the children who had died by this point as unimportant. Sadly over 180 children have died from Covid - though it isn’t much discussed by any of the media.

Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@Telegraph Ok @Telegraph look into these eyes. The eyes of a child who “doesn’t count” according to your headline as she has an underlying health condition. She has more love, inspiration and humanity in one little finger than all of the writers & editorial staff for this headline combined.

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@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@BBCNews @Saffiya_Khan1 Wow - these comments 🤦‍♀️. So to answer- 1. Covid is way more potentially dangerous for us than the flu. She’s had the flu btw, and other respiratory illnesses. 2. If you get off on trolling a family with a disabled child take a long hard look at yourself.

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@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@cv_cev If I ever see a sign like this I will walk on by and never give them my custom. Ever. For caring so little about vulnerable people and their families.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

5 months

#DontEraseUs

LBC

@LBC

5 months

'It makes me feel sick.' 'Every day I hit a new level of shock.' @Matthew_Wright hears from a mother, whose daughter's class were given the option to edit her child out of a school photo because she has additional needs.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@carolecadwalla Eg he goes to school, risk for 2 of us, he doesn’t - risks his life chances. She goes to school - increases risk of illness; she doesn’t go - reduced development (also a health impact) & one of us wd have to give up work. It’s agonising. Just wear a mask. Keep distant. Please.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@RobertTNewton It’s because pretending a pandemic is over is not the same as a pandemic being over. And the disruption to essential services will happen bc people are ill, not just because they are isolating and will inevitably get worse.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

@david_nuttall @philcox99 Thank you. Sometimes need armour plated skin to make an anti-telegraph post 🙄.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

4 years

@educationgovuk In fact exams can also be a great way of making young people feel they haven’t got potential- many amazing and talented ppl just don’t fit an exam model.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

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@snide_sally Not necessarily! My son is highly tuned in to many of these things as a #youngcarer Siblings of children with additional health needs and/or disabilities are often way more mature than their peers. They’ve often witnessed near-death emergencies & an uncaring world.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

4 months

Sometimes being a night owl has benefits! #aurora

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@DMinghella Also I’ve just seen a very moving piece about how many children have lost a parent or been orphaned 😢. This isn’t talked about nearly enough when ppl say children aren’t affected.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

I hesitate to share this because some of the replies illuminate just how ablest and uncaring some people genuinely are. But I’m sharing it for just those reasons. #CEV #CovidIsNotOver #BeKind

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

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'Life without Covid rules is much worse than we thought'

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

5 months

Today is Trisomy18 awareness day. Typically thought of as a condition where it is in baby’s best interests to die and therefore not be offered surgery/interventions. Typically not valued by a society that’s disability unfriendly. So much to learn about what matters. #trisomy

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@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@liesims Agree. I found it too brutal. I needed someone to listen - when my mum died as a sudden adult death, given I already had a child diagnosed with a life limiting condition. I was not over worrying - my worry levels were totally appropriate 🙄

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@Simon93449053 If you care about the people who invited you then do it. If you don’t then why are you going to their party?

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 months

We. Are. Still. In. 8 days in, juggling a child who needs 24/7 cover with work, keeping everyone fed, getting admin done, car mended, supporting her sibling, plus elderly relatives. It’s hard to look after/look out for relatives, friends, self. #parentcarers #unpaidcarers

Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

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This smiley face is bc she has no idea how unsafe hospital is for a child like her, with a quiet voice and no ability to call for help. That’s why so many #parentcarers and #carers sit by hospital beds exhausted 🙄

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

So in other news this week…I successfully defended my thesis to pass my PhD with minor corrections! @ExeterDoctoral @EducationUoE @CRPL_Exeter #phdchat #AcademicTwitter #teacher #education

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@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

@Nojoyinlife2 Nothing in your tweet makes sense. I didn’t “throw her into this world to struggle”. She was diagnosed with a syndrome at a few days old. And she isn’t my “mess”. She’s a glorious human being who needs support.

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@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@BallouxFrancois I don’t recall this strategy being the plan for measles, mumps, flu, smallpox, meningitis, tetanus, or anything else really.

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@alisonpearsonSW

5 months

Actually what’s important to me is an ethical company that doesn’t try to erase disabled children from photos 🙄

Tempest Photography

@HTempestPhoto

6 months

It must be a day for polls! What is most important to you as a customer?

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@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@BBCNews @Saffiya_Khan1 3. Plenty of others in the same boat too - we’ve just chosen to speak up. 4. The gap between being able and healthy can be a split second. 5. What happened to concerns about mental health and #BeKind ?

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@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@SilverstoneUK Just a reminder that these were the prices originally on your website. People have crashed out of the website at all stages of booking only to find the prices have gone up in the meantime. Have you never sold tickets before? Highly unethical #greedy #silverstone2023

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@alisonpearsonSW

6 months

Just tried to book a GP appointment. No appointments available for March or April, and May dates aren't released yet. @Jeremy_Hunt how can you justify a 2% NI cut when services are decimated?

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@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

@St373n @zygradel Dear Steven, we ARE the success story. She’s alive and thriving. My opinion is honestly not based on low expectations. Please do read this

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@alisonpearsonSW

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@teachwellall Yet the jobs these young people will eventually get (however far they go with their qualifications) will need skills like communication, team work, decision making. How can you develop these in silent rows and columns?

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@alisonpearsonSW

9 months

@FoxNikkiFox @mumof3amigos Given that almost all parents win at tribunal, councils might save money by following the law and avoiding tribunals.

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@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@tigresseleanor @BBCNews And especially how much “lockdown” there was in nurseries 🤷‍♀️

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@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@farahlearned This is one of the heartbreaking things about having a seriously disabled daughter. I love her beyond words, she’s the best of me, but still sometimes a thought like this about the things that won’t happen to you takes you unawares.

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@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@andreajenkyns You’re in public office. Being able to control yourself should be part of the job requirement. If you can’t handle it then it’s not the job for you. Likewise I suggest you don’t think of applying to be a teacher, police officer or basically anyone in a public facing role.

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@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

@h_a_treesong @zygradel The focus of the article isn’t on asylum seekers. Or immigration.

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@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@LCWF_TBK @lizzieslists Nope - so I don’t know why business and hospitality thinks this is going to be great. As many of us simply won’t go.

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@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

@JakeBerry Since when did the Telegraph care about disabled children? The same newspaper that said mitigations in school should be scrapped because “only” children with health conditions had died. In fact since when has any Tory MP cared about disabled children?

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@alisonpearsonSW

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@TrundleAlong Thanks- it shocked me to be honest. That someone could not only think that, but take the time to tell me that too 🙄.

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@alisonpearsonSW

5 months

@mumof3amigos I’m so sorry 😢 I don’t honestly believe enough parents and schools make enough of a big issue about disability hate. My eldest recently had a traumatic time when “friends” started mocking his disabled sister. School and their parents weren’t that interested.

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@alisonpearsonSW

5 months

I’m pleased to have taken part in the #covidinquiry for #UnpaidCarers as a #parentcarer Not so pleased that originally unpaid carers weren’t going to be included at all 🙄 Our stories were pretty bleak tbh about a government and society that don’t care much about #carers

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@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

Yeah cos getting an EHCP is just so easy. We first got a meaningful EHCP when my daughter was 10. We had to go to tribunal- no mean feat. She can’t walk or talk, read or write. If it was so easy for us then it must be a doddle with fewer needs. #SEND #EHCP #Ignorance

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4. Stop the SEND explosion in schools. The number of pupils issued with Education, Health and Care Plans has doubled in the last eight years. There are some cases of genuine need - but many are responding to incentives where an EHCP is a golden ticket.

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@matthaig1 Also, one thing I have found is doing one small kind thing for someone else helps me massively. At the moment that's cooking an extra portion of dinner to send to our next door neighbour - gives me great joy.

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@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

Wow, now we have full on #eugenics . Congratulations @Telegraph and @theJeremyVine - your articles and comments provide the substrate for views like this to grow 👏

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@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@ShamezLadhani It’s surely for the parents and families to decide, not you? I personally think it’s far more crass and undignified to try and deny that these children died from Covid. Sharing the person behind the statistic is very important to many people.

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3 years

@FoxNikkiFox @fefede50 It’s a really scary thought. Feels like we are dodging bullets as it is. If I send both children to school it’s high risk - but if I don’t it creates another risk. For my disabled daughter her therapies are all at school, and her physical strength affects her health too 🙄.

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@alisonpearsonSW

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Can’t see any problem with this idea 🤦‍♀️.

Isabel Oakeshott

@IsabelOakeshott

4 months

Get benefits claimants back to work – cleaning our filthy streets

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@SGriffin_Lab @TigressEllie @nadhimzahawi @LawtonTri @dgurdasani1 @jneill @Sandyboots2020 @SafeEdForAll_UK @LongCovidKids My heart breaks for her family. And I’m so angry. Angry with the government for doing nothing to protect children generally. And nothing to protect more vulnerable children. And angry at those who think wearing a mask is a big deal. Losing a child, now THAT is a big deal 💔

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

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Ps thanks for all the follows - Twitter seems to be rationing me as I hit the 5k mark but hopefully I will eventually manage to follow back…

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@IanDunt Absolutely this! @sajidjavid this is what bravery looks like. A girl who can go through repeated hospital trips and still smile like this. As her parents we don’t “cower”. We try to protect her bc you haven’t even tried. She’s 10 so no vaccine. You’ve made it less safe not more.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

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On Mothers Day my call to action continues. On behalf of all #parentcarers of disabled children. If you do nothing more than see us and hear us then even that would be a start. But if you can amplify our voices - even better 😊 #MothersDay #mothersday2024

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 months

Sharing our sunshine #RareChromoDay

Unique

@Unique_charity

2 months

It's #RareChromoDay ! Celebrating anyone living with a rare chromosome or gene condition and their families and carers. Please show your support... More at #unique #RareChromosomeDisorder #GeneDisorder #RareDisease #Genetics #UniqueButNotAlone #rarechromo

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

@richardodurrant I’m so sorry. When my mum died someone sent me this. It remains the best thing I’ve read even 7 years later. And it doesn’t try to “at least” it away. One tiny breath at a time.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

4 years

@matthaig1 It relates to a bit of running advice as a metaphor for everything else - the hill looks steep if you look too far ahead so focus on the next step in front of you.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@Oldboatie That happened with my dad. Admitted to a cardiac ward. I went home, felt lousy, tested (+ve). Rang the ward. They didn’t want to test. Persuaded them the next day (it affected where to go on discharge), they reluctantly tested. Positive. No change whatsoever, stayed on the ward!

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

10 months

BUT - there is hope. Thank you @SmartairUk - this is going to SCHOOL 😊 #hepa #CleanAir #SafeEdForAll

Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

10 months

The replies on here are a stark reminder about how little value some people give to those who are disabled or simply more vulnerable to Covid. #Disability #Parentcarer #CEV #covidenquiry

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

4 years

@AndrewJ96678915 @Telegraph @allisonpearson Please note she’s Allison with 2 Ls - otherwise the hate mail gets redirected! 😂

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@MattHancock We are not “out of the pandemic”. All you have done is normalised people not trying to prevent the avoidable deaths and disabilities of their fellow human beings. Meanwhile all core public services are struggling due to staff sickness. That is nothing to be proud of.

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@alisonpearsonSW

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The replies on here are a stark reminder about how little value some people give to those who are disabled or simply more vulnerable to Covid. #Disability #Parentcarer #CEV #covidenquiry

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

2 years

"Life without Covid restrictions is much worse than we thought" For the clinically vulnerable, Covid rules ending can be a daunting experience

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

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@CommonSenseSLT That was exactly my experience. Like after the birth of my medically fragile & disabled daughter and the sudden death of my mum having anxiety wasn’t completely to be expected 🤷‍♀️. I recognise it helps some but I just needed to talk, CBT was brutal for me.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@sajidjavid And how can people take responsibility when you don’t even allow free testing for carers of vulnerable children or their schools?

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

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@VodkaAuntTBH @JazminShah1 I love this. When I first started running there was an amazing guy - when I struggled uphill and ran slowly he said “great, running slowly is better than walking”. When I walked he said “great, walking is better than stopping”. When I stopped he said “great, you needed to rest”.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

1 year

@awopbamboo @JC_free82 That’s my point. We don’t just pay taxes for the bit of the system we use right now (or indeed ever). We pay collectively to create what society needs.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

5 months

Think this is hard? Try being a #parentcarer . Four hours to yourself sounds amazing 🙄

Jenni

@hashjenni

6 months

Am I the only one that sees a problem with working 8-9 hours a day and then going home to having about 4 hours to yourself which includes getting ready for the next day??? This is not life…

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@British_Airways Great, British Airways - means we can’t safely travel with you. I truly hope you get the reduction in customers you deserve and that this makes you think again.

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

2 years

@nadhimzahawi Whereas what would actually be of benefit would be to reduce Covid in schools. So children can learn without sacrificing their health. And so classes don’t have to be merged or sent online due to staff shortages. #SafeEdForAll

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

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@danielgoyal I think this is true as it was extremely busy. I was just so shocked - my sister had an argument on the phone when they were adamant they wouldn’t test. So a test got sent in inside some slippers 🙄

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Dr Alison Pearson

@alisonpearsonSW

3 years

So with my parent hat on - how I feel about Boris’s latest plan to abandon public health. @bbc5live thanks for inviting me this morning. If anyone wants to listen the whole piece starts at 1 hour 5 mins and I am on at 1.10.29 #CEV #SafeEdForAll

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