SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman

Every contribution helps Ree take vital steps forward. Please share and consider donating to support her journey. Thank you! [heart] gofund.me/0af9abfa6

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After 18 years of misdiagnosis, dangerous local authority housing and teaching services about reasonable adjustments, I obtained a private autism diagnosis—then built the translator those systems needed. Not a bad week Free and open: github.com/WobblyWanderer… #BridgeTranslate

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@NuffieldTrust With respect, adults can spend over a decade simply ASKING for an ASSESSMENT, without making it as far as a waiting list... Children waiting a little over a year is amazing. I'd wish I were a child if that didn't require a 2nd puberty too.

Ah, classic hyperlexic transposition, one NHS Trust for another.

Still no appropriate support with paperwork despite best efforts. Triride still damaged from heavy doors at @BlackCountryNHS new hospital💔 Hoist controller broke last week so🧑🏽‍🦽 is stuck in car. Licence suspended for not addressing speeding ticket I hadn't opened. Suggestions?

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📚🚽 Dear @SarahCoombesWB MP, To achieve a safe toilet in my own home, I’ve had to read: Politics books Housing guidance Equality law NHS Policy and Procedure And yes… learn hashtags 😅 All just to do something most people manage without a second thought. This property has been described by SMBC as “wheelchair accessible” for over 5 years and 5 months. Reality check: Even a monkey with a tape measure and a copy of Building Regulations Part M could tell you it isn’t. It’s been almost a year since I first contacted your office and spoke with Gary (who seemed genuinely helpful at the time). I’m still waiting for that call back. At this point, the situation is simple: ➡️ Either you engage with your disabled constituent ➡️ Or you get to witness, in real time, what sustained, evidence-backed persistence looks like Because I didn’t spend 2,000+ days fighting for basic dignity to be quietly ignored at MP level. Also… I’d quite like to get back to re-reading The Last Devil to Die instead of local government policy manuals 📖 Your move. #AccessibleHousing #DisabilityRights #Accountability #EqualityAct2010 #SMBC #ReeCanPeeSafely #SandwellStory photos.app.goo.gl/wqY6yEyU7N4BQp…

DEI Concerns x Outcome: When responsibility is concentrated, accountability disappears Why is a wheelchair user installing her own toilet frame over 5 years after moving into a property described by @Sandwell MBC as “wheelchair accessible”? Because when housing, repairs, and complaints sit with the same role, systems close in on themselves. Requests loop Complaints go nowhere Delays become normalised This isn’t inefficiency. It’s structural design failure. In my case: Moved in: November 2020 Years of emails, complaints, safeguarding concerns, SARs Documented risk: unsafe toileting, falls, loss of dignity Outcome: Equipment finally provided by the NHS Not installed by the council Installed by me So the question isn’t “why did this take so long?” It’s: Why was there no independent mechanism to stop it taking this long? Accessible housing requires: Separation of responsibility Independent oversight Accountability that actually functions Without that, disabled tenants are forced to compensate for system failure. Today’s outcome: After 2,334 days… Ree can pee safely. 🙇🏽 Not because the system worked. Because I didn’t stop. #DisabilityRights #AccessibleHousing #EqualityAct2010 #SystemFailure #Accountability #ReeCanPeeSafely photos.app.goo.gl/wqY6yEyU7N4BQp…

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@SarahCoombesWB Ward C9 @SWBHnhs Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital

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@sandwellcouncil @SWBHnhs I Know What You Did Last Summer 🎬📸 youtu.be/5BEcOoO23Mo?si… #SandwellStory #LetReePeeSafely

@PositivitySaid We woke up

@SarahCoombesWB @SandwellSCOPA @NHSEngland @LeaderSandwell @Jackietaylor61 @PHSOmbudsman @ptsafetyNHS @TheKingsFund @HealthwatchE @CareQualityComm @SWBHnhs

Yesterday a medico-legal assessor asked simple questions: Has an OT ever assessed me inside my home? Observed how I enter, cook, transfer to the toilet, access the garden? Since my elbow injury (22 Jan) forcing 1-arm wheelchair use: • electric chair provided? • physio delivered? Since my 2 spinal surgeries (2020) what rehab has SWBH NHS provided? Why hasn’t SMBC adapted my bungalow since 2020, despite falls including: • wheelchair tipping entering home (Dec 2022) • garden steps concussion (June 2023) Why have hospitals repeatedly discharged me to a home never assessed for accessibility? Also: I’ve lost 5kg in one week in hospital, despite spending £130 on healthy food & protein to supplement the NHS diet. These are not abstract policy questions. They are basic safeguarding checks. sandwell.gov.uk/adult-social-c… #sandwellstory #letreepeesafely #DisabilityRights #AccessibleHousing #NHS

Your special brand of Low-risk political signalling continues then “Support this campaign” “Great to meet local volunteers” “Proud to back awareness week” “Important issue we must talk about” ⚖️Actual political communication -explaining decisions -discussing budgets or legislation -addressing failures -responding to criticism outlining specific policy positions One is brand management. The other is governance.

@lady_valor_07 A bald person with pigtails and either a huge nose or a growth on their face. 🤔