BookyGeeky (she/her)

@ichoosemag @SeanNoone1987 3 years later. No future

@ichoosemag @SeanNoone1987 vast... this is the future? ok!

Hammerson has revealed its vision for the old John Lewis in Grand Central. The Drum will mainly be 200,000 sq ft of "wellbeing-designed offices" with restaurant, food market, cycle hub, bar, gym & rooftop garden lounge. The workspace is expected to accommodate up to 2,000 people

@GC_Rail @grandcentral I didnt tag @GC_Rail! I was trying to tag @Bullring

@BookyGeeky @grandcentral Hello. Apologies for this. On occasion, we may need to lock a toilet out of use. Hopefully, the other accessible toilet on board became available after not too long ^CW

Only one disabled loo in @grandcentral Apparently not important enough to fix. And someone has been in the other disabled loo for 10 mins unlocked not using it.

@StarbucksIre out of the handful branches I’ve been to- they DO not stock peppermint syrup, whhhhhy?! So much for being a ‘green’ country. Wish there were more indie coffee shops in rural places.

@natalyadell @beccajiggens @RBraadshaaw I thought as of this April there was a law to allow wfh requests but that is for new contracts I think. I found this a bit useful lawsociety.org.uk/topics/small-f….

Tweeting for a friend: Is there any case law or useful for pre-legal persuasion with employers around disabled people being able to work remotely as a reasonable adjustment? @beccajiggens @RBraadshaaw you two and others might know?

@ConnorScottG I get you- I’m DeafBlind, the amount of time people say ‘wow’ when I say I work full time. It’s shocking people think we are incapable of doing things like making our own cuppa let alone hold down a job

And you might think "ok but what does that have to do with Strictly?" Nothing, really. Except a blind person being so visible in the public eye is really highlighting what people really think of us and our lives.

We wonder why the employment rate for blind people is so low, and then I read tweets about Chris on strictly saying he's amazing because can you imagine walking across a room with your eyes closed, and I have the answer. People really think so little of our lives.

@Limping_Chicken This is something I would watch however can I clarify the wording ‘first deaf-led video podcast’ Does this mean first to talk about careers or first ever deaf-led podcast? If it’s the latter you need to watch @socially__sound they do deaf-led video podcasts & have done for years

First deaf-led video podcast to share trail blazing career journeys (BSL) limpingchicken.com/2024/09/26/fir…

@RachelCDailey DeafBlind here, Applied for transport support in June. Was told would take up to 30 weeks before it would be processed. So 17 weeks to go…

Not me trying to explain to my GP surgery that ‘booking’ an interpreter from a multi-language agency does not mean the agency has actually booked someone & the surgery DOES need to check before the appt that the booking was filled. Them: the interpreter has been booked. 🤦🏻‍♀️

@CarmensStory Birmingham hosted it. Council now ‘bankrupt’ maybe that one year on festival post commonwealth wasnt a great idea.

Are you kidding? We've no teachers. Can't see a GP. Can see counsellor. Roads are a joke. Staff striking year in year out for cost of living wage rise and you thought this was a good idea? And that's before we discuss the moral implications of a "commonwealth"

@AngieBeatDown Haribo which was £1.55 How to schedule an email Errr no idea my neighbour does it for me as i cant touch the bins. Erm start of august when i was sick with gasto, most of time my cleaner does it as i do a shit job of it.

More things that are absolutely none of my business that I wanna know: How much was the last thing you bought? What did you last google? Is it bin week or recycling week? How often do you clean your bathroom?

Things that are absolutely none of my business but I wanna know: What’s your bank balance? What side is the bed do you sleep on? What’s on your subscribe and save list? What did you have for dinner? How many pillows you sleep on?

@AngieBeatDown Balancing low (hurry up pay day), the side nearest to the loo, toilet rolls, green thai curry, 2 pillows

@NovicSara Went to a forum once about making a venue accessible. Was the only disabled person in the room & was ignored. So I just walked out of the meeting. They were so busy being loud advocating for their disabled child that they actually drowned out an actual disabled adult’s voice

Just had an hosp appt, due to the rescheduled dates, they forgot to rebook the terp… luckily I have the @SignLiveUK app as part of the DP I get.- appt done! @NHSEngland really needs to provide Plan B (VRS) when Plan A (a terp hasn't been booked or other reasons) #DeafHealthcare

@AngieBeatDown How about one of these car ones- baby on board, move if you don't want to get run over by a Blind Mama

I need a sign for my pram to get people to move (I can’t see) Any idea where to get one?

@majellamcateer It will be strange going back to a lot of changes! You will be grand and bring a wealth of knowledge they could gain from.

After three years away on secondment, I returned to the BDA last week and conducted a two-day induction in London. It's strange to be travelling for business again, getting up early to catch a flight ✈️.

@RNIB @DeafblindUK @sensecharity you need to advocate for a DeafBlind category to the SI and SSI CVI critertia. the DeafBlind Community are not getting the support we need due to the classification created by the @DHSCgovuk in 2018

@ambideafkid @thatdeafgirlkj gov.uk/get-help-hmrc-… then click on if cant use telephone and all that hoopla Should get through

@thatdeafgirlkj Same! But I’m so sure I remember someone saying they did a live chat! It was in response to one of my tweets, I’ll see if it’s still there.

I came across this and had a wee think. This is my opinion, I feel the deaf community needs to be better at this. I am not sure why deaf abusers are being allowed to be 'successful'? How do we stop this?inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

@ambideafkid My sign name is one hand ‘D’ signed like ‘what’ in BSL and people always go ‘vast ASL’ Er no my Deaf Irish parents use ISL which is one handed and gave me the sign name. ASL isnt the supreme SL pah!

@BookyGeeky ‘This doesn’t look like ASL, what’s this?’ / ‘I’m learning ASL, this can’t be ASL?’ / ‘I thought ASL was a universal language?’ ohhhh my goshhhhhhhhhhh

To add to the PSA- other sign languages exist outside of the USA too...