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Disabled people and the General Election
It is still up to two years to the general election so why act now? In a word - timing.
Philip J Connolly
Nov 1, 20224 min read
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The Bluffers Guide to Obtaining Old and New Resources
Most NGOs have two arms to them. The first is the one that established them as providers of information, advice and guidance, possibly...
Philip J Connolly
Sep 26, 20223 min read
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Disability, Self-Sufficiency and Mutualism
Ok, so you've signed a petition, been on a march, added your details to the sum of evidence and yet still been ignored. What’s left?...
Philip J Connolly
Aug 18, 20223 min read
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Air Pollution is Making More of us Disabled
Dr Dean Schraufnagel of Illinois University has led a review of 70,000 scientific studies and concluded that every organ of the body is...
Philip J Connolly
Jul 14, 20223 min read
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From being motivated to being motivational - becoming a movement
Most people are motivated to campaign on disability issues due to either the poverty of disabled people or their lack of participation. ...
Philip J Connolly
Jun 23, 20223 min read
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New Energy for the Unity Plan
If the disability sector is to advance then it will need to find new energy but where is this energy going to come from?
Philip J Connolly
Jun 20, 20223 min read
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The Unity Plan: how the DRN builds an inclusive economy with you
2000 people have connected with the Disability Resilience Network - the DRN. It is our hope that you can be connected too!
Philip J Connolly
May 5, 20223 min read
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"To the metaverse and back to the universe"
Your invitation to join the DRN purple trade mission and secure your place at our exhibition
Philip J Connolly
Apr 25, 20224 min read
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Rethink on Barriers
Of course there are barriers and they are in the main real and even hazardous. But! But have barriers been overthought? For decades the word
Philip J Connolly
Apr 10, 20223 min read
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"Touchyfeely": enabling disabled people to create markets that in turn employ them
Enabling disabled people to create markets that in turn employ them.
Philip J Connolly
Mar 31, 20223 min read
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Semiotics of Disability
Semiotics is the study of anything that communicates something. The anything is regarded as a sign and the something is its meaning....
Philip J Connolly
Mar 21, 20224 min read
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Positively Disruptive Leadership
Finding leaders isn't difficult once people know what leadership isn't.
Philip J Connolly
Mar 7, 20224 min read
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Preparing for Our Demise
It is a bit strange that on the eve of building something new and important, that we should even be thinking of “demise”.
Nigel Niles
Feb 28, 20223 min read
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Mass Membership: feedback on our scenario planning
We will become the biggest network for disabled people and those with a long-term health condition because you decided to join us.
Philip J Connolly
Feb 21, 20223 min read
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"Creating our Own Weather" DRN's theory of change
Rainforests occupy only 6% of the earth's surface but 50% of the world's animals live there. Why? Its because rainforests create their...
Philip J Connolly
Feb 7, 20223 min read
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The Purple (Disability) Planet: The DRN Invitation and Challenge to the BBC
David Attenborough was once asked, what gave him hope. He replied "the indomitable spirit of humans and the resilience of nature."
Philip J Connolly
Jan 31, 20224 min read
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Mission Ignition
The Disability Resilience Network is asking for two years of your free time, say about five hours a week.
Philip J Connolly
Jan 24, 20224 min read
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The Book of Numbers
The Disability Resilience Network seeks to capitalise on the wisdom of the crowd.
Philip J Connolly
Jan 18, 20223 min read
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The Inclusive Economy - The Disability Resilience Network (DRN) Goal
The DRN is a network and we are already welding national representation to local activism. Our evolving structure will allow us to conduct c
Philip J Connolly
Jan 10, 20223 min read
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Tipping points for a mass movement
Tipping point theory tells us how small differences can make a new reality or break an old one.
Philip J Connolly
Jan 2, 20224 min read
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