About Our Blog Series
Welcome our monthly series of blogs looking at the support that would enable people with accessibility needs to use everyday services with as little disruption to their lives as others do (or at least, as little disruption as possible).
Each entry in this series has been written by someone with lived experience of a particular support need.
You can read each post by clicking the link on this page, or navigating via the menu.
Get Involved
We invite any service provider, from retailers to delivery firms; from financial services to utilities and everything in between, to consider how their service meets the needs presented.
We welcome comments, which will be moderated in accordance with our code of conduct. We especially invite insights from people with similar needs, or different needs relating to similar situations. And from organisations who are able to meet these needs (sharing how they do so) or who would like to consider how they might do so.
If you would be interested in contributing to this blog, please email info@whatweneed.support. We pay £150 for a post (or can make alternative arrangements such as donations on your behalf if you are not able to receive payment because of the effect on your benefits).
If you are interested in the work we do at WhatWeNeed.Support, please visit our home page. Or contribute to our request for support needs to add to our cross-sector lists, either through the comments on individual list pages, or by emailing info@whatweneed.support.
We also invite you to sign up to our mailing list by clicking this link so that you can find out about the support needs we are discussing, about events we are holding, about ways of getting involved in what we are doing, and about important developments in helping those with support needs.
Finally, if you would like to get involved in WhatWeNeed.Support’s events, as someone who has support needs, or someone who works for an organization that puts support needs into place, we would love to hear from you through our email info@whatweneed.support
The Blog Posts
“A Single Point of Contact” – published 8 January 2024
“Everyone Deserves a Voice” – published February 6 2024
The Hidden Difficulty of Forms – published March 5 2024
New and Improved – published April 9 2024
Not All Inboxes Are Equal – published 7 May 2024
We Don’t All Communicate in Conventional Ways – published 15 July 2024
We’re Still Disabled In An Emergency – published 8 October 2024
What We Need 