MNHQ here: should Mumsnet sign up as a member of a new campaign on children with disabilities?

[RowanMumsnet]

Hello

Mumsnet's been asked whether we want to sign up long-term as a supporter of the newly launched Disabled Children's Partnership. So, as ever with these things, we said we'd ask what our users thought.

Here's what the DCP has to say about itself:

"The Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) is an exciting new collaboration between 25 disability and children’s charities (listed below). As charities we have come together in the shared belief that health and social care services can and must be better if disabled children, young people and families are to get the support they need to enhance their life chances. The partnership was founded in 2015 to build on the excellent work of the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign."

"The partnership will work with disabled young people and their families to launch a major new campaign in England in 2017. The campaign will set out to challenge the political status quo and proactively raise the profile of the challenges that so many disabled children, young people and families face."

"The concerns, experiences and stories of disabled children, young people and their families will be at the forefront of the campaign, and therefore need to shape its development."

"Members Steering Group
· Action for Children
· Contact a Family (Chair)
· Mencap (Secretariat)
· National Autistic Society
· National Children’s Bureau
· Sense (Treasurer)
· Scope
· The Children’s Trust
· The Family Fund
· Together for Short Lives
· Well Child
Supporters
· Carers UK
· Carers Trust
· NDCS
· Ambitious About Autism
· Disability Challengers
· Working Families
· Whizz Kids
· Family and Childcare Trust
· Blind Children UK
· Rainbow Trust
· I CAN
· The Communications Trust
· The Seashell Trust"

We here at MNHQ think this looks like a good way to maximise campaigning impact on health and social care issues - but of course as ever we want to know what you think, so please do tell us whether you think we should sign up.

Thanks

I had the most time for HQ before but now feel silly even reporting anything.

Previously this thread was tagged (pinned? Not sure on the lingo) to the top of aibu, has it been removed because of the recent comments, if so that seems a bit ridiculous to hide away the criticism

Also how is diagnosis de hour still allow to stand in that previous thread

Others have made their point much better then I will be able to so I will just repost a previous poster:

You've constantly dismissed people concerns regarding language and behaviour towards those with disabilities on the talk section and I find it laughable you now think you can represent them.

@SoupSpork

Previously this thread was tagged (pinned? Not sure on the lingo) to the top of aibu, has it been removed because of the recent comments, if so that seems a bit ridiculous to hide away the criticism

No it's not that - when we pin threads, we have to specify an end time for the pinning. So when I pinned this one on August 9th I specified 9am today as the end time - thinking (at the time!) that that would be a decent amount of time for everyone to see it, and also because I'm off on holiday tomorrow so won't be checking back in on it for the next couple of weeks (although other people in the team will be). There's quite a lot of pressure on the pinned slots so we need to keep the threads moving so that other new ones can get their moment in the sun.

@SoupSpork

Also how is diagnosis de hour still allow to stand in that previous thread

I'm not up to speed on this one but we'll make sure this gets flagged to the people who are dealing with reports today.

@SoupSpork

Others have made their point much better then I will be able to so I will just repost a previous poster:

You've constantly dismissed people concerns regarding language and behaviour towards those with disabilities on the talk section and I find it laughable you now think you can represent them.

We're genuinely very sorry that you feel this way and we do note what you say.

Update - the post referring to ASD as 'the diagnosis du jour' had actually not been reported to us!

We're removing it now.

I definitely reported it? Weird!

(Don't hold me to that, my memory is atrocious. But I am sure I did it?)

We haven't received it dee. Couple of other reports about other posts by the same user, but nothing about that one. (And none from you about this poster.)

Let us know if lots of you think you did report it though, as that would indicate something's up with our reports software

I definitely reported it too!?

Methinks my reports are filtered automatically into a ohnoitsfanjoagain bin

You reported a different post by the same user fanjo, but not that particular post? According to our system anyway...

Am pretty sure I reported both. But maybe not. But here has been an issue with my reports not going through recently, from my tablet.

I thought I reported it too to see which got removed first mine or gasman's

We can't see any reports from you on this thread at all, Insan1ty - in fact none for a few weeks? Are there others you think you've reported?

I actually am sure I did report that post.

Am wondering if a reporting issue is causing people to feel unheard?

(Although I assume you are keeping an eye on threads which are volatile anyway but maybe I am wrong)

I definitely 100% reported the op after seeing where it was going. Is that one showing?

Yes I've reported in the last few weeks I'm pretty sure of that , a couple that turned out to be trolls and a spam would have been when I was away so three weeks at the very most. I didn't think you got feedback nowadays so didn't think anything of it tbh.
I must be losing my marbles though if the reports system is working ok because I haven't name changed because I can't remember my password

Beyond yep we got that one (of the OP).

Insanity we have got reports of yours from about three weeks ago, just not more recently - does that sound about right?

Fanjo did you say you've been having trouble with reports from your tablet?

We'll ask Tech to take a look to make sure we don't have a logjam in the system somewhere, just in case.

Actually (says RebeccaMumsnet who thinks more laterally than I do) can you all please report your own most recent posts and we'll check whether they come through?

I reported it also but I'm a lurker that just got an account recently so I probably messed up doing it

Fab, thanks all

OK so far we have self-reported posts from Fanjo, Volleyball and Polter but not from SoupSpork. We will give it another 5 mins and then run around panicking call in the Tech guns

Can you try again, Soup? Are you on a phone or a laptop/desktop?

I've just reported my "100%" post, upthread a smidge...

I wonder if it would help if it clarified the report on the "thanks for reporting" page? Just so we read, I can screenshot the report so we again, I know for sure it has been sent?
Or massively over-complicate it by giving case numbers...?

Got yours Beyond - thank you