Marxist. Trade Unionist. Socialist-feminist. Author. Poet. Speaker. Tutor. RMT ex-Exec. Workers' Liberty. Autie. Bi. PUFC fan.
Disabled people campaigning for rights – for access, benefits, services and equality; against discrimination, cuts, prejudice and pity!
Also on the RMT London Calling website here. Disabled transport workers are a significant and valuable part of the workforce that delivers transport to millions of passengers and freight consignments every day. Many of us are also particularly vulnerable during … Read More
Accept our rule and stop this hue and cry Some loved ones have to go before their time It’s just the weak and sick and old who’ll die We have a theory here to justify Our nudging unit thinks it’s … Read More
I wrote this for my employer’s intranet Living With .. series written by disabled workers, and thought I’d share it here too. What is monocular vision? I only have sight in my left eye. Some people lose sight in one … Read More
A finger-sized funnel placed face-first Locked onto my socket Into that the wax I want the facts You tell me it is called alginate I wait while you paint Finest dyes writing tiny lines of threaded red I hear in … Read More
Accessible Transport I will be convening the committee’s accessible transport working group, which will also include Elane Heffernan (UCU), Colleen Johnson (NEU) and Austin Harney (PCS). We already have a campaign plan, which will now be updated. The Committee agreed … Read More
Published in RMT News, October 2019 By Janine Booth, RMT Disabled Members’ Advisory Committee Chair Many of you reading this have children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Some of you were SEND children when you were at school … Read More
Venue: The Green Room’, Salisbury Gardens, Dudley Rd, Ventnor P038 8 1EJ. The Isle of Wight Labour Party welcomes Janine Booth, who will be discussing Labour’s Autism and Neurodivergent Manifesto at an event that is open to the public as … Read More
There is an increasing number of companies which explicitly employ autistic people, promising to value their work and provide suitable working conditions. This has been widely welcomed. But what are the experiences of autistic workers in these companies? On this … Read More
Janine will introduce and chair the discussion on the Labour Party’s Autism / Neurodiversity Manifesto, along with other members of the ND Labour Manifesto group. John McDonnell MP will also address the fringe meeting. Venue: Holiday Inn, Brighton Report here.
I come to see you in this place A train, a bus, a longish walk A mask of growth veneers your face We picnic, catch up, laugh and talk A train, a bus, a longish walk They brought you here … Read More
This is the French text of Janine’s talk in Paris on 24 July. You can see the English version in this video. Originally posted by CLE Autistes, with other speeches at the event, here. Janine Booth : les politiques socialistes … Read More
Janine Booth speaking at a seminar in Paris on 24 July 2019. This opening section of the talk introduces Janine, and explains the five key principles of the Labour Party Autism and Neurodiversity Manifesto.
Disabled Workers’ Conference decisions We considered how to best carry out the decisions of the TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference. We agreed that the most effective way to do this was by establishing working groups on various policy areas. Committee members … Read More
Why do you like that tuneless music? Wear your hair the way you choose it? I think you get it it, then you lose it Why can’t you just be normal? Can’t you make yourself conform? Do anything that’s near … Read More
Fatima’s autism makes her hypersensitive to bright lights, so she can’t work in our office, poor thing. OR The bright lights in our office make Fatima distressed as she is autistic and unusually sensitive to light. She can work here … Read More
Judy Singer, Fergus Murray and Janine speaking at Ideas For Freedom 2019.
Janine will be both speaking and performing poetry at this event. Here is the blurb from the organisers … We invite you to attend the Third Annual Autistic Pride Picnic in the Park. It will be held in Hyde Park … Read More
Discussion has started on setting up a National Council on Severe Autism in the UK, modelled on the one that already exists in the USA. I was asked by a journalist for my views about this, and this was my reply: … Read More
Nick Cohen’s article, ‘The Road to Hell for the Mentally Incapacitated’ takes two facts, and argues that one causes the other. The two facts are true, but his attribution of one to the other is mistaken. FACT 1: Autistic, mentally-impaired … Read More