[“We NEED programmes like Children In Need to stop asking disabled people intrusive personal questions” - Saida Ahmed. Photo: Saida - a young Black disabled woman with her hair in a top-knot. She looks off to one side - the photo has a painterly look to it, with warm tones.]

“What we really NEED is for programmes like Children In Need to stop feeling the need to ask disabled people intrusive personal questions.”

Saida Ahmed – Instagram, November 2022

Saida Ahmed - a young Black disabled woman with her hair in a top-knot. She looks off to one side - the photo has a very painterly look to it, with warm tones.
Saida Ahmed

Saida Ahmed is a British actress and writer, with a chapter in Lit: An Anthology of Dynamic New Monologues for Under-Represented Ethnicities. Find her @saisai_saida on Instagram and Twitter.

Read the Instagram post her quote comes from for the full context – here.

[Instagram post @saisai_saida – photo shows a copy of the book ‘Lit: An Anthology of Dynamic New Monologues for Under-Represented Ethnicities’ .
“We NEED programmes like Children In Need to stop asking disabled people intrusive personal questions” - Saida Ahmed. Photo: Saida - a young Black disabled woman with her hair in a top-knot. She looks off to one side - the photo has a painterly look to it, with warm tones.
“We NEED programmes like Children In Need to stop asking disabled people intrusive personal questions” – Saida Ahmed. Photo: Saida – a young Black disabled woman with her hair in a top-knot. She looks off to one side – the photo has a painterly look to it, with warm tones.

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