A lack of commitment by local authorities is to blame for a disappointingly small rise in the number of people receiving direct payments, according to a leading disabled campaigner. The proportion of adults in England receiving their social care support through […]
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Large majority of families with disabled children receive no services
Nearly three-quarters of families with disabled children are not receiving any care and support services, according to an analysis of new government figures. The figures come from reports on the levels of satisfaction with disabled children’s services in 30 local authority […]
Mental health stereotypes in films ‘worse than in the silent era’
Stereotyped characters with mental health problems in films today are even “crueller” and more “demonic” than they were a century ago in the silent era, according to a new report. The report, Screening Madness, for the mental health anti-stigma campaign Time […]
Universities still failing disabled students on access
The university clearing system is placing disabled students at a disadvantage because of continuing problems with access and care packages, according to a new report. The Trailblazers network of young volunteers, part of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign (MDC), investigated the challenges […]
Big firms ‘must do more’ to find jobs for people with learning difficulties
Large companies should be doing more to provide job opportunities for people with learning difficulties, according to a disabled campaigner. Mark Brookes, a senior policy worker with the learning difficulties charity Values Into Action, spoke out after new government figures showed […]
Apprenticeships bill ‘will discriminate’ against disabled students
Campaigners say a government training and education bill will discriminate against many disabled students by depriving them of the right to join a basic apprenticeships scheme. Discussion of the apprenticeships, skills, children and learning bill – which has reached the committee […]
Disabled student wins discrimination case against US clothes store
A disabled law student who was removed from the shop floor of a clothes store because she wasn’t meeting a strict dress code has been awarded more than £9, 000 compensation. An employment tribunal ruled that US clothing giant Abercrombie & […]
Hawking receives highest US civilian honour from Obama
The disabled British physicist Professor Stephen Hawking has been awarded America’s highest civilian honour by the US President, Barack Obama. Obama presented Hawking with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a ceremony at the White House on 12 August. He said […]
Councils ‘must do more’ to ease impact of recession
Many local authorities should be doing more to prepare for the effects of the recession on disabled and older people, and others in potentially “vulnerable” situations, according to the public spending watchdog. A new report by the Audit Commission, its second […]
Massie says EHRC changes are three years too late
A disabled former commissioner of Britain’s equality watchdog has welcomed its plans to do more to fight the discrimination faced by individual groups – including disabled people – but says they are three years too late. Sir Bert Massie resigned from […]