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Technology companies have a major role to play in improving the lives of the one billion disabled people across the world, according to a leading telecommunications analyst. Chris Lewis, the founder and chief executive of Lewis Insights, was speaking as Telefonica […]
A new online marketplace should reduce the time it takes for Deaf people to find a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter, and help avoid the huge fees charged by some of the big translation agencies. The new Lingoing website allows potential […]
A European court ruling that has rubber-stamped the withdrawal of overnight care from a retired ballerina is yet another attack on the gains made by the disabled people’s movement over the last 40 years, say campaigners. They spoke out after the […]
Disabled activists have accused the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of “deplorable” behaviour, after it tried – and failed – to delay legal attempts to reduce the discriminatory impact of its controversial “fitness for work” test. A tribunal decided this […]
Three leading campaigners are urging other disabled people and allies to join the fight to fend off the latest parliamentary attempt to legalise assisted suicide. Baroness [Jane] Campbell, Sir Bert Massie and Dr Alice Maynard are among those disabled people who […]
Deaf people across the UK are facing exclusion and discrimination on an almost daily basis, according to a new report that will be submitted to the United Nations (UN). The draft British Deaf Association (BDA) report includes evidence of healthcare treatment […]
A disabled activist is threatening legal action after he was denied an accessible way of voting without having to turn up to the polling station in person. Graham Kirwan told the elections watchdog, the Electoral Commission, that he wished to vote […]
The minister for disabled people appears to have bowed to pressure from Deaf campaigners over new rules that made it harder for them to secure the support they needed to communicate in the workplace. The new government guidance, introduced last year, […]
By Charlotte Wingfield A new campaign aims to change the workplace from a “hostile” environment to one that is far more welcoming to people with facial disfigurements. The charity Changing Faces says discrimination is still “rife”, so there is a need […]
Plaid Cymru is the party that appears to have the strongest commitment to disability rights, in advance of next week’s elections to the European parliament. The Welsh nationalist party came out top in a survey of the seven biggest political parties […]