A ground-breaking national survey has revealed a significant talent pool of high-flying disabled managers, despite the “massive disadvantage” disabled people face in developing such careers. The survey, by the disability campaigning network RADAR, uncovered many high-achieving disabled managers, with 110 … Continue reading →

New government guidance will aim to reduce the high proportion of children with special educational needs (SEN) who are excluded from school. The children, schools and families secretary Ed Balls said the statutory guidance would make “tackling exclusions of SEN … Continue reading →

Older people’s charities have given a cautious welcome to the prime minister’s pledge to provide free personal care for some older disabled people who live in their own homes. Gordon Brown made the promise during his speech to the party’s … Continue reading →

The authorities’ failure to protect the family of Fiona Pilkington from a ten-year hate crime campaign was “a staggering betrayal of trust”, according to disabled campaigners. An inquest jury found that Pilkington committed suicide and unlawfully killed her 18-year-old daughter, … Continue reading →

The independent police watchdog is to investigate Leicestershire police’s failure to treat the ten-year campaign of abuse and harassment against Fiona Pilkington and her disabled children as disability hate crime. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has also launched … Continue reading →

Young campaigners have called on all political parties to make specific commitments in their manifestos around disabled children’s right to independent living. The challenge was issued in a Disabled Children’s Manifesto for Change, drawn up by some of the UK’s … Continue reading →

Disability rights campaigners have condemned widespread speculation around the health of the prime minister, Gordon Brown. A string of journalists have commented on rumours about the prime minister’s visual impairment, suggesting his eyesight may be deteriorating and hinting that he … Continue reading →

Disabled people must do more to campaign for better access to London’s transport network, according to a leading activist. Faryal Velmi, director of the accessible transport charity Transport for All, told the Disability Capital event that disabled people should be … Continue reading →

The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London provide a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to improve access, inclusion and attitudes to disability, a conference has heard. David Morris, who coordinates inclusion and access for LOCOG, the organising committee of … Continue reading →