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A disabled peer is hoping to use her appointment to the BBC’s new board of directors to persuade the broadcaster to employ more disabled people. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson is one of just five non-executive directors appointed by the BBC to its […]
The BBC’s disabled security correspondent has spoken of his wish for a “normalisation of disability” in society. Frank Gardner, who was giving the third annual Jack Ashley Memorial Lecture, said he would like to see “the sharp edges of difference” between […]
One of the country’s most influential disabled campaigners is to take control of BBC Radio’s flagship news programme for its first show of 2016. Baroness [Jane] Campbell (pictured) has been chosen as one of six guest editors who will each take […]
A month-long season of BBC films examining the lives of young disabled people will feature issues such as parenting, hate crime, relationships, and the qualities required of personal assistants. BBC Three’s Defying The Label season will begin on Monday 20 July […]
The proportion of disabled people living in poverty rose sharply in the fourth year of the coalition government, according to official figures. Disabled campaigners say the rise was an inevitable consequence of a string of cuts to disabled people’s support under […]
Ministers are considering plans to slash benefit payments to hundreds of thousands of disabled people, by scrapping a key part of the main out-of-work disability benefit, employment and support allowance (ESA), according to the BBC. The BBC reports that a leaked […]
The BBC has announced the name of the new executive who will lead for the broadcaster on disability, as part of its plan to “set the pace” on diversity in the media industry. The appointment of Alison Walsh (pictured) as disability […]
The BBC is finally set to appoint a senior executive tasked with championing disabled talent and projects, more than 10 months after the new role was announced. The appointment of a disability executive was part of plans aimed at improving the […]