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The “vast majority” of important COVID-19-related information provided by the UK government is not accessible to users of British Sign Language (BSL), a new investigation has found. A report on the investigation will be submitted by lawyers for BSL-user Katie Rowley […]
Disabled people’s equality and human rights have been “deeply undermined” during the COVID-19 pandemic, a disabled activist and peer has told an annual lecture. But Baroness [Jane] Campbell also told the online audience for the annual Caroline Gooding Memorial Lecture that […]
Disabled people should resist the idea that life should return to “normal” once the pandemic crisis is over, and instead push to “radically overhaul” the way society is organised, according to a leading disabled activist and academic. Dr Miro Griffiths (pictured) […]
The House of Commons refused to take any action after disabled members of staff, MPs and peers raised concerns about their safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed. Members of the ParliAble network […]
A disabled-run social enterprise will be able to set up a national support service to help disabled people find jobs in the economic crisis caused by the pandemic, after fighting off competition to secure £125,000 in funding. Evenbreak is one of […]
The government’s decision to put some people with impairments higher on the list of “priority groups” to receive a COVID-19 vaccine has been welcomed as a victory for disabled people’s campaigning. This week, the government announced that the first vaccine – […]
A disabled woman who is at significant risk from COVID-19 was told to visit her local GP surgery in person – and pay £18 – to pick up a letter that she can use to show supermarkets she is shielding from […]
Disabled activists have spoken out over “absolutely shocking” new figures which show that younger people with learning difficulties in England were more than 30 times more likely to die from coronavirus than non-disabled people of the same age. Two leading campaigners […]
The government is risking lives and discriminating against MPs with health conditions by refusing to allow them to perform vital parliamentary duties online, according to a Conservative MP who has been shielding from coronavirus for months. Sir Roger Gale, who has […]
Opposition MPs are supporting a bill that would force the government to allow all MPs who have been shielding from coronavirus to take a full part in parliamentary proceedings. The ten-minute rule bill was devised by Labour’s Geraint Davies but had […]