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A disabled journalist has called on the trade union movement to do more for disability rights and has promised to fight discrimination across the media, if she is elected to be the next leader of her union. Dr Natasha Hirst said […]
Labour has been accused of treating one of its own disabled delegates like a “third-class citizen”, after refusing to allow her to enter its party conference with her assistance dog. It is the latest example of years of disability discrimination by […]
One of parliament’s new disabled MPs has suggested that the government should consider criminalising disability discrimination, because of the difficulty disabled people face in enforcing the Equality Act. Liberal Democrat Steve Darling was speaking to Disability News Service (DNS) at his […]
Police are investigating claims that a security guard tried to force a disabled man through a metal detector outside a sports stadium, even though he had been told he had an electronic implant and it could cause him serious injury. Oliver […]
A disabled woman who sits on a social security tribunal has described how the incompetence and abusive actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have driven her repeatedly to the brink of suicide. Katherine*, who continues to sit on […]
A disabled peer ran out of time during a Lords debate as she attempted to describe all the barriers disabled people face in their daily lives. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson (pictured) told fellow peers that there was not enough time to describe […]
A new report has shown how black disabled pupils in mainstream schools are exposed to “systemic and structural barriers and injustice”. It calls for disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and racial justice movements to work together to amplify the voices of black […]
A disabled people’s organisation has accused the government of misrepresenting the high levels of inequality faced by disabled people in the workplace. In its submission to an inquiry by a Commons committee, Disability Rights UK (DR UK) pointed to research which […]
Disabled campaigners are calling on the House of Commons to address its “febrile atmosphere” and ensure that those with communication differences who take part in parliamentary debates no longer have to fear being “ripped to shreds”. They have drawn up a […]
A luxury US chain that suddenly removed the reasonable adjustments that allowed a disabled campaigner to take part in its “spin” fitness classes has been accused of breaching equality laws. Rebecca Ogbonna (pictured) had been attending sessions at the Soho and […]