TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Unions back plans for national support service
Disabled trade unionists have backed plans drawn up by disabled people’s organisations that would solve the social care crisis by…
Disabled people ‘driven to breaking point’ by cuts, says UN expert
Many disabled people’s families have been “driven to breaking point” by cuts to social care, while other disabled people have…
User-led groups discuss how to turn back the tide of closures
User-led groups met this week to discuss how to turn back the tide of closures of organisations run and controlled…
User-led groups discuss how to turn back the tide of closures
User-led groups met this week to discuss how to turn back the tide of closures of organisations run and controlled…
New mental capacity legislation ‘is still flawed and fails on protection’
The government’s new mental capacity act – which has now become law – is still flawed and is a prime…
New Commons chamber will include frontbench wheelchair spaces for first time
New designs for a temporary House of Commons chamber will allow wheelchair-users who become ministers or shadow ministers to address…
Visitors to new wing ‘will feel the power of the disability protest movement’
A new archive and learning zone dedicated to the disability arts movement is set to inspire a new generation of…
Whistle-blower withdraws offer to help police reopen probe into autistic abuse scandal
A whistle-blower who has vital evidence of serious abuse at a care home for autistic adults has retracted her offer…
Disabled young people have been cheated by support reforms, MPs hear
Disabled young people have told MPs how they have been “cheated” by the government’s new system for supporting pupils and…
Disabled young people have been cheated by support reforms, MPs hear
Disabled young people have told MPs how they have been “cheated” by the government’s new system for supporting pupils and…
DWP ‘victimised’ disabled staff member who claimed discrimination, tribunal finds
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) managers “victimised” a disabled member of staff after she claimed that she had faced…
Landlord discriminated against disabled woman over flat alterations, court rules
A court has ruled that a disabled woman faced unlawful disability discrimination after her landlord refused to allow her to…
TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: ‘Rail industry must be forced to act on access’
The rail industry is breaching its duties under the Equality Act by failing to ensure that vital buttons and other…
