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The government and its contractor Atos Healthcare have strongly denied claims by an alleged whistleblower that civil servants ordered assessors to make it harder for disabled people to claim the coalition’s new disability benefit. Scores of disabled campaigners saw an email […]
The government’s advisers on legal reform have been criticised after backing away from recommendations that would have strengthened the law on disability hate crime. The Law Commission has discarded or watered down recommendations in two out of three areas of hate […]
Local councils across England and Wales should be given new powers to ban taxi-drivers from ignoring disabled people who try to hail their cabs, according to a new report from the government’s advisers on law reform. The Law Commission also said […]
The government’s education reforms have come under heavy attack from delegates at the TUC’s annual disabled workers’ conference. Delegates approved an emergency motion opposing cuts to disabled students’ allowance (DSA), which were announced at the beginning of last month and apply […]
A disabled journalist has gone from novice stand-up to performing at London’s renowned Comedy Store in just two weeks, in a bid to find out whether preconceptions about disabled people affect how funny an audience finds their material. Paul Carter had […]
Businesses have an “extraordinary opportunity” to grab a greater market share by becoming more inclusive, according to a disabled social entrepreneur. Caroline Casey, founder of the Irish social enterprise Kanchi, said that boosting inclusion creates a competitive advantage for businesses. She […]
Technology companies have a major role to play in improving the lives of the one billion disabled people across the world, according to a leading telecommunications analyst. Chris Lewis, the founder and chief executive of Lewis Insights, was speaking as Telefonica […]
A new online marketplace should reduce the time it takes for Deaf people to find a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter, and help avoid the huge fees charged by some of the big translation agencies. The new Lingoing website allows potential […]
A European court ruling that has rubber-stamped the withdrawal of overnight care from a retired ballerina is yet another attack on the gains made by the disabled people’s movement over the last 40 years, say campaigners. They spoke out after the […]
Disabled activists have accused the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of “deplorable” behaviour, after it tried – and failed – to delay legal attempts to reduce the discriminatory impact of its controversial “fitness for work” test. A tribunal decided this […]