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Three leading campaigners are urging other disabled people and allies to join the fight to fend off the latest parliamentary attempt to legalise assisted suicide. Baroness [Jane] Campbell, Sir Bert Massie and Dr Alice Maynard are among those disabled people who […]
Deaf people across the UK are facing exclusion and discrimination on an almost daily basis, according to a new report that will be submitted to the United Nations (UN). The draft British Deaf Association (BDA) report includes evidence of healthcare treatment […]
A disabled activist is threatening legal action after he was denied an accessible way of voting without having to turn up to the polling station in person. Graham Kirwan told the elections watchdog, the Electoral Commission, that he wished to vote […]
The minister for disabled people appears to have bowed to pressure from Deaf campaigners over new rules that made it harder for them to secure the support they needed to communicate in the workplace. The new government guidance, introduced last year, […]
By Charlotte Wingfield A new campaign aims to change the workplace from a “hostile” environment to one that is far more welcoming to people with facial disfigurements. The charity Changing Faces says discrimination is still “rife”, so there is a need […]
Plaid Cymru is the party that appears to have the strongest commitment to disability rights, in advance of next week’s elections to the European parliament. The Welsh nationalist party came out top in a survey of the seven biggest political parties […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted that it failed to interview two whistleblowers who made serious allegations of fraud by a private sector provider within the government’s specialist work programme for disabled people. DWP supposedly launched an investigation […]
The former government adviser who carried out three independent reviews of the controversial work capability assessment (WCA) has told MPs that the test is “not working” and must be made more “humane”. Professor Malcolm Harrington also made a string of damaging […]
A disabled campaigner is hoping to create a new way of funding transport access improvements – by persuading London’s mayor to set up a public fund that would allow individuals, councils and businesses to contribute towards the cost. Conrad Tokarczyk, from […]
A comedian and activist has accused the government of forcing her and other disabled people to beg for their basic human rights. Francesca Martinez was speaking during a debate on the impact of government cuts on disabled people, held in a […]