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Pity, “microagressions”, sheltered workshops and iphones were just some of the subjects of blogs from around the world that were published as part of the ninth annual Blogging Against Disablism Day (BADD). The aim of the day – created by disabled […]
A disabled student is embarking on a piece of research that aims to “paint a comprehensive picture” of the accessibility of travel, both in the UK and abroad. David Fraser, a postgraduate student in the tourism and hospitality department of Plymouth […]
Posted by The Mobility Superstore: www.themobilitysuperstore.co.uk It’s the age-old question that millions of disabled people have had to grapple with over the years: When should people disclose an impairment or health condition to an employer? Disabled jobseekers often do an awful […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing accusations of a cover-up, after clearing one of its specialist welfare-to-work providers of fraud allegations, despite refusing to interview either of the two whistleblowers. Perveen Sud and Reena Gour came forward last […]
The government’s own benefits advisers have called on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to assess the overall impact of its far-reaching programme of welfare reforms on disabled people, a task ministers have repeatedly claimed is impossible. A study published […]
Labour shadow ministers have been accused of “paying lip service to disabled people”, after the party commissioned a report on breaking the link between disability and poverty and then refused to publicise its conclusions. The Disability and Poverty Taskforce was set […]
A future Labour government should make a “wise investment” in disabled people in order to break the link between disability and poverty, according to a new report for the party. The Disability and Poverty Taskforce was set up by Labour and […]
Hopes that disabled people and their organisations could come together to produce a single “shadow” report on how the UK is implementing the UN disability convention appear to be in tatters, with four separate documents apparently being prepared. The UN committee […]
Campaigners on both sides of a heated discussion about how best to deliver personalised social care services have called for a wider debate on the issue. One group, headed by Professor Peter Beresford – a self-described “service-user activist” and director of […]
Delays in live subtitles appearing on screen often lead to “omissions and misreporting of information”, according to a new report. The broadcasting watchdog Ofcom this week published its first report on the quality of live subtitling, following a consultation which found […]