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Thousands of deaf people are protesting over new government guidance that makes it harder for them to obtain the support they need to communicate in the workplace. The Access to Work (AtW) guidance means that any deaf person who needs more […]
Disabled campaigners have raised concerns that an MP could be damaging the fight against disability hate crime by introducing a parliamentary bill that focuses on people with autism and learning difficulties. The hate crime (people with learning difficulties and learning disabilities) […]
Independent living has transformed lives and should be seen as a “treasure” that should be “celebrated” rather than “taken away from us”, one of its pioneers has told a parliamentary meeting. John Evans, who 30 years ago was liberated from a […]
Disabled people have travelled from across the country to have their testimony about the impact of government cuts recorded so that it can be passed to a UN human rights expert. They spoke of friends who had killed themselves in despair […]
A disabled man has described how he was forced to scavenge for food from supermarket bins, as a result of the government’s welfare reforms. Clive Baulch was one of about 20 disabled people who presented personal evidence about the impact of […]
The government contractor Atos Healthcare is apparently refusing to review what could be hundreds of disability assessments, after a nurse was sacked for carrying out “fitness for work” tests while drunk. Heather Margaret Macbean performed work capability assessments (WCAs) for Atos […]
A Labour campaigner and disability rights activist could be set to become the first MP who uses the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Pam Duncan is seeking to be selected by her local Labour party to fight the Falkirk seat at the […]
A cabinet minister and the boss of government contractor Atos Healthcare have both told MPs they know nothing about a major change that leaves disabled benefit claimants at the mercy of civil servants with no medical knowledge. Disability News Service (DNS) […]
The new minister for disabled people has been caught giving false information to an MP about the distance disabled people will have to travel to reach their face-to-face assessments for the government’s new disability benefit. Mike Penning had been asked by […]
The government should be “held to account” over its failure to meet its independent living obligations under the UN disability convention, according to a leading disabled peer. Baroness [Jane] Campbell said that disabled people would be “stuffed” if the government went […]