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Disabled athletes are set to have a voice near the heart of the British Paralympic Association (BPA), after the organisation announced that it was setting up a new Athletes’ Commission. The commission will act as an advisory group to the BPA, […]
People with dyslexia and other learning difficulties are being prevented from qualifying as apprentices because they are not allowed to use assisted technology to help them pass vital English and maths tests, according to a disabled peer. The Liberal Democrat peer […]
A leading disabled people’s organisation is hoping that its move to a new council-run “community hub” will help it deliver a boost to inclusion in local schools and services. Breakthrough UK has moved its head office from Ardwick, east Manchester, where […]
The government’s new care bill is unlikely to have a major impact on disabled people’s lives and well-being unless significant new funding is found, say campaigners. They spoke out as members of the all party parliamentary disability group (APPDG) held a […]
At least 70,000 disability hate crimes are committed every year, although the true number is likely to be far higher, according to new research by the equality watchdog. The Crime and Disabled People report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission […]
Three organisations have told how they arranged unpaid work placements for disabled clients from a welfare-to-work provider that is facing a government investigation over an alleged specialist work programme “scam”. Each organisation has told Disability News Service (DNS) they accepted the […]
The horrific murder of a disabled man bears the hallmarks of some of the most notorious disability hate crime killings of the last 10 years, say shocked campaigners. Bijan Ebrahimi was kicked unconscious and then set alight by 24-year-old Lee James, […]
Leading disabled campaigners have expressed anger and alarm, and have called for answers from the police and other agencies, after details emerged of yet another horrific, disability-related murder. Bijan Ebrahimi was kicked unconscious, doused in white spirit and then set alight […]
A leading disability arts organisation has secured £1.5 million of lottery funding to develop a programme of “ambitious and high quality work” by disabled artists over the next three years. Shape Arts will use the funding – shared with arts producing […]
Disabled activists from many of the country’s most influential grassroots, user-led organisations have met for the first time at an historic “summit” meeting in London. They were there to discuss developing their own replacement for the hated work capability assessment (WCA), […]