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the blog: Winterbourne View: 50 years of broken promises

By John Pring on 12th December 2012 Category: Archive, News Archive

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Winterbourne View: 50 years of broken promises “There are far too many people with learning disabilities or autism staying too long in hospital or residential homes and even though many are receiving good care in these settings, many should not be […]

Winterbourne View: 50 years of broken promises

By John Pring on 12th December 2012 Category: News Archive

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“There are far too many people with learning disabilities or autism staying too long in hospital or residential homes, and even though many are receiving good care in these settings, many should not be there and could lead happier lives elsewhere. […]

Leveson’s third party reporting call ‘is no slippery slope’

By John Pring on 12th December 2012 Category: News Archive

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The government must back Lord Justice Leveson’s call for disabled people’s organisations to be allowed to lodge complaints with the press regulator about misleading and disablist newspaper coverage, say campaigners. A letter published in The Guardian this week says disabled people, […]

Coalition packs equality duty review with friendly faces

By John Pring on 6th December 2012 Category: News Archive

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The panel set up to review a vital piece of equality legislation has been packed with Conservative and Liberal Democrat politicians, adding to fears of a new government assault on disabled people’s protection from discrimination. The government also appears to have […]

Budget benefit cuts are ‘serious threat’ to independence

By John Pring on 6th December 2012 Category: News Archive

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Hundreds of thousands of disabled people without work are to be hit hard by further cuts to their support, despite the chancellor’s claims in his autumn statement that he was protecting disability benefits. George Osborne announced this week that he would […]

ODI silence suggests ministers think alliance voices will be more to their liking

By John Pring on 6th December 2012 Category: News Archive

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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have questioned the government’s willingness to listen to disabled people, following the first meeting of a new “alliance” set up to advise the government on disability issues. Leading disabled figures who attended a preliminary meeting of the […]

Just three Remploy factories could be left when the dust settles

By John Pring on 6th December 2012 Category: News Archive

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Plans to remove all government funding from Remploy’s sheltered factories could leave just three of them operating in the private sector or as social enterprises, with the loss of hundreds more jobs. Only four years ago, there were 83 factories spread […]

Anger as government adds disabled people to workfare scheme

By John Pring on 6th December 2012 Category: News Archive

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Disabled people could now be forced to work indefinitely for their out-of-work benefits, as a result of new government rules introduced this week. Those who fail to co-operate with the periods of “work experience” arranged for them could have their benefits […]

Key London 2012 adviser describes ‘frustration’ with LOCOG access failures

By John Pring on 6th December 2012 Category: Archive, News Archive

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A disabled consultant who played a key role in ensuring the accessibility of London 2012’s purpose-built venues has spoken of her frustration that the events themselves did not match some of those high access standards. Margaret Hickish began working as an […]

English Heritage reveals a time and a place for disability history

By John Pring on 6th December 2012 Category: News Archive

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From churches designed for Deaf congregations to the first schools for blind children and one of the earliest disabled people’s organisations, a new website project charts the history of disabled people through the buildings they have used. Disability in Time and […]

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