The government has refused to say if the former minister for disabled people will present any medals to Paralympic athletes over the final days of London 2012. The failure to clarify whether Maria Miller – announced yesterday (Tuesday) as the new […]
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COMMENT: ‘Devastation’ as keeper’s brilliance denies GB place in semi-final
“Devastated, absolutely devastated, ” was how captain David Clarke described how he felt after GB’s five-a-side (blind) football side yesterday failed to secure the two-goal victory they needed to qualify for the semi-finals. “I am absolutely destroyed by what has happened […]
COMMENT: Blanking out Atos with a black pen
It was a small gesture of solidarity, nothing more, but I have to admit that it was satisfying. Taking my new black Staedtler permanent marker pen and blanking out the word “Atos” on my Paralympic accreditation and the “lanyard” that hangs […]
COMMENT: Weir and Co banish thoughts of LOCOG
After discovering that LOCOG has refused – yes, refused – to provide information to visitors to the Olympic Park in accessible formats, I needed some top-notch, edge-of-the-seat sporting action to help lift my jaw off the floor. And to remind me […]
New network aims to unite disability movement
Many of the country’s leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and disabled activists have agreed to set up a new campaigning network in a bid to unite the disability movement. They hope their new network will bring together the traditional disability movement […]
DWP silent on which organisations were tipped off about new ‘alliance’
The government has refused to say which organisations it approached in advance about setting up a new “alliance” of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), charities and private and public sector organisations. Concern at the proposal to set up the new Disability Action […]
London 2012: LOCOG defends lack of disabled talent in closing ceremony
The organisers of London 2012 have been heavily criticised after admitting that only 37 of the 1, 100 volunteers who performed in the Paralympic Games closing ceremony were disabled people. This proportion of 3.4 per cent is slightly higher than the […]
Liberal Democrat conference: Confusion over party’s position on disability benefits cuts
The Liberal Democrats have refused to rule out further government attacks on disability benefits, even though their president has suggested the party will not allow any more cuts. Tim Farron was speaking to Disability News Service (DNS) after party members voted […]
Liberal Democrat conference: Osborne ‘partly to blame’ for care funding failure
The chancellor, George Osborne, and his civil servants in the Treasury are to blame for the government’s failure to deliver vital reform of the funding of long-term care and support, according to the former Liberal Democrat care services minister. Paul Burstow, […]
Liberal Democrat conference: Disabled MP says welfare reform heading ‘in right direction’
A disabled Liberal Democrat MP has insisted that the government is “moving in the right direction” with its programme of welfare reforms. Stephen Lloyd, a member of the Commons work and pensions committee, said he believed measures to improve the much-criticised […]