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Independent Living

May 19, 2016 0

Research will examine the ‘untold stories’ of LGBT service-users

By Raya Al Jadir New research will investigate the “untold stories” of disabled lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the social care system. The study will explore the experiences of LGBT disabled men and women who use direct payments or personal budgets to fund their social care. It has been launched by

Arts, Culture and Sport

May 5, 2016

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Language, love and research feature in 11th Blogging Against Disablism Day

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By Raya Al Jadir Disabled people have taken part in the 11th annual Blogging Against Disablism Day, sharing their “experiences observations and thoughts about disability discrimination”. Across 18 different areas, ranging from education to art and science, some bloggers shared their own stories of prejudice, while others analysed society’s disablist attitudes. Holly Matthes, a

Politics

March 10, 2016

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Brexit ‘would have dire consequences for disabled people’

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By Raya Al Jadir and John Pring Leaving the European Union (EU) would have “harmful” and “dire” consequences for disabled people, according to two of the first leading disabled figures to speak out on June’s referendum. The UK will decide whether to leave the EU in a referendum on 23 June, but almost nothing

Arts, Culture and Sport

December 23, 2015

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Disabled actor criticises industry’s ‘backward attitude’, 20 years on

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By Raya Al Jadir A disabled actor, artist and activist has criticised the film industry for its continuing failure to address discrimination, after he was dropped from a role and replaced with a non-disabled actor. Chris Tally Evans (pictured) was originally handed the part of a blind man in the short film In This House,

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Penny Pepper in front of a shelf full of books

December 17, 2015

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‘A book that must be published’

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By Penny Pepper A small council flat in Leytonstone, nestled on an estate within the posh Victorian town houses; my first London home. It’s 1985 and I’m learning with my best friend Kate the exhausting realities for two wheelchair-users living without any genuine social care. Our fast beloved home help Sandra – sent directly

Transport

December 4, 2015

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Blanket scooter bans on trains must end, say conga-dancing campaigners

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By Raya Al Jadir Disabled transport campaigners have called on three train companies to remove blanket bans that prevent all scooter-users from using their services. To mark the campaign members of the user-led campaigning organisation Transport for All (TfA) took part on Tuesday in a musical conga through Victoria station in London. They presented

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Liz Carr head and shoulders, as the character Clarissa Mullery

October 30, 2015

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History month could pressure government on media portrayal

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By Raya Al Jadir Organisers of the UK’s annual disability history month hope this year’s event will pressure the government into living up to its responsibility to promote the positive portrayal of disabled people in the media. UK Disability History Month (UKDHM), which runs from 22 November to 22 December, will look at how

Human Rights

August 5, 2015

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COMMENT: UN disability convention must adapt to the shape of things to come

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By Laszlo Lovaszy, member of the UN’s Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; lecturer at the University of Pecs, Hungary; and adviser to the European Parliament As a member of the CRPD committee, I am responsible for scrutinizing the implementation of the convention in those states that have ratified it, but it

News Archive

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‘Forced medication is a violent assault’

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The Mental Health Resistance Network considers Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) to be a profound violation of human rights and we regard the use of forced medication to be a violent assault. In the UK we do not inflict physical punishment on convicted criminals yet it is considered acceptable to inject potent chemicals, by force,

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