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COMMENT: How to support our Paralympians, from a disability rights perspective

By John Pring on 31st August 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

COMMENT: How to support our Paralympians, from a disability rights perspective
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We’re just a week away now from the start of the Rio Paralympics, an event that for disabled people – depending on their viewpoint – is somewhere between a glorious celebration of sporting endeavour and a loathsome festival of ‘inspiration porn’. Chief […]

DWP hides seven secret benefit suicide reviews

By John Pring on 25th August 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP hides seven secret benefit suicide reviews
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is refusing to publish nine secret reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants, despite finally admitting that seven of them relate to people who took their own lives. DWP only released the information after […]

Government ‘has stripped Paralympians of their Motability vehicles’

By John Pring on 25th August 2016 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Government ‘has stripped Paralympians of their Motability vehicles’
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Paralympians heading to Rio next week have lost their Motability vehicles after being reassessed as part of the government’s programme of benefit cuts and reforms, a member of the ParalympicsGB team has revealed. Some Paralympians have spoken previously of the importance […]

Paralympian calls for inquiry into ‘unacceptable’ Rio failures

By John Pring on 25th August 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Paralympian calls for inquiry into ‘unacceptable’ Rio failures
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The failure of the organisers of the Rio Paralympics to treat the event on a par with the Olympic Games is “unacceptable” and has to be challenged, according to a leading figure in the UK Paralympic movement. David Clarke, who chairs […]

DPAC’s 1,000-name letter backs Corbyn, disabled people’s champion

By John Pring on 25th August 2016 Category: Politics

DPAC’s 1,000-name letter backs Corbyn, disabled people’s champion
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More than 1, 000 Deaf and disabled people and their allies have backed Jeremy Corbyn’s bid to be re-elected as Labour leader after signing a letter recognising his years of support for key disability rights campaigns. The letter was written by […]

Justice project will help DPOs tackle discrimination through the courts

By John Pring on 25th August 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Justice project will help DPOs tackle discrimination through the courts
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A new user-led project will help disabled people in London use the law to fight for their independent living rights, and combat the discrimination they face from providers of goods and services. Inclusion London’s Disability Justice Project will support disabled people’s […]

Countdown to Rio: Rowlings ready to ‘smash it’ after years of ‘selfish’ preparation

By John Pring on 25th August 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Countdown to Rio: Rowlings ready to ‘smash it’ after years of ‘selfish’ preparation
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When Ben Rowlings lines up on the start-line in Rio, he will know that he could not have done anything more to prepare himself for his bid to win a medal. The wheelchair racer, who is taking part in his first […]

Countdown to Rio: Baker and JP are ready for anything as they head to Brazil

By John Pring on 25th August 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Countdown to Rio: Baker and JP are ready for anything as they head to Brazil
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It’s nearly four years since Natasha Baker claimed two gold medals at London 2012, but the “fantastic” memories she has of her home Paralympic Games means it feels to her as if it was only last year. And she says her […]

Countdown to Rio: Skelhon ready to medal after winning battle with motivation

By John Pring on 25th August 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Countdown to Rio: Skelhon ready to medal after winning battle with motivation
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Matt Skelhon admits that he has struggled with his motivation in the lead-up to his third Paralympic games. Having competed in Beijing – where he won shooting gold – and in London, where he won silver and bronze, and becoming world […]

‘Shocking’ Rio funding crisis could see 50 countries forced to withdraw

By John Pring on 18th August 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

‘Shocking’ Rio funding crisis could see 50 countries forced to withdraw
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Paralympians have spoken of their shock at learning that 50 of the poorest nations could have to withdraw from next month’s Paralympic Games in Rio because of financial problems facing Brazil’s organising committee. Thousands of athletes from countries that were relying […]

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