The equality watchdog’s disability commissioner has told UK airlines to “show leadership” and promise to pay full compensation to disabled passengers whose mobility equipment is damaged in transit. Lord [Chris] Holmes spoke out after it emerged that airlines were still relying […]
First figures on ESA mandatory reconsideration ‘show it is just a delaying tactic’
Five disabled peers call for audio-visual systems for all new buses
MPs back away from banning use of Tasers by police in mental health wards
Concerns after Learning Disability England replaces user-led group
Gould honoured for international DaDaFest work
Mental health survivor’s shock at MBE
‘Alarming’ court decision on traffic lights ‘puts blind shoppers at risk’
‘Biopsychosocial’ basis for benefit cuts is ‘cavalier, unevidenced and misleading’
The research that successive governments have relied on to justify slashing disability benefits over more than a decade is riddled with inconsistencies, misleading statements and “unevidenced” claims, according to three disabled academics. A new article by Professor Tom Shakespeare and Professor […]