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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have made “significant” changes to the way they operate because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey has found. Nearly all the English DPOs that took part in the survey, carried out by disAbility Cornwall & Isles […]
Disabled activists in Ukraine have been kidnapped and killed, residential institutions have been shelled, and Deaf people have been unable to escape to shelters because they cannot hear the air raid warnings, a conference has heard. Representatives of leading disabled people’s […]
A new campaign by a disabled people’s organisation is highlighting how a string of projects are driving change in their local community through the principles of co-production. Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living (WCIL) launched its Listen Up Wiltshire campaign in 2019 […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally released 90 pages of emails that include information about Disability News Service (DNS) editor John Pring, following a two-and-a-half-year legal battle. It has taken since January 2020 to obtain the information from […]
Disabled activists have pledged that new government plans to criminalise many of those who take part in direct action protests will not stop them taking to the streets to fight oppression. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), which has embarrassed successive governments […]
The equality watchdog has again refused to apologise for failing disabled people, after suggesting publicly that people experiencing symptoms of long Covid should not be entitled to protection from the Equality Act. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) sparked outrage […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across the UK are “constantly threatened” by a lack of core funding, despite the “crucial” services they provide, according to a new report. The report on the state of the UK DPO sector suggests that its annual […]
Members of the Disabled People’s Direct Action Network (DAN) were back on the streets on Friday, delivering demands to the government and protesting at the ongoing “hostile environment” facing disabled people, more than 10 years after their last demonstration. At one […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and disabled activists have written to the equality and human rights watchdog to express their deep concern over its decision to scrap its disability advisory committee. In the letter to the chair of the Equality and Human […]
Deaf activists have raised serious concerns about a new government-backed British Sign Language (BSL) bill that could be about to become law. BSL-users have been warned repeatedly that the new bill, put forward by Labour MP Rosie Cooper, will provide them […]