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Millions of disabled people have been thrown into poverty and social exclusion by the European Union’s attempts to recover from the economic crisis, according to Europe’s leading disabled people’s organisation. The European Disability Forum (EDF) spoke out as it launched its […]
Plans to set up a new user-led organisation for people with learning difficulties in England have been described by an existing national group as “divisive” and “damaging” to the self-advocacy movement. Disabled activists Gary Bourlet and Kaliya Franklin told last month […]
High-heels, institutional abuse, independent living, a bedroom tax protest, and a blunt challenge to the idea of pity… The subjects of the 800 images created by disabled people for the Postcards from the Edge project range across themes of communication, discrimination, […]
A disabled peer is refusing to concede defeat despite the coalition narrowly overturning his amendment to the care bill, which would have provided human rights protection for residents of private sector and charity-run homes. Lord [Colin] Low secured the amendment after […]
Two leading disabled campaigners have joined forces to set up England’s first national user-led organisation for people with learning difficulties. Gary Bourlet, who founded Britain’s first People First organisation in London in 1984, has linked up with Kaliya Franklin, best known […]
A leading campaigner for independent living – and the importance of choice and control for disabled people – has spoken of her “embarrassment” at being recognised with a CBE in the new year honours. Sue Bott, director of policy and development […]
A former treasurer of the British Council of Disabled People, an ex-BBC editor, and a psychiatrist who set up Northern Ireland’s first mental health service for deaf people, are among disabled people recognised in this week’s new year honours. Dr Terry […]