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Report finds support for efforts to find a social model of mental distress

By John Pring on 9th June 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Report finds support for efforts to find a social model of mental distress
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Most mental health service-users are still deeply divided about identifying with the social model of disability, but still favour moving away from the medicalised attitude of professionals and towards a more “social” approach, according to a new report. The user-led research […]

COMMENT: DWP press office and the art of facts avoidance

By John Pring on 3rd June 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

COMMENT: DWP press office and the art of facts avoidance
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This is a blog which I shouldn’t have to write, but which I think demonstrates just how desperate the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has become to avoid admitting uncomfortable truths about its policies and performance. I believe this is […]

Labour backs away from McDonnell’s calls for a shadow minister for neurodiversity

By John Pring on 2nd June 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Labour backs away from McDonnell’s calls for a shadow minister for neurodiversity
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The Labour party has refused to back calls from its own shadow chancellor to create a shadow minister for neurodiversity. The support for the idea from shadow chancellor John McDonnell came after a disabled campaigner wrote an open letter to new […]

Leonard Cheshire set to scrap disabled-only team over budget black hole

By John Pring on 28th April 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Leonard Cheshire set to scrap disabled-only team over budget black hole
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A disability charity is set to scrap a team of disabled staff members dedicated to empowering the residents of its care homes, in a bid to cope with a budgetary black hole. Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD) has told its award-winning, 14-strong […]

‘Enforcement is key on Equality Act’

By John Pring on 28th April 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘Enforcement is key on Equality Act’
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Lawyers campaigners, peers and academics have spoken of how disabled people can find it almost impossible to enforce their rights to equality, six years after the introduction of the Equality Act. They were speaking at a seminar in London – organised […]

Disabled Access Day sees venue numbers quadruple

By John Pring on 28th April 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled Access Day sees venue numbers quadruple
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More than 1 000 venues and an estimated 10, 000 people took part in the second annual Disabled Access Day, according to a new report. The figures show that last month’s event, which saw eight countries taking part, attracted 10 times […]

Tory peer faces calls to quit as EHRC commissioner over support for WRAG cuts

By John Pring on 21st April 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Tory peer faces calls to quit as EHRC commissioner over support for WRAG cuts
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Disabled campaigners are calling for the resignation of the equality watchdog’s disability commissioner, the disabled Tory peer Lord [Chris] Holmes, after he voted in favour of disability benefit cuts when they had been condemned by his own organisation. The letter to […]

ROFA’s conference call to DPOs is next step towards international influence

By John Pring on 14th April 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

ROFA’s conference call to DPOs is next step towards international influence
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A national conference is set to provide disabled people and their organisations across England with an opportunity to come together to discuss key disability rights issues, share their campaigning successes, and secure a collective voice on the international stage. The Reclaiming […]

Trio of user-led organisations challenge London’s next mayor on equality

By John Pring on 7th April 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Trio of user-led organisations challenge London’s next mayor on equality
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A trio of user-led organisations have challenged the capital’s next mayor to address the inequality faced by disabled Londoners. Inclusion London, The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) and Transport for All launched a manifesto this week, which brings together the key […]

More disabled people add their voices to Brexit opposition

By John Pring on 17th March 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

More disabled people add their voices to Brexit opposition
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More disabled people have come forward to argue that a decision to quit the European Union (EU) would harm disability rights in the UK. Until last week, nothing had been said publicly about the potential impact on disabled people of a […]

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