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A disabled peer has appealed for more than 10 000 people to put their names to a new campaigning charter, in order to pressure health bosses and politicians into improving England’s much-criticised wheelchair services. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson posed for pictures outside […]
Many of the country’s leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have backed calls for a new, national network to represent user-led groups across England. The conference (pictured) organised by the Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) produced an overwhelming consensus on the need […]
A leading researcher and writer has called on disabled people and their organisations to build alliances with other groups hit by the “dysfunctional, unhealthy” economy. Jenny Morris, who helped write the Labour government’s Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People white […]
Disabled activists halted traffic around Westminster three times in a protest against further government austerity measures, just as Tory chancellor George Osborne was delivering a budget that will slash billions of pounds from disabled people’s support. The #Balls2TheBudget protests began in […]
Disabled activists are planning a return to parliament next week, just a fortnight after they caused national headlines by trying to invade prime minister’s questions. Last week, members of Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) attempted to occupy the main Commons chamber (pictured), […]
Disabled activists are to hold a protest about a new government scheme that will see mental health therapists installed in a south London jobcentre. Members of the Mental Health Resistance Network (MHRN) are also furious that a new “Living Well Hub”, […]
A disabled campaigner has described how he was “knocked for six” after learning that he had been recognised with an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours. Shaun Webster becomes one of a select group of people with learning difficulties who have […]
A disability charity has been accused of hypocrisy and misleading the public, after its chief executive publicly backed the living wage for care staff, while continuing to pay her own employees just above the minimum wage. Claire Pelham, chief executive of […]
More campaigners have added their voices to calls for a new national organisation of disabled people that they hope would bring together the “fragmented” disability movement. The idea is still being widely discussed, even though at least two of the campaigners […]
A company that used the online marketplace eBay to advertise a “vile” car bumper sticker that suggested disabled people were faking their impairments has been forced to apologise and withdraw it from sale. The £2.50 sticker featured the traditional wheelchair symbol, […]