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Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: No 10 faces legal action threat over inaccessible information

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: No 10 faces legal action threat over inaccessible information
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A disabled campaigner has warned the UK government that its failure to provide vital public health information about the pandemic crisis in an accessible format is risking the lives of blind and partially-sighted people. Rachael Andrews, who uses screen-reading software, has […]

Coronavirus: MPs hear of disabled people’s struggle to survive pandemic

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: MPs hear of disabled people’s struggle to survive pandemic
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Disabled people have described how they have been abandoned by the UK government, local authorities, and the supermarket giants, as they struggle to survive during the pandemic crisis. Their descriptions of their experiences over the last two months are included in […]

Coronavirus: NHS faces legal action over ‘unsafe and discriminatory’ visitor policy  

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: NHS faces legal action over ‘unsafe and discriminatory’ visitor policy  
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A disabled woman with high support needs has launched a legal action against NHS England, after it refused to update its policy on visitors that would prevent her being accompanied into hospital if she became ill with coronavirus. Fleur Perry says […]

Coronavirus round-up: NSUN grants, BSL, education, Access to Work… and supermarkets

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus round-up: NSUN grants, BSL, education, Access to Work… and supermarkets
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A new fund is offering grants to user-led and community groups in England that are providing support to people in mental distress during the coronavirus crisis. The fund is being run by the National Survivor User Network (NSUN), and offers grants […]

Coronavirus: BSL-users launch mass legal action over government ‘discrimination’

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: BSL-users launch mass legal action over government ‘discrimination’
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More than 150 Deaf people have begun a legal class action against the UK government over its failure to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at its televised daily coronavirus briefings. They are seeking damages from the government – and […]

‘People with chronic illness face hostility and isolation’, says pioneering report

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘People with chronic illness face hostility and isolation’, says pioneering report
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People with chronic illness face hostility and isolation because of society’s failure to understand how their impairment affects their lives, according to the results of a ground-breaking piece of user-led research. The research concluded that the most “fundamental oppression” experienced by […]

ROFA conference sees calls for charities to make way for DPOs

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

ROFA conference sees calls for charities to make way for DPOs
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Disabled people’s organisations have called on charities that are not user-led to “move over and stop taking our space”. The calls came during the Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) national conference, which had been due to take place in Manchester, but […]

Coronavirus: Government’s continuing failure on PA guidance ‘will cost lives’

By John Pring on 9th April 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: Government’s continuing failure on PA guidance ‘will cost lives’
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The government’s continuing failure to produce accessible information and guidance to help disabled people protect themselves during the coronavirus crisis is unacceptable and will cost lives, disabled people’s organisations have warned. Disabled campaigners spoke out after the Department of Health and […]

Coronavirus: Joint action from disability movement secures NHS treatment pledge

By John Pring on 9th April 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: Joint action from disability movement secures NHS treatment pledge
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Senior health figures have promised that the NHS will “always seek to fully protect” the rights of disabled people during the coronavirus pandemic, after responding to concerns raised in a statement by scores of disabled campaigners and user-led organisations. The response from […]

Disabled woman renews five-year battle over accessible vote ‘humiliation’

By John Pring on 9th April 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled woman renews five-year battle over accessible vote ‘humiliation’
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A disabled woman is taking fresh legal action against the government after it failed yet again to ensure that she had an accessible way to vote independently in December’s general election. Rachael Andrews (pictured) has been trying since 2015 to use […]

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