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Disabled man forced to turn fridge off for 90 minutes at a time as UC cut looms

By John Pring on 7th October 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled man forced to turn fridge off for 90 minutes at a time as UC cut looms
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A disabled man has described how he is turning his fridge off for 90 minutes at a time to try to save on his electricity bill, as he prepares for his universal credit to be cut by £20 a week this […]

Video van drives disabled voices right to the edge of Tory conference

By John Pring on 7th October 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Video van drives disabled voices right to the edge of Tory conference
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A video screen showing messages from disabled people to the UK government has been driven around the streets of central Manchester, as ministers were taking part in the annual Conservative party conference just a few hundred yards away. The video screen […]

Concern as Tomlinson grants Disability Rights UK control over ministerial access

By John Pring on 23rd September 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Concern as Tomlinson grants Disability Rights UK control over ministerial access
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The minister for disabled people’s final public words before he was sacked in a reshuffle have raised fresh concerns about the government’s failure to engage with the disabled people’s movement. Justin Tomlinson told MPs last week that he would be asking […]

Autistic campaigners to protest over study that sparked ‘eugenics’ fears

By John Pring on 16th September 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Autistic campaigners to protest over study that sparked ‘eugenics’ fears
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Autistic campaigners are to protest outside a University of Cambridge autism research centre over a £3 million study they fear could be used to find a cure for autism, or even to attempt to eradicate it altogether through pre-natal screening. Their […]

Opponents of assisted suicide must ‘shout louder’, after doctors vote for neutrality

By John Pring on 16th September 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Opponents of assisted suicide must ‘shout louder’, after doctors vote for neutrality
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Disabled campaigners have called on those who oppose the legalisation of assisted suicide to “shout louder” about their opposition, after doctors voted by a tiny margin to move to a position of neutrality on the issue. Representatives of doctors and medical […]

Mobile video screen will tell delegates the ‘appalling’ truth about their Tory government

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Mobile video screen will tell delegates the ‘appalling’ truth about their Tory government
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Anti-cuts activists are to hire a mobile video screen that will give disabled people the chance to tell members of the Conservative party attending their annual conference what they think of the government’s “appalling” breaches of their rights. Manchester Disabled People […]

DPAC hopes to make some noise as it returns to the streets

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPAC hopes to make some noise as it returns to the streets
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Disabled activists are hoping to make some noise when they raise concerns about imminent cuts to universal credit in their first direct action since the start of the pandemic. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is hoping its #AudioRiot protest in central […]

Activist’s exposé of social care system shows some ‘live in state of fear’

By John Pring on 12th August 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Activist’s exposé of social care system shows some ‘live in state of fear’
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A disabled activist has used his 35 years of experience as a service-user to write a detailed exposé of England’s social care system. Donald O’Neal’s book – The Lack of Care Act 2014 – combines detailed research, knowledge built up as […]

Government’s strategy fails to support DPOs, as more close due to ‘hostile environment’

By John Pring on 5th August 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government’s strategy fails to support DPOs, as more close due to ‘hostile environment’
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The government has been criticised for failing to support disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) through its National Disability Strategy, as new figures provide further evidence of the “extremely hostile” environment they are facing. The strategy, heavily-criticised by DPOs on its release last […]

National Disability Strategy: Outrage over ‘rehashed’ strategy that is ‘not fit for purpose’

By John Pring on 30th July 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

National Disability Strategy: Outrage over ‘rehashed’ strategy that is ‘not fit for purpose’
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have expressed “outrage” at the UK government’s decision to launch a “tokenistic” and “rehashed” National Disability Strategy that is “not fit for purpose”, and was not developed in co-production with DPOs. A network of more than 20 […]

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