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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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]