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Deaf campaigner calls on BSL-users to reject ‘tokenistic’ new bill

By John Pring on 3rd February 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Deaf campaigner calls on BSL-users to reject ‘tokenistic’ new bill
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A leading Deaf campaigner has appealed to fellow users of British Sign Language (BSL) to reject a “tokenistic” new bill that claims to offer them new rights. Jeff McWhinney has called on BSL-users to examine the content of the British Sign […]

Government ‘must tear up national disability strategy’ after high court defeat

By John Pring on 27th January 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government ‘must tear up national disability strategy’ after high court defeat
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Disabled campaigners have called on the government to tear up its “fundamentally broken” National Disability Strategy, after the high court ruled that the much-criticised document was unlawful. The high court found that a botched consultation had made it “impossible” for disabled […]

Questions over strength of new BSL bill, as government signals support

By John Pring on 27th January 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Questions over strength of new BSL bill, as government signals support
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Deaf people will show their support outside parliament tomorrow (Friday) for legislation that would secure legal status for British Sign Language (BSL), after a wait of nearly 20 years. The rally is taking place on the day that Labour MP Rosie […]

Disabled activist’s ‘hate speech’ campaign has sweet success with retailers

By John Pring on 13th January 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled activist’s ‘hate speech’ campaign has sweet success with retailers
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At least three major retailers appear to have taken action over their own brands of a top-selling type of sweet after pressure from a disabled activist who has linked its name to disability hate speech. Dr Erin Pritchard, a lecturer in […]

Document reveals government’s delays in fixing ‘shocking’ COP26 access failures

By John Pring on 22nd December 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Document reveals government’s delays in fixing ‘shocking’ COP26 access failures
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The UK government failed to ensure that serious faults exposed by an accessibility audit were fixed in time for the start of the Glasgow COP26 climate change conference, an official document released to Disability News Service (DNS) has revealed. The access […]

Disabled activists are prepared for prison after clampdown on right to protest

By John Pring on 22nd December 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled activists are prepared for prison after clampdown on right to protest
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Disabled activists have said they are prepared to break the law, and even go to prison, if the government succeeds in bringing in new legislation that will crack down on the right to protest. Dolly Sen and Ellen Clifford were speaking […]

Call for action on ‘unique’ barriers facing people with energy-limiting impairments

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

Call for action on ‘unique’ barriers facing people with energy-limiting impairments
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A major survey has shown the significant – and often unique – barriers faced by people with energy-limiting conditions (ELC). Nearly every survey respondent (98 per cent) said that lack of understanding of ELC was a barrier to inclusion. The second […]

StopSIM members speak of huge toll of campaign and lack of support from charities

By John Pring on 2nd December 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

StopSIM members speak of huge toll of campaign and lack of support from charities
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Five disabled activists who helped expose an “unlawful, unethical and unacceptable” mental health scheme have spoken of the huge personal toll their campaigning has taken on them, and the lack of support they received from the large mental health charities. The […]

‘Deeply dangerous’ WeThe15 campaign exposed by failure to criticise COP26

By John Pring on 25th November 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘Deeply dangerous’ WeThe15 campaign exposed by failure to criticise COP26
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The failure of international organisations at the heart of a major new disability rights campaign to criticise governments for side-lining disabled people in the Glasgow climate change agreement has exposed their efforts as “deeply dangerous”, say activists. International Disability Alliance (IDA) […]

UK government admits widespread disability access failures at COP26

By John Pring on 11th November 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

UK government admits widespread disability access failures at COP26
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The UK government has admitted widespread and serious access failings at this month’s COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. As well as accepting that there have been problems with the accessible entrance to the conference, the UK government – which is […]

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