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Head and shoulders of Dr Gregory Burke with a model ship in the background

October 18, 2018 0

High streets ‘need to wake up to the need to communicate with disabled people’

Struggling high street businesses need to “wake up” to the need to communicate with disabled people and their potential £200 billion spending power, according to the founder of an accessibility information website. Dr Gregory Burke told Disability News Service that he still sees many of the same physical access barriers in high streets that

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David Dimbleby waving his hands and smirking

October 11, 2018 0

Anger after minister and BBC undermine ‘silent applause’ reasonable adjustment

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A disabled activist has lodged complaints with the government and the BBC after the broadcaster’s flagship current affairs programme Question Time mocked the idea of using “silent applause” to make political events more accessible for autistic people. BBC Question Time (BBCQT) panellists were asked if they agreed with steps taken by the University of

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A smiling man in a flat cap holding a harmonica

October 4, 2018 0

Harmonica charity confesses to 16 years of discrimination

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A disabled musician is threatening legal action after he was told by a charity organising its annual international harmonica festival that he would have to be carried in his wheelchair up and down a flight of stairs if he wanted to attend. The National Harmonica League (NHL) is set to hold its International Festival

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Jean St Clair, smiling, in a green dress in a street

September 6, 2018 0

Exhibition of photographs aims to show ‘story arc of Deaf community’

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A new exhibition of pictures by two Deaf photographers will highlight the achievements of a dozen Deaf people, and the barriers they face, and help to tell “the story arc of the Deaf community”. Among the 12 subjects to be featured are the award-winning actor and writer Jean St Clair (pictured), who has performed

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A man looks surprised, a woman looks over his shoulder, black and white picture

June 7, 2018 0

Disability Pride events ‘allow disabled people to celebrate who they are’

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Organisers of some of the growing number of Disability Pride events being held across the country have explained why they are so important to disabled people. On Saturday 14 July, the second Disability Pride Brighton will take place, followed two months later, on 16 September, by a Disability Pride celebration in Norwich. They follow

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Natasha Hirst and Phoebe Kemp in front of a hall full of delegates

May 31, 2018 0

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Project Diamond’s flaws lead to boycott

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Three unions are boycotting a scheme that aims to monitor the number of disabled people and other minorities working in the broadcasting industry, because of its failure to release a detailed breakdown showing figures for individual programmes. Delegates at the TUC disabled workers’ conference in Bournemouth heard that the flaws in Project Diamond meant

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Some of the wheelchair spaces at Watford

May 24, 2018 0

Relegated Premier League clubs ‘should use part of “parachute” millions on access’

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Some of the country’s top football clubs have been told by the equality watchdog to spend some of the millions of pounds they receive when promoted and relegated from the Premier League to improve access for disabled fans. The call to spend part of the “balloon” and “parachute” payments on disability access came in

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Suzanne Bull speaking into a microphone from her wheelchair

April 12, 2018 0

Music fans face premium-rate phone charges to book access for live events

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More than half of disabled people who have tried to buy tickets for live music events have had to call premium-rate phone numbers to arrange access, according to a new survey. Four-fifths of those surveyed said they had experienced problems with booking access alongside their ticket, while nearly three-quarters said such barriers had been

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Stephen Hawking in front of a blackboard covered in mathematical symbols

March 15, 2018 0

Stephen Hawking: Scientist, role model and defender of rights

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Tributes have been paid to Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned physicist and “disability icon” who was seen by many disabled people as a hugely-important role model, who died this week. Among the disabled people who highlighted the importance of his achievements was the political journalist Dr Frances Ryan, who said on Twitter: “Growing up disabled

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Jackie Hagan standing, smoking a cigarette, in front of a wall

January 25, 2018 0

Benefits Street antidote ‘will not be a safe space for audiences’

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An award-winning disabled poet, performer and stand-up is hoping that her new show – based on more than 80 interviews with disabled and working-class people and benefit claimants – will provide an antidote to reality TV “rubbish” like Benefits Street. Jackie Hagan’s This Is Not A Safe Space combines poetry, stand-up, story-telling and “just

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