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Disabled woman describes her long-stay hospital abuse ordeal

By John Pring on 20th June 2019 Category: Human Rights

Disabled woman describes her long-stay hospital abuse ordeal
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A young disabled woman has described the abuse she experienced in a charity-run mental health hospital, and has called for more to be done to close such long-stay institutions. Abigail Donohoe (pictured) spent more than six years in mental health hospitals […]

DWP civil servant praises UN poverty report ministers dismissed as ‘barely believable’

By John Pring on 13th June 2019 Category: Human Rights

DWP civil servant praises UN poverty report ministers dismissed as ‘barely believable’
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A senior Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) official has told MPs that a highly-critical UN report on poverty in the UK was “factually correct” and “made a lot of good points”, despite ministers repeatedly attacking its accuracy. Donna Ward, DWP’s […]

Should DRC rise again? Sir Bert asks in posthumous autobiography

By John Pring on 30th May 2019 Category: Human Rights

Should DRC rise again? Sir Bert asks in posthumous autobiography
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An autobiography by one of the most influential disabled people of the last 50 years – published posthumously – could ignite calls for the return of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), 12 years after it was merged into a new equality […]

New mental capacity legislation ‘is still flawed and fails on protection’

By John Pring on 23rd May 2019 Category: Human Rights

New mental capacity legislation ‘is still flawed and fails on protection’
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The government’s new mental capacity act – which has now become law – is still flawed and is a prime example of how not to design disability-related policy, according to a leading disabled people’s organisation. The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act became […]

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Urgent action call on deaths of autistic people

By John Pring on 23rd May 2019 Category: Human Rights

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Urgent action call on deaths of autistic people
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Disabled trade unionists have called for urgent action to address the tragic inadequacies that have led to the deaths of scores of autistic and other disabled people in care settings. This week’s annual TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference in Bournemouth backed an […]

Government agrees to review every care segregation case, after CQC report

By John Pring on 23rd May 2019 Category: Human Rights

Government agrees to review every care segregation case, after CQC report
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Scores of disabled people who have been held in long-term segregation in NHS and private sector health settings will have their cases independently reviewed, the government has agreed, after a report by the health and care watchdog. The Care Quality Commission’s […]

UN’s torture committee probes UK on ‘grim and unacceptable truths’

By John Pring on 9th May 2019 Category: Human Rights

UN’s torture committee probes UK on ‘grim and unacceptable truths’
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A UN body has been questioning the UK government this week on the “grim and unacceptable truth” that disabled people and other groups are still being subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment – and even torture – in taxpayer-funded services. The […]

Charity ‘must listen to autistic people’ in wake of abuse scandal

By John Pring on 4th April 2019 Category: Human Rights

Charity ‘must listen to autistic people’ in wake of abuse scandal
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Protesters have warned the National Autistic Society (NAS) that it needs to listen to the voices of autistic people or face being “sidelined”, in the wake of the Mendip House abuse scandal. Representatives of three autistic rights organisations were protesting outside […]

Disabled peer criticises Lib Dem leader over support for ‘discriminatory threat’

By John Pring on 28th March 2019 Category: Human Rights

Disabled peer criticises Lib Dem leader over support for ‘discriminatory threat’
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A disabled peer has criticised Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable for backing the “discriminatory” campaign to legalise assisted suicide. Cable had spoken out after the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) decided to move to a position of “neutrality” on the […]

Disabled people had rights breached before and after Grenfell fire, says watchdog

By John Pring on 14th March 2019 Category: Human Rights

Disabled people had rights breached before and after Grenfell fire, says watchdog
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Disabled people who died in the Grenfell Tower tragedy had their human rights breached by public bodies that failed to plan how they would evacuate their homes in the event of a fire, a report by the equality and human rights […]

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