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Websites for five of the UK’s top airlines are still “difficult and frustrating” to use for their disabled customers, 11 years after they were found to be failing to meet minimum accessibility standards. The technology and disability charity AbilityNet published results […]
The UK’s biggest and richest football club has finally admitted that it has less than half the recommended number of spaces for wheelchair-users in its huge 76,000-capacity stadium. Manchester United hit the headlines earlier this month when the disabled peer Baroness […]
A local authority has refused to comment on why an independent review it helped to commission into a day centre abuse scandal ignored a series of key issues. The serious case review (SCR) was only commissioned by Doncaster Safeguarding Adults Partnership […]
The government has backed down in a legal dispute with the disabled owners of two small businesses, over whether they had to file their VAT returns online. A tribunal ruled last year that forcing all VAT-registered businesses and sole traders to […]
The NHS trust at the centre of a day centre abuse scandal has denied ignoring whistleblowers who tried to raise concerns about poor standards – months before the regime was finally exposed. The abuse was eventually halted in March 2007 after […]
The NHS trust at the centre of a day centre scandal is guilty of “morally unjustifiable acts that verge on criminality”, according to the step-father of one of the survivors of the abuse. Adrian Milnes’ step-son Richie was one of the […]
A disabled activist is considering appealing after a court rejected his claim that a government consultation on plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit was unfair and unlawful. The judicial review was brought by disabled activist and blogger Steven […]
France’s top football club has been ordered to close part of its stadium for its next home game in European competition, as punishment for the “discriminatory” behaviour of some of its fans towards disabled Chelsea supporters. Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), which plays […]
Disabled campaigners who protested outside the House of Lords have explained why they are so alarmed by the possibility of assisted suicide being legalised for the first time. As many as 200 protesters, including scores of disabled people, attended the protest […]
Disabled peers have spoken out to oppose – but also support – a new bill that would legalise assisted suicide for some terminally-ill people. The House of Lords heard from 133 peers during a marathon debate, with roughly half of them […]