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Our NHS sit-in is a life and death matter, say desperate campaigners

By John Pring on 16th May 2014 Category: Human Rights, News Archive

Our NHS sit-in is a life and death matter, say desperate campaigners
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Activists who have been occupying a mental health service for more than 10 weeks say disabled people could die if the NHS does not reverse the decision to close it. Lifeworks was the last drop-in centre run by the “complex case […]

‘Heart-breaking’ report for UN details isolation, harassment and humiliation

By John Pring on 9th May 2014 Category: Human Rights, News Archive

‘Heart-breaking’ report for UN details isolation, harassment and humiliation
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A “heart-breaking” report into how disabled people’s human rights are being breached across England is set to demonstrate to the UN how the coalition is failing to implement its disability convention. The report by the UK Disabled People’s Council (UKDPC) concludes […]

New judicial review rules will mean ‘denial of justice’ for disabled people

By John Pring on 9th May 2014 Category: Human Rights, News Archive

New judicial review rules will mean ‘denial of justice’ for disabled people
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A disabled peer has accused the lord chancellor of undermining the rule of law, after he introduced new rules that make it harder for disabled people to challenge the government in court. Baroness [Jane] Campbell was one of a string of […]

Disabled peer secures victory in battle for new human rights protection

By John Pring on 9th May 2014 Category: Human Rights, News Archive

Disabled peer secures victory in battle for new human rights protection
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A disabled peer has secured new human rights protection for hundreds of thousands of disabled and older people across the UK who receive council-funded care, after a government concession. Lord [Colin] Low had been pushing in the House of Lords for […]

Pity, quiet asides, fakers… and ‘microaggressions’

By John Pring on 9th May 2014 Category: Activism and Campaigning, Human Rights, News Archive

Pity, quiet asides, fakers… and ‘microaggressions’
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Pity, “microagressions”, sheltered workshops and iphones were just some of the subjects of blogs from around the world that were published as part of the ninth annual Blogging Against Disablism Day (BADD). The aim of the day – created by disabled […]

Student hopes his travels will help pinpoint barriers

By John Pring on 9th May 2014 Category: Human Rights, Independent Living, News Archive

Student hopes his travels will help pinpoint barriers
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A disabled student is embarking on a piece of research that aims to “paint a comprehensive picture” of the accessibility of travel, both in the UK and abroad. David Fraser, a postgraduate student in the tourism and hospitality department of Plymouth […]

DWP’s own advisers call for cumulative impact assessment of welfare reforms

By John Pring on 2nd May 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive

DWP’s own advisers call for cumulative impact assessment of welfare reforms
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The government’s own benefits advisers have called on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to assess the overall impact of its far-reaching programme of welfare reforms on disabled people, a task ministers have repeatedly claimed is impossible. A study published […]

Hopes for single UN ‘shadow’ report in tatters

By John Pring on 2nd May 2014 Category: Activism and Campaigning, Human Rights, News Archive

Hopes for single UN ‘shadow’ report in tatters
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Hopes that disabled people and their organisations could come together to produce a single “shadow” report on how the UK is implementing the UN disability convention appear to be in tatters, with four separate documents apparently being prepared. The UN committee […]

DWP admits it is helping watchdog with ‘cumulative impact’ project

By John Pring on 11th April 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive

DWP admits it is helping watchdog with ‘cumulative impact’ project
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted it is helping equality experts devise a way to assess the overall impact of spending cuts on disabled people, even though ministers have repeatedly claimed such a project is impossible. Disability News […]

DWP’s impact assessment refusal exposed as a sham by EHRC and Treasury

By John Pring on 4th April 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Human Rights, News Archive

DWP’s impact assessment refusal exposed as a sham by EHRC and Treasury
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The refusal of the Department for Work and Pensions to try to assess the impact on disabled people of all of its welfare reforms has been exposed as a sham after new research was announced by the equality watchdog. The Equality […]

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