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The government has finally bowed to demands from MPs and campaigners to introduce the first national system that will allow disabled and older people to appeal against being turned down for council-funded care and support. The Liberal Democrat care and support […]
A UN human rights expert has called on the government to assess the impact of its welfare reforms on the right to adequate housing of disabled people and other marginalised groups. Raquel Rolnik, the UN special rapporteur on housing, has used […]
The attorney general has agreed to ask the court of appeal to impose a tougher sentence on the owner of an ice-cream van business who carried out a series of violent attacks on a disabled man. Disabled activists have expressed frustration […]
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has admitted that its own barrister failed to follow instructions to ask for a series of violent attacks on a disabled man to be treated as disability hate crime. The case has once again frustrated hate […]
The treatment of people with learning difficulties should be “significantly improved” right across the criminal justice system, from arrest to sentencing, according to a new report. The report concludes that the needs of offenders with learning difficulties are going unnoticed when […]
The human rights watchdog has admitted that it is not in favour of a fully inclusive education system, a position that defies a key part of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Equality and Human Rights […]
A government plan to replace its high-level committee of disabled advisors with three new advice bodies has been described by a veteran disabled activist as “unwieldy, complicated and probably inaccessible to grassroots disabled people’s organisations”. The government this week published details […]
Doubts have been raised over the ability of the police complaints watchdog to carry out a proper investigation into the circumstances surrounding the brutal murder of a disabled man. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has so far refused to say […]
A disabled peer is refusing to concede defeat despite the coalition narrowly overturning his amendment to the care bill, which would have provided human rights protection for residents of private sector and charity-run homes. Lord [Colin] Low secured the amendment after […]
International research on disability should focus on the barriers disabled people face, rather than endless headcounts of how many people there are in developing countries with different impairments, according to a leading disabled academic. Dr Tom Shakespeare, currently a senior lecturer […]