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A new online marketplace should reduce the time it takes for Deaf people to find a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter, and help avoid the huge fees charged by some of the big translation agencies. The new Lingoing website allows potential […]
A European court ruling that has rubber-stamped the withdrawal of overnight care from a retired ballerina is yet another attack on the gains made by the disabled people’s movement over the last 40 years, say campaigners. They spoke out after the […]
The minister for disabled people has been branded a coward after dodging a chance to meet disabled activists protesting about his decision to close the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Scores of campaigners, including ILF-users, gathered outside the Department for Work and […]
The campaign to save the Independent Living Fund (ILF) took centre stage this week as part of the first European Independent Living Day. Events took place in Leicester, Manchester and Chesterfield, and on the internet, as countries across Europe celebrated the […]
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 […]
Campaigners on both sides of a heated discussion about how best to deliver personalised social care services have called for a wider debate on the issue. One group, headed by Professor Peter Beresford – a self-described “service-user activist” and director of […]
Delays in live subtitles appearing on screen often lead to “omissions and misreporting of information”, according to a new report. The broadcasting watchdog Ofcom this week published its first report on the quality of live subtitling, following a consultation which found […]
Users of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) have launched a fresh legal bid to halt its closure, Disability News Service can reveal. Three ILF-users are threatening a second judicial review of the coalition’s decision to close the fund, a government-funded trust […]
The government’s strategy for delivering its personalisation agenda is “undermining” the quality of care and support provided to disabled and older people, leading academics, consultants and campaigners have warned. They have written this week to social services directors and other leaders […]
The government has dismissed calls by a disabled peer to set up a group of experts to monitor the impact of the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) on disabled people. Baroness [Jane] Campbell received cross-party backing for her appeal, […]