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Disabled people are experiencing “diminishing opportunities” for independent living under the coalition, according to a new report by one of the architects of the last government’s independent living strategy. Dr Jenny Morris – who helped write Labour’s 2005 Improving the Life […]
Disabled campaigners have welcomed new NHS plans to extend the number of disabled people with high levels of care and health needs who can control all of their own support. Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said the scheme would […]
A shadow minister has warned that many of her fellow Labour MPs still need educating about the importance of independent living for disabled people. Kate Green, the shadow minister for disabled people, told a meeting held to launch the Just Fair […]
A government minister has criticised the “intolerable” failure of the NHS and local authorities to remove people with learning difficulties from out-of-area assessment and treatment units and return them to their home areas. The Liberal Democrat care and support minister Norman […]
The Metropolitan police have launched an inquiry into the policing of a five-hour protest outside Westminster Abbey, apparently following allegations that officers prevented disabled activists from receiving food, drink and medication. It is just the latest inquiry to examine how the […]
More than 99 per cent of disabled people who use the Independent Living Fund (ILF) believe that it improves their ability to live independently, just as the government is preparing to abolish it. The coalition is planning to close ILF in […]
The entire system of disability benefits and other support should be swept away and replaced with a single funding stream and assessment process, according to a new discussion paper published by a disabled consultant and activist. Simon Stevens said that witnessing […]
A Welsh user-led organisation is aiming to become the first in the UK to set up a co-operative that will allow disabled people to pool their support funding and secure greater independence and control over their lives. Disability Wales has won […]
Some of the disabled people who currently use the Independent Living Fund (ILF) could be “adversely affected” by its closure, the minister for disabled people has admitted. But Mike Penning told fellow MPs that he believed passing ILF funding from the […]
Disabled and older people are taking part in a trial to find out whether using robotic vacuum cleaners, wireless light switches and online shopping apps could make everyday independent living tasks easier. The equipment in the trial is controlled using a […]