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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 […]
Three disabled people who use the Independent Living Fund (ILF) have launched a fresh legal bid to halt its “unlawful” closure. Lawyers for the trio have told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that they are seeking a judicial review […]
Technology companies have a major role to play in improving the lives of the one billion disabled people across the world, according to a leading telecommunications analyst. Chris Lewis, the founder and chief executive of Lewis Insights, was speaking as Telefonica […]
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 […]