A disabled MP has backed the government’s decision to withdraw funding from the remaining sheltered factories run by Remploy. The government announced last week that 36 of the 54 Remploy factories across the UK would close by the end of 2012, […]
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Funding for ‘one size fits all’ advice service leads to fears for disability specialists
A user-led advice service that has lost its council funding fears similar cuts could have serious financial consequences for disabled people in other parts of the country. Calderdale DART (Disabled Advice Resource Team) has provided information to disabled people for nearly […]
Commons makes equality pledge to disabled staff and visitors
The body that runs the House of Commons has pledged to improve access for disabled visitors to parliament. The new House of Commons Diversity and Inclusion Scheme, developed in line with Labour’s Equality Act, sets out a strategy for the next […]
Independent living inquiry: Government reforms ‘putting rights in danger’
The government’s welfare reforms and cuts to disability benefits and services are putting disabled people’s right to independent living at risk, according to a new report by peers and MPs. The joint committee on human rights report warns of a “significant […]
Sister’s four-year wait for answers over brother’s death
The sister of a disabled man who died in what she believes were suspicious circumstances more than four years ago says her family are still waiting for answers about his death from their local council. Andrew Taylor who had Down’s syndrome, […]
Freedom Guide calls for an end to ‘blatant discrimination’
The European Union (EU) must act to halt the “blatant discrimination” that prevents disabled people working, studying or travelling in other countries, according to a major new report by Europe’s leading disabled people’s organisation. The Freedom Guide, or Paving the Way […]
Disability movement loses ‘visionary leader’
The disability movement is mourning the loss of one of its “quiet leaders”, Stephen Bradshaw, the first director of the user-led Spinal Injuries Association (SIA). Leading figures in the SIA and other disabled activists have been paying tribute to Bradshaw as […]
One in five London DPOs faces closure over cuts
One in five disabled people’s organisations in London faces closure in the next year because of cuts to their funding, according to a new report. Inclusion London which carried out the survey for its A Matter of Survival report, said the […]
Murals paint colourful pictures of hopes and barriers
Colourful public murals that show disabled people’s hopes and joys, as well as the continuing barriers they face in their lives, are being unveiled across the country. Murals have already been “opened” in public spaces in Norwich, and Frome in Somerset, […]
Oxford Circus protest: Activists had ‘nothing left to lose’
Disabled activists have explained why they took part in a major direct action protest about the welfare reform bill that brought large parts of London’s West End to a standstill at the weekend. About 20 wheelchair-users locked themselves to a chain […]