Deaf campaigners have hailed new legislation as an “historic landmark” that will give important new rights to users of British Sign Language (BSL) in Scotland. The BSL (Scotland) bill passed its third stage in the Scottish parliament today (Thursday), with a […]
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Five calls to action lay down challenge for political parties in Wales
Disabled people in Wales are calling on the next Welsh government to introduce a legal right to independent living, as one of five major “calls to action” in a new manifesto. The Disabled People’s Manifesto has been produced by Disability Wales, […]
Government must act on disabled politicians, says equality watchdog
The equality watchdog has called on the government to do more to boost the number of disabled people involved in politics. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) made the call in its submission to a UN inquiry into the rights […]
Housing crisis is ‘spiralling out of control’
A disabled university lecturer was forced to live in a residential home for older people for seven months because of a crisis in accessible housing that is “spiralling out of control”, according to a new report. Dr Chetna Patel was moving […]
Scottish plan for making rights a reality is ‘major milestone’
The Scottish government has described how it hopes to make the UN disability convention “a reality” for disabled people in Scotland. A draft plan, published this week, includes more than 50 recommendations which it hopes will help Scotland implement the UN […]
UN is ‘deeply concerned’ about impact of EU austerity
The United Nations has given the European Union (EU) just 12 months to explain how it will introduce long-awaited legislation to improve the accessibility of goods and services across its member states. The call came after the EU was examined by […]
Disabled student wins £20k after university built library it knew would breach DDA
A university which built a library it knew was inaccessible in order to cut costs has agreed to pay £20, 000 in compensation for discriminating against a talented disabled photography student. Andrew Brenton (pictured, in a self-portrait) and other mobility-impaired students […]
Disabled woman loses all but one of 49 hours of ILF support
Gaping holes have been exposed in the government’s Independent Living Fund (ILF) promises, after a local authority slashed a disabled woman’s support by 48 hours a week when the fund closed. Daisy* had been receiving 49 hours a week of ILF […]
COMMENT: Shakespeare’s bill is ‘deadly discrimination’
Dennis Queen (pictured, right), a leading member of the campaign group Not Dead Yet UK, says the support of disabled academic Dr Tom Shakespeare for the assisted dying bill ignores its dangerous flaws What Tom has said is very disappointing to […]
New claims of Atos assessment lies are ‘tip of a massive iceberg’
New evidence proves that the controversial outsourcing contractor Atos should be stripped of all of its disability benefit assessment contracts, say disabled campaigners. Fresh concerns about the behaviour of Atos and its assessors emerged after Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last […]