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International research on disability should focus on the barriers disabled people face, rather than endless headcounts of how many people there are in developing countries with different impairments, according to a leading disabled academic. Dr Tom Shakespeare, currently a senior lecturer […]
The number of occasions on which disabled people were prevented from using step-free tube stations in London because of staff shortages has more than quadrupled since 2009, a Freedom of Information Act request has revealed. Transport for All, the user-led disability […]
Posted by The Mobility Superstore: www.themobilitysuperstore.co.uk In a world that is dominated by and designed for non-disabled people those living with disability and relying on mobility aids often have to work harder and shout louder just to compete on a level […]
A disabled peer has failed narrowly in his bid to force the government to include an explicit commitment to inclusive education at the heart of its children and families bill. Lord [Colin] Low’s amendment would have placed the commitment among the […]
Only one supermarket website provides even the most basic level of accessibility necessary for disabled shoppers looking to buy their Christmas essentials online, according to tests of leading food retailers by a disability charity. Accessibility experts from AbilityNet found that the […]
Campaigners have finally secured a meeting with an education minister, after occupying Department for Education (DfE) offices in protest at the government’s “attack” on inclusive education. About 20 protesters from the Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) and Disabled People Against Cuts […]
The UK’s biggest charity for blind people is launching a “major realignment” of its priorities, putting more money into supporting people who have just been diagnosed with sight loss. The new long-term strategy will demand far more from the charity’s commercial […]
A new report that reveals how benefit cuts are undermining independent living for disabled people is “a rallying cry for choice, independence and equality”, according to a disabled peer. The launch of What Price Independent Lives, by Habinteg housing association, was […]
The government has secretly “opened the floodgates” that will see increasing numbers of disabled children being forced into special schools, say campaigners for inclusive education. They spoke out as the children and families bill completed its committee stage in the House […]
Disabled people have travelled from across the country to have their testimony about the impact of government cuts recorded so that it can be passed to a UN human rights expert. They spoke of friends who had killed themselves in despair […]