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Tanni tells BBC’s DDA event: ‘I’m over being patient on disability rights’

By John Pring on 26th November 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Tanni tells BBC’s DDA event: ‘I’m over being patient on disability rights’
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A disabled peer and retired Paralympian has warned that she has lost patience with progress on disability rights, and will scream in the face of the next person who tells her London 2012 changed the world for disabled people.  Baroness [Tanni] […]

Campaigners raise thousands in days for #TransportJustice legal fund

By John Pring on 6th September 2018 Category: Transport

Campaigners raise thousands in days for #TransportJustice legal fund
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A new campaign that will fund legal actions on behalf of disabled people who have faced discrimination on public transport has raised thousands of pounds in just a week. The #TransportJustice campaign has secured the backing of leading disabled activists and […]

Trio of disabled campaigners back Changing Places petition

By John Pring on 18th January 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Trio of disabled campaigners back Changing Places petition
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Three leading disabled campaigners have backed a petition that calls on the government to force all new large buildings to include a Changing Places toilet. The petition, launched by Lorna Fillingham, who has a disabled child, has now been signed by […]

Disabled passenger forced to wet himself on train, months after minister pledged action

By John Pring on 25th May 2017 Category: Transport

Disabled passenger forced to wet himself on train, months after minister pledged action
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A disabled campaigner was forced to wet himself on a train because the accessible toilet was out of order, just four months after a minister promised to ensure such incidents would never happen again. Wheelchair-user Chris Stapleton (pictured) boarded the Virgin Trains […]

First Bus response to Supreme Court ruling ‘treats disabled people with contempt’

By John Pring on 2nd February 2017 Category: Transport

First Bus response to Supreme Court ruling ‘treats disabled people with contempt’
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A bus company forced to change its policies after a ground-breaking Supreme Court access case has been accused of treating disabled peple and the legal system with contempt, after it revealed the measures it has taken to comply with the judgment. […]

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