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Government ‘must see disabled people as innovators and contributors’

By John Pring on 14th April 2016 Category: Employment

Government ‘must see disabled people as innovators and contributors’
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Disabled entrepreneurs have told the government’s business department that it is not doing enough to make its programmes accessible. In a meeting of the all-party parliamentary disability group, a senior civil servant listened as disabled entrepreneurs lined up to express their […]

Watchdog marks UN day by announcing assault on ‘virus of social isolation’

By John Pring on 4th December 2015 Category: Human Rights

Watchdog marks UN day by announcing assault on ‘virus of social isolation’
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The equality watchdog has marked the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) by announcing national summits in England, Wales and Scotland to address the “virus of social isolation” faced by growing numbers of disabled and older people. In a […]

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