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Mural brings disabled people and asylum-seekers together

By John Pring on 16th December 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Mural brings disabled people and asylum-seekers together
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Disabled people and asylum-seekers have worked together on a mural that illustrates some of the barriers they face in society, and which acts as a tribute to a disabled asylum-seeker who was murdered in 2016. The mural, on the side of […]

Frustration and anger over social care white paper’s funding failure

By John Pring on 2nd December 2021 Category: Independent Living

Frustration and anger over social care white paper’s funding failure
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The government’s long-awaited adult social care white paper has appalled campaigners by failing to address the social care funding crisis. The white paper, People at the Heart of Care, is more than 100 pages long, but it says nothing new about […]

Autistic campaigners to protest over study that sparked ‘eugenics’ fears

By John Pring on 16th September 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Autistic campaigners to protest over study that sparked ‘eugenics’ fears
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Autistic campaigners are to protest outside a University of Cambridge autism research centre over a £3 million study they fear could be used to find a cure for autism, or even to attempt to eradicate it altogether through pre-natal screening. Their […]

Pressure builds on Labour after free social care ‘betrayal’

By John Pring on 1st July 2021 Category: Politics

Pressure builds on Labour after free social care ‘betrayal’
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Labour has been accused of betraying disabled people after a senior shadow minister told a meeting that calling for free social care would just “give the Tories a stick to beat Labour with”. There has been widespread anger among disabled people […]

Prime minister must abandon ‘reckless’ COVID Christmas plans, say DPOs

By John Pring on 17th December 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Prime minister must abandon ‘reckless’ COVID Christmas plans, say DPOs
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Disabled campaigners have made a last-minute appeal to the government to abandon its plans to relax rules on socialising over Christmas, as fears grow that this will cause a sharp rise in coronavirus infections and many thousands of deaths. Disabled people’s […]

Court ruling ‘shows systemic discrimination’ within ‘vile and horrendous’ asylum system

By John Pring on 17th December 2020 Category: Human Rights

Court ruling ‘shows systemic discrimination’ within ‘vile and horrendous’ asylum system
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A high court ruling has demonstrated the systemic disability discrimination within the Home Office’s asylum support system, say disabled activists. The high court this week rejected the Home Office’s argument that it was justified in discriminating against disabled claimants in the […]

Disabled people ‘treated as afterthought again’, as England heads into second lockdown

By John Pring on 5th November 2020 Category: Human Rights

Disabled people ‘treated as afterthought again’, as England heads into second lockdown
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The government has treated disabled people who are at particular risk from coronavirus as an afterthought as the country heads into lockdown, just as it did in the early weeks of the pandemic, say campaigners. Disabled campaigners spoke out yesterday as […]

Government ignores calls to scrap COVID care restrictions

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Human Rights

Government ignores calls to scrap COVID care restrictions
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The government has ignored repeated calls from disabled people’s organisations and allies to scrap measures that limit the rights of disabled adults and children to social care and education support during the pandemic crisis. In the first parliamentary review of temporary […]

Coronavirus: Anxiety and confusion over ‘dangerous’ move to ease shielding

By John Pring on 25th June 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: Anxiety and confusion over ‘dangerous’ move to ease shielding
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The government’s decision to further ease measures that have been protecting hundreds of thousands of disabled people from coronavirus since late March has left many of them “stunned and anxious”, say campaigners. The 2.2 million people currently described as “clinically extremely […]

Coronavirus: Caution and distrust as ministers issue new guidance for shielders

By John Pring on 4th June 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Caution and distrust as ministers issue new guidance for shielders
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Disabled people have questioned the government’s decision to ease the stringent guidance that was previously advising those shielding from coronavirus to stay inside for weeks on end. In a surprise move at the weekend, ministers suddenly announced that those who have […]

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