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Coronavirus round-up: NSUN grants, BSL, education, Access to Work… and supermarkets

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus round-up: NSUN grants, BSL, education, Access to Work… and supermarkets
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A new fund is offering grants to user-led and community groups in England that are providing support to people in mental distress during the coronavirus crisis. The fund is being run by the National Survivor User Network (NSUN), and offers grants […]

Coronavirus: BSL-users launch mass legal action over government ‘discrimination’

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: BSL-users launch mass legal action over government ‘discrimination’
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More than 150 Deaf people have begun a legal class action against the UK government over its failure to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at its televised daily coronavirus briefings. They are seeking damages from the government – and […]

Rayner calls for disabled members to help her tackle discrimination within Labour

By John Pring on 5th March 2020 Category: Politics

Rayner calls for disabled members to help her tackle discrimination within Labour
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One of the MPs campaigning to be Labour’s next deputy leader is asking disabled members for their ideas on how to address the discrimination they face within the party. Disability News Service has been reporting for several years how disabled Labour […]

News round-up: Rail delays, universal credit, BSL, football… and pay gaps

By John Pring on 6th February 2020 Category: Transport

News round-up: Rail delays, universal credit, BSL, football… and pay gaps
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Ministers have given the transport industry permission to use inaccessible vehicles for rail replacement services for another three months. In December, it emerged that the government was allowing the industry to continue to use older buses and coaches that do not […]

Student reform confusion ‘risks turning assessment system into PIP replica’

By John Pring on 31st October 2019 Category: Education

Student reform confusion ‘risks turning assessment system into PIP replica’
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Major changes to the way disabled students are assessed for their support risk turning the system into a replica of the government’s much-criticised personal independence payment (PIP) assessment regime, student leaders have warned. The changes will mean the closure in December […]

Failure to fund access costs of general election candidates is ‘denial of democracy’

By John Pring on 22nd August 2019 Category: Politics

Failure to fund access costs of general election candidates is ‘denial of democracy’
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Disabled politicians preparing to contest the general election likely to be called within months will be hit hard by the government’s refusal to fund their disability-related campaign spending, a Deaf parliamentary candidate has warned. Kerena Marchant, who uses British Sign Language […]

Inquiry encourages Deaf survivors to share childhood sexual abuse experiences

By John Pring on 6th June 2019 Category: Crime

Inquiry encourages Deaf survivors to share childhood sexual abuse experiences
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Deaf survivors of sexual abuse are being encouraged to share their childhood experiences as part of a major independent inquiry. The Truth Project, one of the three parts of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, this week launched new measures […]

Anger after minister and BBC undermine ‘silent applause’ reasonable adjustment

By John Pring on 11th October 2018 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Anger after minister and BBC undermine ‘silent applause’ reasonable adjustment
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A disabled activist has lodged complaints with the government and the BBC after the broadcaster’s flagship current affairs programme Question Time mocked the idea of using “silent applause” to make political events more accessible for autistic people. BBC Question Time (BBCQT) […]

Access to Work cap hits prominent Deaf campaigner as he starts new job

By John Pring on 18th May 2017 Category: Employment

Access to Work cap hits prominent Deaf campaigner as he starts new job
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The newly-appointed Deaf chief executive of a leading disabled people’s organisation has been told the government will only provide him with enough support to pay for interpreters three days every week. David Buxton, a British Sign Language-user, began his full-time job […]

Access to Work crisis: DWP faces legal action over secret guidance

By John Pring on 5th December 2014 Category: Employment, News Archive

Access to Work crisis: DWP faces legal action over secret guidance
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Disabled people are taking legal action in a bid to force the government to publish secret guidance that decides who is eligible for employment support under its under-fire Access to Work (AtW) scheme. Disability News Service (DNS) has run a string […]

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