disability discrimination

Education

July 5, 2018 0

Autistic teen’s legal fight over ‘physical abuse’ school exclusion

A legal case being heard this week highlights how disabled children who can be physically aggressive because of their impairment are currently being failed by equality laws, say inclusive education campaigners. The upper tribunal this week heard the appeal brought by the parents of a 13-year-old disabled boy, known as L, who was excluded

Activism and Campaigning

Ministry of Justice sign on the wall of a building, overlooked by windows

June 28, 2018 0

Campaigner defeats third government department on accessible information

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A disabled campaigner has won his third legal case against separate government departments over their failure to provide information in accessible formats. Graham Kirwan had already secured victories over the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department of Health. DWP previously paid him £1,700 damages for refusing to communicate by email over

Employment

A white car parked in the centre of two parking bays

June 21, 2018 0

‘Discrimination’ by DWP’s IT company ‘exposed disabled employee to months of abuse’

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A “Disability Confident” company owned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) subjected a disabled member of staff to repeated abuse from strangers after it refused for more than 15 months to make a simple alteration to his parking arrangements. It is now more than 15 months since wheelchair-user Jamie Shield reported to

Independent Living

James Plummer sitting in his wheelchair in front of some trees

June 14, 2018 0

Landmark court ruling over leisure club’s inaccessible swimming pool

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A company that runs a leisure club on a luxury housing estate discriminated against a disabled man by repeatedly refusing to make the adjustments that would allow him to use the swimming pool, according to a court’s “landmark” judgement. James Plummer (pictured) has secured the legal judgement after an “epic struggle” that has lasted

Human Rights

June 15, 2017 0

Polling station ‘discrimination’ fuels calls for online voting

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The experience of a partially-sighted voter who believes he was discriminated against at a general election polling station last week has added to calls for disabled people to be allowed to vote online. Dan Williams, director of Visualise Training and Consultancy in Cardiff, had asked Cardiff council in advance if he could vote using

Human Rights

November 7, 2014 0

Top sports clubs are ‘sailing close to the wind’ on access

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Many sports clubs across England and Wales are “clearly” in breach of equality laws, according to the boss of two charities that fight for the rights of disabled sports fans. Joyce Cook was speaking at the opening of the new offices of the Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFE) and Level Playing

News Archive

November 7, 2014 0

Court of appeal set for definitive ruling on bus access priority

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Campaigners will be outside the Royal Courts of Justice this week for the start of an appeal which should finally provide a definitive ruling on disabled people’s right to access wheelchair spaces on buses. The case is being brought by First Bus, which is appealing against a county court judgment that wheelchair-users should have

Browsing: disability discrimination

Autistic teen’s legal fight over ‘physical abuse’ school exclusion

Campaigner defeats third government department on accessible information

‘Discrimination’ by DWP’s IT company ‘exposed disabled employee to months of abuse’

Landmark court ruling over leisure club’s inaccessible swimming pool

Polling station ‘discrimination’ fuels calls for online voting

Top sports clubs are ‘sailing close to the wind’ on access

Court of appeal set for definitive ruling on bus access priority