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Disability justice project hopes to secure support across the country

By John Pring on 12th September 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disability justice project hopes to secure support across the country
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A disabled people’s organisation is hoping its new disability justice project will draw support from across the country and create change in both government policy and public attitudes, as well as addressing the sense of “inevitability” around disability poverty. One of […]

High court case poses challenge to new government’s commitment to disability justice and co-production

By John Pring on 25th July 2024 Category: Human Rights

High court case poses challenge to new government’s commitment to disability justice and co-production
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A disabled campaigner helped to challenge the new government in the high court this week over the impact of accelerating climate change, and its commitment to co-producing policy with disabled people and their organisations. Doug Paulley, and fellow disabled activist Kevin […]

Black disabled pupils face systemic barriers and injustice at school, says new report

By John Pring on 25th April 2024 Category: Education

Black disabled pupils face systemic barriers and injustice at school, says new report
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A new report has shown how black disabled pupils in mainstream schools are exposed to “systemic and structural barriers and injustice”. It calls for disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and racial justice movements to work together to amplify the voices of black […]

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