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Media must be pressured to stop disability discrimination, conference hears

By John Pring on 19th October 2023 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Media must be pressured to stop disability discrimination, conference hears
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Media organisations must be pressured to stop discriminating against disabled people and turning them into objects of pity, derision or “inspiration porn”, a national conference has heard. The theme of this week’s annual conference of the disabled people’s organisation Disability Wales* […]

Boris Johnson ‘ordered delay to pandemic plans to protect disabled people’

By John Pring on 5th October 2023 Category: Human Rights

Boris Johnson ‘ordered delay to pandemic plans to protect disabled people’
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Boris Johnson ordered that plans to protect disabled people from being disproportionately impacted during the second wave of the pandemic should proceed at a “slower time” than other crucial work, the Covid public inquiry has heard. Government documents released to the […]

Disabled people in Wales ‘systematically’ let down during cost-of-living crisis

By John Pring on 13th July 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled people in Wales ‘systematically’ let down during cost-of-living crisis
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Disabled people in Wales have been “systematically” let down by the UK and Welsh governments during the “devastating” cost-of-living crisis, a new report has found. The Barely Surviving report, launched this week by Disability Wales, says many disabled people in Wales […]

Official response to Covid risk to disabled people ‘was failure of human accounting’

By John Pring on 2nd March 2023 Category: Human Rights

Official response to Covid risk to disabled people ‘was failure of human accounting’
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The government’s discriminatory response to the pandemic led to disabled people facing a greater risk of death and other harm, the Covid public inquiry has been told by disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). In a statement to a preliminary hearing yesterday (Wednesday), […]

Call for support for disabled people enduring ‘unbearable’ post-Grenfell safety work

By John Pring on 2nd March 2023 Category: Housing

Call for support for disabled people enduring ‘unbearable’ post-Grenfell safety work
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The UK government has failed to realise the urgent support needs of disabled people who are having to endure “unbearable” safety work that is being carried out on their flats following the Grenfell fire, politicians have been told. Many disabled people […]

First minister pays tribute to 50 years of Disability Wales… and makes social model pledge

By John Pring on 20th October 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

First minister pays tribute to 50 years of Disability Wales… and makes social model pledge
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The Welsh first minister has paid tribute to the work of Disability Wales as it celebrated its 50th anniversary yesterday (Wednesday), and he re-affirmed his government’s commitment to putting the social model of disability at the heart of its work. Disability […]

‘Significant progress’ needed on disability rights in Wales, says report for UN committee

By John Pring on 7th April 2022 Category: Human Rights

‘Significant progress’ needed on disability rights in Wales, says report for UN committee
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A “significant amount of progress” still needs to be made on implementing the UN disability convention in Wales, according to a new report co-produced by disabled people. Disability Wales has been working with disabled people across Wales on the “shadow report”, […]

Progress on UN rights convention ‘has regressed and stagnated across UK’

By John Pring on 24th March 2022 Category: Human Rights

Progress on UN rights convention ‘has regressed and stagnated across UK’
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Progress on disability rights in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has stalled in many areas in the last five years, and in some parts has even regressed, according to reports by national disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). The three DPOs told a […]

Disability arts organisation’s call for new cultural rights

By John Pring on 9th December 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disability arts organisation’s call for new cultural rights
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A leading disability arts organisation has called on the Welsh government to provide new cultural and international rights for disabled people. Disability Arts Cymru, the leading organisation for disability arts in Wales, spoke out as it launched a new manifesto: Bring […]

Documentary provides ‘remarkable’ insight into pandemic lives

By John Pring on 23rd September 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Documentary provides ‘remarkable’ insight into pandemic lives
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A new documentary film has provided an insight into the lives of individual disabled people in Wales during the coronavirus pandemic. The 35-minute Unlocked Lives film was produced by Disability Wales, and features a series of disabled people sharing their views […]

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