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Discrimination could be a cause of increased risk of Covid death, says ONS

By John Pring on 12th May 2022 Category: Human Rights

Discrimination could be a cause of increased risk of Covid death, says ONS
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Some of disabled people’s increased risk of death from Covid could be due to the discrimination they face, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has concluded. A new study into disabled people’s Covid-related deaths in England through the three waves of […]

Government ‘must act’ on omission of disabled people from Covid inquiry terms of reference

By John Pring on 28th April 2022 Category: Politics

Government ‘must act’ on omission of disabled people from Covid inquiry terms of reference
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The government’s failure to include a “specific reference” to disabled people in the draft terms of reference for the public inquiry into the Covid pandemic is a “grave omission” and must be corrected, a disabled MP has told the House of […]

‘Urgent action needed’ to ensure disabled people are not neglected in climate battle

By John Pring on 11th November 2021 Category: Human Rights

‘Urgent action needed’ to ensure disabled people are not neglected in climate battle
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Urgent action must be taken to stop disabled people’s rights from being “systematically neglected” in the battle against climate change, international delegates at the COP26 conference in Glasgow have been told. Three disabled speakers repeated the message that disabled people and […]

Labour conference: Concern over Starmer’s ‘hard-working families first’ pledge

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Concern over Starmer’s ‘hard-working families first’ pledge
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Disabled Labour activists have raised concerns about their leader’s promise to “always put hard-working families and their priorities first”, and his failure to mention disabled people, in a 12,000-word essay published on the eve of his party’s annual conference. The essay […]

Government’s lockdown-lifting ‘gamble’ is ‘utterly reckless’, say DPOs

By John Pring on 8th July 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government’s lockdown-lifting ‘gamble’ is ‘utterly reckless’, say DPOs
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Disabled people’s organisations have expressed their “grave concern” over the government’s “utterly reckless” decision to lift most of the remaining COVID-19 rules in England from 19 July. The move from “rules and regulations” to “guidance and good sense” – although final […]

Campaigner horrified as G4S puts ‘do not resuscitate’ on her file before ambulance trip

By John Pring on 13th May 2021 Category: Human Rights

Campaigner horrified as G4S puts ‘do not resuscitate’ on her file before ambulance trip
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A controversial outsourcing company is refusing to act after one of its ambulance crews was mistakenly told that a disabled campaigner had agreed to have a “do not attempt resuscitation” (DNAR) order placed on her records. Anna Morell was about to […]

Disabled people ‘treated as afterthought throughout pandemic’, says academic

By John Pring on 29th April 2021 Category: Independent Living

Disabled people ‘treated as afterthought throughout pandemic’, says academic
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Disabled people have often been treated as “an afterthought” throughout the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leading disabled academic. Professor Tom Shakespeare told a webinar on Tuesday that disabled people had been disproportionately affected in multiple ways, including the disruption to […]

Government’s ‘shocking’ pandemic rights list of shame

By John Pring on 25th March 2021 Category: Human Rights

Government’s ‘shocking’ pandemic rights list of shame
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The minister for disabled people has refused to apologise for as many as 24 breaches of disabled people’s rights – and probably even more – by the government in the 12 months since the first COVID-19 lockdown. Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) […]

Scottish government ‘must act over disproportionate deaths’

By John Pring on 25th March 2021 Category: Human Rights

Scottish government ‘must act over disproportionate deaths’
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The Scottish government is facing fresh calls to investigate why so many disabled people have died during the pandemic, after new figures showed for the first time that they accounted for nearly three-fifths of all deaths involving COVID-19 in Scotland. The […]

Anger over disability survey’s ‘degrading’ and ‘insulting’ relationship question

By John Pring on 4th March 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Anger over disability survey’s ‘degrading’ and ‘insulting’ relationship question
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The government’s Disability Unit has caused widespread anger after asking non-disabled people – in a survey that will influence its new disability strategy – if they would be “happy to have a physical relationship with a disabled person”. Disabled campaigners described […]

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