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An autistic man was left stunned after a jobcentre work coach threatened to stick pins in his eyes, or at least poke them with a Biro, and then said she had doled out similar treatment to autistic children. The comments made […]
The TUC is calling for action to make it easier for disabled people to work from home, after a huge majority of those who have done so during the pandemic said they wanted to continue being able to do so. A […]
The high street retailer Timpson is facing allegations from disabled campaigners that many of its stores are inaccessible to disabled people. The concerns focus both on its high street stores and on the small “pods” – factory-built kiosks – it has […]
The government’s cuts to social security will be found to have played a significant part in causing the deaths of many disabled people during the pandemic, MPs were told yesterday (Wednesday). Labour’s Debbie Abrahams said that ministers’ failure to assess the […]
A cross-party House of Lords committee has criticised the government for its “objectionable” failure to bring into force key anti-discrimination measures that became law more than a decade ago. The Lords liaison committee said ministers had also failed to use their […]
Thousands of disabled people have told ministers of the significant barriers they face in their daily lives, with only four per cent saying they believe the government provides a “good level of support” to disabled people. A report on the results […]
Campaigners have accused a council of using the pandemic as a “Trojan horse” to make permanent changes to the city centre that are already having a “devastating” impact on disabled people’s ability to access services, after being introduced as temporary measures. […]
The government has been forced into court to defend its failure to provide on-platform British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters for “urgent” and “critical” COVID-19 televised briefings. The judicial review hearing* yesterday (Wednesday) was the latest stage in the #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign, which […]
Ministers are to spend £30 million on projects across England that could lead to more than 17,000 new homes, but they are refusing to insist that a single one of them is built to strict accessibility standards. Despite announcing funding for […]
The rail minister has delivered a blunt warning to the industry that it needs to start acting on its legal commitments to disabled passengers under the Equality Act. Chris Heaton-Harris, who is also responsible for transport accessibility issues, said it was […]