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Harmonica charity confesses to 16 years of discrimination

By John Pring on 4th October 2018 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Harmonica charity confesses to 16 years of discrimination
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A disabled musician is threatening legal action after he was told by a charity organising its annual international harmonica festival that he would have to be carried in his wheelchair up and down a flight of stairs if he wanted to […]

Autistic MP calls for change in equality laws to make parliament less hostile

By John Pring on 13th September 2018 Category: Politics

Autistic MP calls for change in equality laws to make parliament less hostile
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An autistic MP who has only been able to make two speeches in the main Commons chamber since being elected is calling for a change in equality laws to force the authorities to make parliament a more accessible place to work. […]

Legal ruling secures new protection for autistic pupils

By John Pring on 16th August 2018 Category: Education

Legal ruling secures new protection for autistic pupils
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Thousands of disabled children have won new protection from being unfairly excluded from school after a judge ruled that the government’s equality laws were unlawful. The upper tribunal ruled last week that a 13-year-old pupil, known as “L” for legal reasons, […]

Government repeatedly ignores its own advisers on ‘toxic’ train access

By John Pring on 2nd August 2018 Category: Transport

Government repeatedly ignores its own advisers on ‘toxic’ train access
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The government has repeatedly ignored concerns raised by its own accessible transport advisers about the “toxic” impact on disabled people of running trains without a member of customer service staff on board, official documents have revealed. The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory […]

MPs launch probe into enforcement of Equality Act

By John Pring on 2nd August 2018 Category: Politics

MPs launch probe into enforcement of Equality Act
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A committee of MPs has launched an inquiry into the difficulties faced by disabled people and other protected groups who need to enforce their rights under the Equality Act. The Commons women and equalities committee said it was concerned that the […]

Brexit bill ‘will give ministers power to exchange trade deals for rights’

By John Pring on 19th July 2018 Category: Human Rights

Brexit bill ‘will give ministers power to exchange trade deals for rights’
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The government’s trade bill – which will give ministers powers to give up disability rights protections in exchange for deals with other countries – proves disabled people were right to be concerned about the impact of Brexit, say campaigners. Disability and […]

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

By John Pring on 5th July 2018 Category: Education

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

Campaigner defeats third government department on accessible information

By John Pring on 28th June 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

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. […]

Landmark court ruling over leisure club’s inaccessible swimming pool

By John Pring on 14th June 2018 Category: Independent Living

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 […]

EHRC appoints eight disabled people to advisory committee

By John Pring on 10th May 2018 Category: Human Rights

EHRC appoints eight disabled people to advisory committee
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The equality and human rights watchdog has appointed eight disabled people to its disability committee, including leading activists, advisers and academics. The new appointments mean that all 14 members of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) disability advisory committee (DAC) […]

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