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Council ‘silences’ disabled woman set to speak out over care charges

By John Pring on 26th October 2023 Category: Independent Living

Council ‘silences’ disabled woman set to speak out over care charges
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A disabled woman has been prevented by a council from describing to a public meeting how its “inhumane” and “unjust” care charging policies will strip more than £100 a week from her benefits. Hannahlisa* was part of a two-person delegation from […]

Council must make ‘radical’ improvements to housing, after trio of cases

By John Pring on 16th February 2023 Category: Housing

Council must make ‘radical’ improvements to housing, after trio of cases
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An ombudsman has called for “radical” improvements to a local authority’s housing policies after three cases in which it failed two disabled tenants and a child with a damp and mould allergy. The Housing Ombudsman spoke out this week just a […]

Campaigner on hunger strike over care package ‘shows need for reform of abusive system’

By John Pring on 15th October 2020 Category: Independent Living

Campaigner on hunger strike over care package ‘shows need for reform of abusive system’
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A disabled campaigner is on hunger strike in response to the failure of his local authority and the NHS to provide him with the support package he needs to “just live as a human being”. Jimmy Telesford said his experience in […]

Coronavirus: Disabled man who starved to death ‘had obeyed stay at home message’

By John Pring on 2nd July 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Coronavirus: Disabled man who starved to death ‘had obeyed stay at home message’
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A disabled man starved to death after he became isolated during the coronavirus pandemic and was unable to access food because he had obeyed the government’s “stay at home” message. The man, from Streatham, south London, was living with mental distress […]

Failures on reasonable adjustments by trio of councils ‘are tiny tip of iceberg’

By John Pring on 4th July 2019 Category: Independent Living

Failures on reasonable adjustments by trio of councils ‘are tiny tip of iceberg’
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Rulings by an ombudsman that show how three London councils discriminated against disabled people with invisible impairments by failing to make their services accessible are just “a tiny tip of an iceberg”, according to a disabled people’s organisation. Inclusion London spoke […]

School admissions process ‘discriminates against disabled parents’

By John Pring on 26th May 2016 Category: Education

School admissions process ‘discriminates against disabled parents’
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A disabled parent has accused his local authority of discriminating against him by refusing to take his access needs into account when deciding which primary school his son can attend in September. Youcef Bey-Zekkoub believes the school admissions process discriminates against […]

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