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Government ‘treats disabled people with contempt’ by handing £2.4 million to charities

By John Pring on 1st April 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government ‘treats disabled people with contempt’ by handing £2.4 million to charities
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The government has been accused of showing “contempt” and “indifference” towards disabled people, after announcing large grants to 13 disability charities but failing to offer a penny to organisations run and controlled by disabled people. The Department of Health and Social […]

Whistle-blower withdraws offer to help police reopen probe into autistic abuse scandal

By John Pring on 12th April 2019 Category: Crime

Whistle-blower withdraws offer to help police reopen probe into autistic abuse scandal
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A whistle-blower who has vital evidence of serious abuse at a care home for autistic adults has retracted her offer to talk to police about what she witnessed, which could have led to them reopening their failed investigation. Disability News Service […]

Charity ‘must listen to autistic people’ in wake of abuse scandal

By John Pring on 4th April 2019 Category: Human Rights

Charity ‘must listen to autistic people’ in wake of abuse scandal
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Protesters have warned the National Autistic Society (NAS) that it needs to listen to the voices of autistic people or face being “sidelined”, in the wake of the Mendip House abuse scandal. Representatives of three autistic rights organisations were protesting outside […]

CQC admits one in five social care services have not been inspected in two years

By John Pring on 21st March 2019 Category: Independent Living

CQC admits one in five social care services have not been inspected in two years
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Nearly 5,000 adult social care services – nearly one in five – have not had an inspection by the care regulator in the last two years, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) have revealed. The Care Quality Commission […]

Autistic campaigners to protest outside charity over regime of care home abuse

By John Pring on 21st March 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Autistic campaigners to protest outside charity over regime of care home abuse
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Autistic campaigners are to protest outside the headquarters of a national autism charity next week to highlight what they say is its abhorrent failure to act on a regime of abuse that took place at one of its care homes. The […]

Charities help government with cover-up over blue badge changes

By John Pring on 2nd August 2018 Category: Independent Living

Charities help government with cover-up over blue badge changes
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Disability charities have helped the government cover up the reason it was forced to announce changes to rules that prevented thousands of disabled people with invisible impairments secure blue parking badges. The Department for Transport (DfT) won widespread praise this week […]

Charities help cover up real reason government announced blue badge changes

By John Pring on 25th January 2018 Category: Transport

Charities help cover up real reason government announced blue badge changes
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Disability charities are facing questions over why they helped the government disguise the reason it had to change “discriminatory” guidance that was preventing thousands of disabled people with invisible impairments from securing blue parking badges. The Department for Transport (DfT) announced […]

Protesters to highlight ‘unacceptable’ failure by NAS on human rights case

By John Pring on 21st February 2015 Category: Human Rights

Protesters to highlight ‘unacceptable’ failure by NAS on human rights case
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A major UK disability charity is coming under increasing pressure for refusing to criticise an Irish care organisation accused of breaching the human rights of a young disabled man. Disabled activists in the UK, Ireland and across Europe have been vocal […]

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