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Coalition calls for halt to use of ‘unethical and unsafe’ mental distress emergency scheme

By John Pring on 29th April 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coalition calls for halt to use of ‘unethical and unsafe’ mental distress emergency scheme
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Disabled activists are calling for an immediate halt to the use of a multi-agency scheme that they believe is unethical, unlawful and unsafe, and which they say puts people in severe mental distress at risk of being denied vital support. Under […]

Government questioned over ‘unforgivable’ failures on vaccine priority

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government questioned over ‘unforgivable’ failures on vaccine priority
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Three separate user-led groups have questioned the government’s “unforgivable” failure to ensure that disabled people with underlying health conditions are treated as a priority for the COVID-19 vaccination programme. They fear that hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of disabled people […]

Hate crime and abuse ‘seriously under-estimated’, say mental health service-users

By John Pring on 10th December 2020 Category: Crime

Hate crime and abuse ‘seriously under-estimated’, say mental health service-users
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People with mental distress are not believed when reporting hate crime and abuse, despite experiencing serious assaults, victimisation and neglect, according to a new report. Disabled academics who helped with the research that led to the report say that the extent […]

Letter to BBC tells of ‘outpouring of hurt and distress’ over benefit fraud drama

By John Pring on 19th November 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Letter to BBC tells of ‘outpouring of hurt and distress’ over benefit fraud drama
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Campaigners have written to the BBC to express the “outpouring of hurt and distress” felt by disabled people over its decision to broadcast a disabled-led drama that mirrored years of deeply damaging government rhetoric about benefit cheats. The Real Deal (pictured) […]

Government ignores calls to scrap COVID care restrictions

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Human Rights

Government ignores calls to scrap COVID care restrictions
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The government has ignored repeated calls from disabled people’s organisations and allies to scrap measures that limit the rights of disabled adults and children to social care and education support during the pandemic crisis. In the first parliamentary review of temporary […]

Coronavirus round-up: NSUN grants, BSL, education, Access to Work… and supermarkets

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus round-up: NSUN grants, BSL, education, Access to Work… and supermarkets
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A new fund is offering grants to user-led and community groups in England that are providing support to people in mental distress during the coronavirus crisis. The fund is being run by the National Survivor User Network (NSUN), and offers grants […]

ROFA conference sees calls for charities to make way for DPOs

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

ROFA conference sees calls for charities to make way for DPOs
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Disabled people’s organisations have called on charities that are not user-led to “move over and stop taking our space”. The calls came during the Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) national conference, which had been due to take place in Manchester, but […]

Coronavirus: Disabled people say ‘shocking’ new laws will strip away rights

By John Pring on 26th March 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Disabled people say ‘shocking’ new laws will strip away rights
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) say measures in the government’s emergency Coronavirus Act – which became law yesterday (Wednesday) – will “run a coach and horses” through their rights to social care. They spoke out as MPs and peers debated, and then […]

Coronavirus: Grave concern over impact of emergency bill on rights

By John Pring on 19th March 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: Grave concern over impact of emergency bill on rights
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A user-led network has raised grave concerns about the implications of proposed new emergency legislation on the rights of people in mental distress. Today (Thursday), the government is set to publish an emergency coronavirus bill that aims to give ministers powers […]

UN’s torture committee probes UK on ‘grim and unacceptable truths’

By John Pring on 9th May 2019 Category: Human Rights

UN’s torture committee probes UK on ‘grim and unacceptable truths’
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A UN body has been questioning the UK government this week on the “grim and unacceptable truth” that disabled people and other groups are still being subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment – and even torture – in taxpayer-funded services. The […]

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