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Pandemic exclusion led to confusion and fear, says ground-breaking Welsh report

By John Pring on 8th July 2021 Category: Human Rights

Pandemic exclusion led to confusion and fear, says ground-breaking Welsh report
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The levels of exclusion experienced by disabled people in Wales during the pandemic led many to report confusion, helplessness, abandonment, isolation, fear and frustration, according to a ground-breaking, disabled-led report. The Locked Out report*, commissioned by the Welsh government, details how […]

Council ‘used pandemic as Trojan horse for city centre access changes’

By Chloe Johnson on 1st July 2021 Category: Independent Living

Council ‘used pandemic as Trojan horse for city centre access changes’
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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. […]

Government and NHS discrimination linked to COVID deaths of disabled people

By John Pring on 17th June 2021 Category: Human Rights

Government and NHS discrimination linked to COVID deaths of disabled people
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Discrimination by the government as it responded to the pandemic, and within the NHS, could be to blame for disabled people’s sharply-increased risk of dying from COVID-19, according to researchers backed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). A new study, […]

Agility and versatility of DPOs helped them deliver vital pandemic services, says report

By John Pring on 17th June 2021 Category: Independent Living

Agility and versatility of DPOs helped them deliver vital pandemic services, says report
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The agility and versatility of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) across England has helped them deliver vital support to disabled people during the pandemic, according to new user-led research. A report on the first stage of the National Lottery-funded project found that […]

Employers often failed to protect disabled workers during pandemic, says TUC

By John Pring on 10th June 2021 Category: Employment

Employers often failed to protect disabled workers during pandemic, says TUC
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Employers have frequently failed to take action to protect disabled workers who were at particular risk from coronavirus during the pandemic, according to the “frightening” results of a new survey carried out on behalf of the TUC. Of those disabled workers […]

Disabled people largely ignored in response to pandemic, says new book

By John Pring on 3rd June 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disabled people largely ignored in response to pandemic, says new book
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Disabled people and others who have been most severely affected by COVID-19 have largely been ignored by those in power who drew up policies and plans to respond to the pandemic, according to a new book. The e-book, published by Policy […]

Tory silence after four peers aim disablist ‘barrage of attack’ on disabled colleagues

By John Pring on 27th May 2021 Category: Politics

Tory silence after four peers aim disablist ‘barrage of attack’ on disabled colleagues
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The Conservative party has refused to act after four of its peers delivered an “extremely alarming” and disablist “barrage of attack” on disabled members of the House of Lords. The four Tory peers were all arguing that the Lords should quickly […]

Pandemic failings left disabled women feeling ‘abandoned, unworthy and disposable’

By John Pring on 27th May 2021 Category: Independent Living

Pandemic failings left disabled women feeling ‘abandoned, unworthy and disposable’
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Disabled women were made to feel abandoned, unworthy and disposable by the government’s failure to take their lives into consideration when making decisions and drawing up national policies during the pandemic, according to a new report. The report found that the […]

Pandemic ‘has left disabled artists in shockingly fragile’ position

By John Pring on 27th May 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Pandemic ‘has left disabled artists in shockingly fragile’ position
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The pandemic has left disabled people who work in the arts and culture sector in a “shockingly fragile” position, according to the campaign group behind a new survey. The results of the survey, carried out by the UK Disability Arts Alliance, […]

Universal credit ‘basic fairness’ £20 uplift case given high court go-ahead

By John Pring on 6th May 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Universal credit ‘basic fairness’ £20 uplift case given high court go-ahead
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The high court has given two disabled campaigners permission to challenge the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over its failure to offer recipients of so-called legacy benefits the same £20-a-week increase given to those on universal credit. The court will […]

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