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Disabled activists raise concerns over MPs’ assisted suicide inquiry

By John Pring on 30th March 2023 Category: Human Rights

Disabled activists raise concerns over MPs’ assisted suicide inquiry
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Disabled activists have raised fears that they may not be asked to give evidence in public at a high-profile Commons inquiry into legalising assisted suicide. The health and social care committee began taking oral evidence this week, hearing from four peers […]

Partners will use £20 million research centre to close ‘transport accessibility gap’

By John Pring on 5th January 2023 Category: Transport

Partners will use £20 million research centre to close ‘transport accessibility gap’
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Partners in a ground-breaking new research centre aim to develop solutions that will close the “transport accessibility gap” faced by disabled people, with the help of £20 million in funding. A disabled-led research organisation, the Research Institute for Disabled Consumers (RiDC)*, is […]

Disabled quartet tell MPs and peers why assisted suicide bill is unsafe and unsound

By John Pring on 22nd July 2021 Category: Human Rights

Disabled quartet tell MPs and peers why assisted suicide bill is unsafe and unsound
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Four leading disabled campaigners – a scientist, an academic, a consultant and a peer – have explained to parliamentarians why proposals to legalise assisted suicide would put disabled people’s lives at risk. All four told a meeting of the all-party parliamentary […]

Friends pay tribute to tenacity, wit and wisdom of Sir Bert Massie

By John Pring on 18th January 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Friends pay tribute to tenacity, wit and wisdom of Sir Bert Massie
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Disabled campaigners, MPs and peers have come together to celebrate the “wise counsel, charm and achievements” of the “remarkable” Sir Bert Massie, the former chair of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) throughout its seven years, who died in October. The memorial […]

Airlines have ‘moral duty’ on wheelchair damage

By John Pring on 16th June 2016 Category: Transport

Airlines have ‘moral duty’ on wheelchair damage
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The equality watchdog’s disability commissioner has told UK airlines to “show leadership” and promise to pay full compensation to disabled passengers whose mobility equipment is damaged in transit. Lord [Chris] Holmes spoke out after it emerged that airlines were still relying […]

Harper stays silent over his “totally unacceptable” office access measures

By John Pring on 20th March 2015 Category: Politics

Harper stays silent over his “totally unacceptable” office access measures
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The minister for disabled people has been heavily criticised for failing to ensure that his constituency office is accessible to disabled people, after Disability News Service (DNS) confirmed that a ramp used by his staff is potentially unsafe. One leading disabled […]

‘Charter for change’ aims to reverse fall in sporting activity

By John Pring on 28th February 2015 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

‘Charter for change’ aims to reverse fall in sporting activity
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A new “charter for change” that aims to boost the number of disabled people taking part in sport and physical activity has been launched at the House of Commons. The Charter for Change was launched by the English Federation of Disability […]

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