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Coronavirus: No 10 faces legal action threat over inaccessible information

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: No 10 faces legal action threat over inaccessible information
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A disabled campaigner has warned the UK government that its failure to provide vital public health information about the pandemic crisis in an accessible format is risking the lives of blind and partially-sighted people. Rachael Andrews, who uses screen-reading software, has […]

University leaves disabled student segregated at the back of lectures

By John Pring on 13th February 2020 Category: Education

University leaves disabled student segregated at the back of lectures
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A disabled student has been left “isolated” and “segregated” by her university’s failure to make her lectures accessible to her. Sarah-Marie Da Silva, a first-year zoology student and a wheelchair-user, has been trying since her first day on the course to […]

Tens of thousands of disabled workers ‘let down by equality law enforcement failure’

By John Pring on 21st November 2019 Category: Employment

Tens of thousands of disabled workers ‘let down by equality law enforcement failure’
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Tens of thousands of disabled workers are being let down by the government’s failure to ensure equality laws are enforced in the workplace, according to a new report. The Let’s be Reasonable report by UNISON, based on nearly 2,900 survey responses […]

Disabled governor’s anger over hospital’s parking charges sparks new campaign

By John Pring on 11th July 2019 Category: Transport

Disabled governor’s anger over hospital’s parking charges sparks new campaign
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A disabled governor of a leading London hospital has accused its executives of arrogance and a “disgraceful” lack of compassion after they decided to start charging holders of blue badges to use their carpark. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust […]

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 […]

Equality Act does not apply abroad, says British Council, after sacking disabled teacher

By John Pring on 7th March 2019 Category: Employment

Equality Act does not apply abroad, says British Council, after sacking disabled teacher
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The government-funded body that promotes the UK’s culture and education abroad has sacked a disabled teacher, despite its own internal investigation concluding that it failed to provide her with the reasonable adjustments she needed to do her job. The British Council, […]

DWP ‘refused reasonable adjustments for community recruits’

By John Pring on 21st February 2019 Category: Employment

DWP ‘refused reasonable adjustments for community recruits’
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) repeatedly failed to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people who were recruited to build bridges between jobcentres and the local community, it has been claimed. But the department also appears to be set to […]

Disabled woman forced to quit job by ‘Disability Confident’ government

By John Pring on 28th September 2017 Category: Employment

Disabled woman forced to quit job by ‘Disability Confident’ government
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A disabled woman has been forced to quit her job because two “Disability Confident” government organisations refused to allow her to use one of the parking spaces close to the offices where she worked. Leonora Bateman worked for a company wholly […]

Disabled people ‘denied access to justice by failure of judges on reasonable adjustments’

By John Pring on 11th May 2017 Category: Human Rights

Disabled people ‘denied access to justice by failure of judges on reasonable adjustments’
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Disabled people are being denied access to justice because of judges’ failure to make the reasonable adjustments that would make the court process accessible to them, according to a disabled human rights barrister. John Horan said the legal profession was failing […]

Employers ‘reluctant’ to provide adjustments in zero hours culture

By John Pring on 24th November 2016 Category: Employment

Employers ‘reluctant’ to provide adjustments in zero hours culture
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The growth of zero hours contracts is making it even harder for disabled workers to secure the reasonable adjustments they need to do their jobs, “valuable” new research suggests. Employers are displaying a “strong reluctance” to make reasonable adjustments for disabled […]

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