Richard Rieser

Education

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September 27, 2018 0

Labour conference: Party forced to reconsider approach to inclusive education

Labour will be forced to think again about its approach to inclusive education, after concerns raised by a prominent disabled activist received resounding backing from party members. Richard Rieser told the party’s annual conference in Liverpool that part of a key policy document should not be approved because it did not commit Labour to

Education

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July 26, 2018 0

Global Disability Summit: Anger over Mordaunt’s bid to redefine inclusive education

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International development secretary Penny Mordaunt has been labelled a hypocrite and an embarrassment after attempting to redefine inclusive education at the international disability summit she was hosting in east London. Penny Mordaunt’s government was already facing criticism from across the UK disabled people’s movement for its “blatant attempt to divert attention from its own

Human Rights

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July 26, 2018 0

Global Disability Summit: Disability Rights UK ‘betrayed movement’ with speech

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A national disabled people’s organisation is facing accusations that it “betrayed” the UK disability movement after its deputy chief executive failed to condemn the government’s record on rights at a major international gathering of disabled people. Sue Bott was sharing the stage with a senior government civil servant less than a year after the

Education

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November 24, 2016

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New web resource brings eugenicist history of long-stay hospitals to life

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Campaigners hope that a new website will educate children – and their teachers – about the “eugenicist agitation” that led to tens of thousands of people with learning difficulties being incarcerated for life throughout much of the twentieth century. The new educational resource* is built around the film No Longer Shut Up (pictured), which tells

Education

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April 21, 2016

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Traumatised disabled teacher says council allowed bullying to continue

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A maths teacher who was told by managers after she became disabled that if she had been a horse she would have been “taken out and shot” has spoken of a campaign of bullying and harassment that left her traumatised and suicidal. Catherine Scarlett (pictured) spoke out this week after an Ofsted report found

Arts, Culture and Sport

Liz Carr head and shoulders, as the character Clarissa Mullery

October 30, 2015

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History month could pressure government on media portrayal

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By Raya Al Jadir Organisers of the UK’s annual disability history month hope this year’s event will pressure the government into living up to its responsibility to promote the positive portrayal of disabled people in the media. UK Disability History Month (UKDHM), which runs from 22 November to 22 December, will look at how

Education

March 27, 2015

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Greens highlight Labour inclusion flaws at hustings, after Tory and Lib Dem no-show

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Campaigners have accused the Labour party of sharing the government’s appetite for segregating disabled children in special schools. Shadow minister Steve McCabe (pictured, right) was repeatedly criticised for Labour’s refusal to oppose the coalition’s policies on inclusive education, at a pre-election hustings event hosted by the Alliance for Inclusive Education. Labour and the Greens

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Labour conference: Party forced to reconsider approach to inclusive education

Global Disability Summit: Anger over Mordaunt’s bid to redefine inclusive education

Global Disability Summit: Disability Rights UK ‘betrayed movement’ with speech

New web resource brings eugenicist history of long-stay hospitals to life

Traumatised disabled teacher says council allowed bullying to continue

History month could pressure government on media portrayal

Greens highlight Labour inclusion flaws at hustings, after Tory and Lib Dem no-show