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Sir Bert Massie

Should DRC rise again? Sir Bert asks in posthumous autobiography

By John Pring on 30th May 2019 Category: Human Rights

Should DRC rise again? Sir Bert asks in posthumous autobiography
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An autobiography by one of the most influential disabled people of the last 50 years – published posthumously – could ignite calls for the return of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), 12 years after it was merged into a new equality […]

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 […]

Charities ‘must do more’ to support direct action anti-austerity activists, says DPO chair

By John Pring on 7th December 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Charities ‘must do more’ to support direct action anti-austerity activists, says DPO chair
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Disability charities must do more to support the disabled activists who are fighting austerity through direct action protests, according to a leading figure in the disabled people’s movement. Jackie Driver, who has chaired the Manchester-based disabled people’s organisation Breakthrough UK for […]

Sir Bert Massie: Tributes to ‘a life committed to disabled people’s liberation’

By John Pring on 19th October 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Sir Bert Massie: Tributes to ‘a life committed to disabled people’s liberation’
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Tributes have been paid to Sir Bert Massie, the chair of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) throughout its seven years, who made a “fundamental” contribution to disabled people’s liberation, and who died this week. His other appointments included time as a […]

Scrapping EHRC disability commissioner role ‘risks sidelining disability’

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

Scrapping EHRC disability commissioner role ‘risks sidelining disability’
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The “rash” decision to scrap the role of disability commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) will make it harder for the watchdog to stand up to attacks on disabled people’s rights, according to two former commissioners. Both Baroness […]

Concern as minister appoints Tory peer as equality watchdog’s disability lead

By John Pring on 27th April 2017 Category: Politics

Concern as minister appoints Tory peer as equality watchdog’s disability lead
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The government’s decision to appoint a second consecutive Tory peer to lead on the equality watchdog’s work on disabled people’s rights could put its status as a leading international human rights institution in jeopardy, according to a former commissioner. In a […]

Concerns after patient website is flooded with Whizz-Kidz five-star reviews

By John Pring on 18th February 2016 Category: Independent Living

Concerns after patient website is flooded with Whizz-Kidz five-star reviews
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Industry figures have raised concerns about a healthcare ratings website that has allowed a wheelchair charity to submit a string of glowing reviews about its own services. The Posture and Mobility Group and the National Wheelchair Managers Forum have sent a […]

Tributes paid to campaigner’s ‘steely determination, selflessness and dignity’

By John Pring on 21st January 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Tributes paid to campaigner’s ‘steely determination, selflessness and dignity’
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Friends and fellow activists have paid tribute to the anti-euthanasia and disability rights campaigner Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick, whose life and death “epitomised the true meaning of dignity”. Fitzpatrick – who died on 15 January, leaving a wife, Fabienne, and three adopted […]

Shadow minister set for disability equality road trip

By John Pring on 11th December 2015 Category: Politics

Shadow minister set for disability equality road trip
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A Labour shadow minister is to travel the country to ask disabled people for their help in designing a 21st-century social security system. Debbie Abrahams, the shadow minister for disabled people, launched her “disability equality roadshow” last week at a parliamentary […]

Family fraud ‘explosion’ highlights fears of assisted suicide opponents

By John Pring on 7th August 2015 Category: Human Rights

Family fraud ‘explosion’ highlights fears of assisted suicide opponents
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An “explosion” of cases in which greedy relatives commit fraud by targeting members of their own family provides further evidence of why assisted suicide should not be legalised, say disabled activists. One of the strongest arguments for opposing legalisation is the […]

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