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Disabled students ‘face appalling barriers’ at latest university to face discrimination claims

By John Pring on 13th August 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled students ‘face appalling barriers’ at latest university to face discrimination claims
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Disabled students have launched a new campaign aimed at convincing their university to address the discrimination they face on campus. They say the University of Exeter (pictured) is plagued by access barriers and a failure to provide reasonable adjustments under the […]

Coronavirus: Pandemic crisis has entrenched social isolation, research finds

By John Pring on 21st May 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Pandemic crisis has entrenched social isolation, research finds
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New user-led research has highlighted how the coronavirus crisis has entrenched social isolation among many disabled people. More than three-fifths (61 per cent) of the disabled people questioned by disAbility Cornwall & Isles of Scilly (DCIS) said they felt socially isolated, […]

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