Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
A government contractor has told a traumatised abuse survivor he must be reassessed for employment and support allowance (ESA), just
Continue readingDWP piles WCA demand onto ‘humiliated’ abuse survivor
While the country is entrenched in the mire of the EU referendum fallout, the Tories have just been slammed
Disabled activists are calling on the UN to take action after elections to the 18-strong committee that oversees the implementation
Continue readingElection leaves UN disability committee with 17 men and just one woman
A police force has launched an internal review of its treatment of disabled people, after it was forced to refer
Continue readingPolice force faces two watchdog probes over treatment of autistic people
A minister has been urged to resign, after he threatened a traumatised child abuse survivor – who is waiting
Continue readingTomlinson faces call to resign over PIP harassment of child abuse survivor
Official figures suggest that a new appeal stage introduced for unsuccessful claimants has been little more than a delaying tactic
Continue readingFirst figures on ESA mandatory reconsideration ‘show it is just a delaying tactic’
Most mental health service-users are still deeply divided about identifying with the social model of disability, but still favour moving
Continue readingReport finds support for efforts to find a social model of mental distress
Disabled people have been urged to recognise the importance of the European Union (EU) in maintaining and building on their
Continue readingEU laws ‘have played crucial role’ in fight for disability rights
Four-fifths of disabled teachers face harassment and discrimination at the hands of head teachers and other senior managers, disabled
Continue readingTUC Disabled Workers Conference: ‘Most disabled teachers face harassment’
Appalled activists protested outside a London premiere last night after describing the film as a “disability snuff movie” that suggests
Continue readingActivists protest outside premiere of ‘disability snuff movie’
A disabled parent has accused his local authority of discriminating against him by refusing to take his access needs
Continue readingSchool admissions process ‘discriminates against disabled parents’
No civilian has any comprehension of life in British military forces, or the impact of the removal of that
By Raya Al Jadir New research will investigate the “untold stories” of disabled lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
Continue readingResearch will examine the ‘untold stories’ of LGBT service-users
Updated from: http://loopys-rollingwiththepunches.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/iain-duncan-smith-legacy.html The following is a list of policies and damning court decisions and findings undertaken under
The increasing death toll due to the loss of benefits Thank to Maggie Zolobajluk @22magoo for her support in this extremely
Continue readingThe increasing death toll due to the loss of benefits
Leaving the European Union (EU) would put at risk significant improvements that have been made to the lives of disabled
Continue readingDisabled people are ‘stronger and safer’ in EU, say leading academics
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing claims that it is deliberately misleading benefit claimants into thinking
Continue readingDWP ‘is deliberately misleading’ benefit claimants over PIP deadline
Lawyers, campaigners, peers and academics have spoken of how disabled people can find it almost impossible to enforce their rights
The government has told the equality watchdog that it plans to slash its budget again, even though the financial year
Continue readingGovernment set to slash equality watchdog’s budget… again
Disabled campaigners are calling for the resignation of the equality watchdog’s disability commissioner, the disabled Tory peer Lord [Chris] Holmes,
Continue readingTory peer faces calls to quit as EHRC commissioner over support for WRAG cuts