DISREGARDING DIAGNOSIS KILLS
11th September 2016 a feature article by – Mo Stewart As a concept, it’s extraordinary. As a political policy, it’s a killer.
11th September 2016 a feature article by – Mo Stewart As a concept, it’s extraordinary. As a political policy, it’s a killer.
September 8th 2016 John Pring Disability News Service Disabled peers have demanded that the government rips up its “frustrating”, “clichéd”
Continue readingGovernment must rip up response to Equality Act report, say disabled peers
18th August 2016 Problems with the flawed computer system used to deal with claims for the government’s new disability benefit
18th August 2016 Nearly a third of employees who have lost their jobs in an HM Revenue and Customs
Continue readingNearly one in three staff laid off by HMRC are disabled, says union
August18th 2016 Public transport providers and local authorities are using loopholes in legislation to avoid their legal obligations to
Continue readingBus companies ‘using loopholes’ to evade access laws
11th August 2016 Disabled activists are to hold a week of action to coincide with the start of the Rio
Continue readingDPAC will use Paralympics to highlight austerity impact in week of action
4th August 2016 John Pring Disability News Service A disabled campaigner has launched a new photo-based website that has put
Continue readingAccess website’s inclusive solution after one man’s lifetime of photography
4th August 2016 John Pring Disability News Service A disabled man was left to survive on the streets of London
Continue readingHomeless ordeal of disabled man forced onto streets by hospital
Angry campaigners have attacked the government’s new hate crime action plan for its “totally disrespectful” failure to address problems
Continue readingGovernment’s hate crime plan’s ‘unforgiveable’ failure on disability
Disabled campaigners have given mixed reviews to a new version of the government’s Disability Confident employment scheme, with one saying
Continue readingRebooted Disability Confident ‘is shockingly bad’
A disabled solicitor has accused his governing body of forcing him to abandon disabled clients without legal representation, after it
Continue readingLaw centre’s disabled clients ‘abandoned’ by governing body
Campaigners are calling for people to boycott workfare users this week after a long court battle to get those taking
Continue readingCampaigners Call for Boycott Of Workfare Slave Labourers
Organisations that represent disabled people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities face blatant and widespread discrimination at the hands
Continue readingFunding drought ‘shows up discrimination faced by BME groups’
The equality watchdog has earned cautious approval for its response to recommendations made by a House of Lords committee that
Continue readingEHRC earns cautious approval for response to Equality Act report
A campaigning alliance has called for disabled people and their organisations to join its fight to use the UN disability
Continue readingROFA’s conference hears call to build a stronger alliance
Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they
Continue readingDelayed UN examination of UK government ‘will take place next year’
One of Britain’s biggest stars from the London 2012 Paralympics has said she is “scared” that she will lose her
Continue readingCockroft’s fear of PIP reassessment and losing independence as she heads for Rio
One of the two prospective candidates to challenge UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been accused over his record
Continue readingOwen Smith challenged over disability record
Three disabled activists who took the government to court in an unsuccessful bid to stop the closure of the Independent
Continue readingDPAC joins ILF court case trio in call for Labour to back Corbyn
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