Disabled activists have welcomed the decision of doctors to vote strongly against relaxing their union’s position on physician-assisted suicide. The […]
Only about seven in 10 disabled people who were previously claiming disability living allowance (DLA) […]
Disabled activists are calling on the UN to take action after elections to the 18-strong committee that oversees the implementation […]
A police force has launched an internal review of its treatment of disabled people, after it was forced to refer […]
A minister has been urged to resign, after he threatened a traumatised child abuse survivor – who is waiting […]
Four-fifths of disabled teachers face harassment and discrimination at the hands of head teachers and other senior managers, disabled […]
A disabled parent has accused his local authority of discriminating against him by refusing to take his access needs […]
A traumatised child abuse victim has branded the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) “shameful” for trying to force him […]
In a Debate after the Queens speech Deidre Brock MP said the following at 8.58; https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-05-18/debates/16051856000002/DebateOnTheAddress#contribution-16051881000088 “Let me offer […]
A police force already under investigation for disability hate crime failures when dealing with a young autistic man is now […]
A string of user-led organisations have warned that the government’s “horrifying” plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace […]
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