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The Nazis’ First Victims Were Disabled People ~ By Kenny Fries

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 JJ

The Nazis’ First Victims Were Disabled People ~ By Kenny Fries in The New York Times : ‘I first

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#Human Catastrophe, A.S., Assessments, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Capita, DWP, Human Rights, PIP

To live and die with a terminal illness in today’s Tory Britain – By A.S.

April 6, 2018 JJ

Reblogged with Permission of A.S. I cannot explain adequately what it is like to be terminally ill. To be told

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Access To work, Action On Disability, British Deaf Association, Conservatives, Disability Justice Project, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Ellen Clifford, Ester McVey, Human Rights, Inclusion London, StopChanges2AtW campaign, Tory. Tories, Tracey Lazard, UK Council on Deafness (UKCoD)

Access to Work cap announcement ‘does not go far enough’

March 23, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 22nd March 2018 The government’s decision to loosen its restrictions on Access to Work

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#Human Catastrophe, Atos, Capita, DWP, Frank Field, Heidi Allen, Maximus, PIP, Tory. Tories, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

Benefit assessment system undermined by culture of mistrust, say MPs

February 15, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 The disability benefit assessment system is being undermined by a “pervasive

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DWP, MHRN, MInd, Work & Health programme

Open letter from mental health activists probes charity’s links to DWP

January 26, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 25th January 2018 Disabled activists have called on the charity Mind to explain how

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Department of Health (DH), National Suicide Prevention Alliance, Samaritans

Samaritans refuses to criticise government over suicide report’s ESA failings

December 22, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 A mental health charity has refused to criticise the government for

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Atos, Conservatives, PIP, Tory. Tories, Work and Pensions Select Committee

Court orders Atos to pay disabled woman £5,000 over dishonest PIP assessment

December 22, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 A court has ruled that a disabled woman should be

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Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Denise McKenna, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Dr Jay Watts, DWP, Frank Field, John McArdle, Linda Burnip, MHRN, Mo Stewart, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

Fury over MPs’ refusal to quiz minister on ‘staggering’ WCA suicide figures

December 22, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 “Furious” disabled campaigners have attacked MPs on a Commons committee

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#Human Catastrophe, Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Anita Bellows, Assessments, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, David Gawke, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Dr Jay Watts, DWP, John McArdle

Shocking’ NHS stats show nearly half ESA claimants have attempted suicide

December 1, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service November 30th 2017 “Shocking” NHS statistics have revealed that almost half of the people

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DRUK, DWP, EHRC, Ellen Clifford, Inclusion London, Pats Petition, Rick Burgess, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations, WOW Campaign

Watchdog’s report shows impact of years of ‘hostile’ cuts on disabled people

November 24, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 Families which include both a disabled adult and a disabled child

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Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, ILF Fund, Independant Living Alternatives, Linda Burnip, Phillip Hammond

Chancellor ignores social care, weeks after UN’s independent living warning

November 24, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 Disabled campaigners have criticised the chancellor’s failure to provide any

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Conservatives, disAbility Cornwall & lsles of Scilly, Penny Mordaunt, Peter Beresford, Sarah Newton MP, Shaping our Lives, UN, UNCRPD, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

New minister for disabled people criticised by her local DPO over voting record

November 17, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 The new minister for disabled people is facing criticism over her

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Black Triangle Campaign, John McArdle, Johnathan Ashworth, Labour Party, Peter Beresford, Shaping our Lives, Social Care

Research linking care cuts to 120,000 deaths ‘is fresh evidence austerity kills’

November 17, 2017November 19, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 “Indisputable” new research has linked government cuts in adult social care

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ADAPT (USA), DAN, ROFA, Sean McGovern, TUC

Summit hears calls on direct action, assessment boycotts and hate crime

November 10, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 9th November 2017 A new handbook on direct action, a national day of action

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Sisters of Frida, UNCRPD

‘Shocking’ case of disabled woman trapped in care home that wants to evict her

November 10, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 9th November 2017 A young disabled woman has been unable to leave a

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#Human Catastrophe, Conservatives, CRPD, Jeane Freeman, Penny Mordaunt, SNP, UNCRPD, United Nations

Scottish Governments Final Report on the Impact of Welfare Cuts

November 7, 2017 JJ

The shocking rise of childhood poverty(UK data), with all its associated harms, which will take us back 20 years. From

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David Gawke, Deidre Brock, EHRC, ODI, Penny Mordaunt, UN, UNCRPD, United Nations

UK wants to promote its disability policies to rest of the world, says Mordaunt

October 20, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service October 19th 2017 The minister for disabled people has dismissed a damning

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#Human Catastrophe, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Gail Ward, Tory. Tories, Universal Credit

Preying On The Weak And Vulnerable

October 14, 2017 JJ

Reblogged from Morning Star The government is acting like an abusive partner with claimants, whom it can beat at

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Access To work, DWP, Ellen Clifford, Inclusion London, StopChanges2AtW campaign

DWP ‘manipulated Access to Work figures to hide cuts and harassment’

October 12, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 12th October 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused

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Labour conference: Student forced to crowdfund pain-free wheelchair

October 2, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 A disabled student has told Labour’s annual party conference that she

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