Tag Archives: Disability Rights UK
Wheelchair users bus travel survey results reveals safety issues
Disability Rights UK blog post, 30 June 2016: Wheelchair users bus travel survey results Helen Dolphin MBE created a survey designed to find out the opinions and views of wheelchair users using the bus. Here are the results. The report … Continue reading
Disability rights post-referendum
Disability Rights UK Statement on the referendum result, 24 June 2016 DR UK will fight for disabled people’s rights following the Referendum. After a long night of Referendum results, we understand the depth of feeling about the Referendum, on all … Continue reading
Kerbs count in PIP mobility test
Disability Rights UK news item: Kerbs count in PIP mobility test, 1 June 2016: PIP mobility test must take into account ability to negotiate kerbs A new legal judgment published today holds that the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) “moving around” … Continue reading
DRUK wants to interview disabled self-employed people
Self-employed? Disabled? Disability Rights UK wants to interview you, 03 June 2016 They are looking for someone who has chosen self-employment as a means of more successfully accommodating their disability than employment. They are interested in capturing the difficulties you encountered in employment … Continue reading
Help improve disability awareness training provided to bus drivers
Disability Rights UK blog post, 13 May 2016: Assessing disability awareness training provided to bus drivers The Department for Transport (DfT) is looking to assess the impact and quality of the disability awareness training provided to bus and coach drivers … Continue reading
Moving from DLA to PIP: impact survey needs participants
Disability Rights UK news report, 11 May 2016: Moving from DLA to PIP: DBC impact survey 11 May 2016 This Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) survey is about the experiences of people who were claiming Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and then … Continue reading
Benefit cap hurts disabled people and carers
Disability Rights UK reports on 5 May 2016 that: Benefit cap hurts disabled people and carers The latest benefit cap figures show effect on disabled people and carers. View DWP statistics At February 2016, of those capped households: 14 % … Continue reading
Disability employment gap inquiry launched
Disability Rights UK article, 4 April 2016: Disability employment gap inquiry launched The Work and Pensions Committee launches an inquiry into the Government’s commitment to halve the “disability employment gap” – the difference in employment rates between disabled and non-disabled … Continue reading
