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DRUK suggests questions to ask parliamentary candidates
Disability Rights UK blog post, 2 May 2017: Three questions to ask your parliamentary candidates We as disabled people make up 1 in 5 of the UK population – that is all of us living with an impairment or long-term … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, General election
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Online campaign ‘could enable disabled people to affect election outcome’
Disability news service blog post, by John Pring, 27 April 2017: Online campaign ‘could enable disabled people to affect election outcome’ Activists hope a new non-partisan online campaign – based on a successful US user-led movement – could finally enable … Continue reading
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Tagged #CripTheVoteUK, disability, Disability news service, General election, John Pring
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Call for bus firms to provide more wheelchair spaces
BBC news article, by Paul Heaney, 3 Mar 2017: Call for bus firms to provide more wheelchair spaces Disability campaigners in Wales have called for bus companies to be forced to provide at least two wheelchair spaces. Current rules require … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridgend Coalition of Disabled People, bus travel, Department of Transport, disability
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Wales TUC & workplace diversity survey
The Wales Trades Union Congress (TUC) is investigating how Welsh employers meet the needs of a diverse workforce. Diversity is about recognising, valuing and taking account of people’s different backgrounds, abilities, knowledge, skills, and experiences, and encouraging and using those differences to … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, disability employment, diversity in the workplace, survey, Wales Trades Union Congress, Wales TUC
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Green Paper & consultation on transforming employment prospects for disabled & ill people
Disability Rights UK blog post, 2 November 2016: Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper This green paper sets out the government’s proposals on ways to halve the disability employment gap disabled people and people with long-term health … Continue reading
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Tagged consultation, Department of Work and Pensions, disability, Disability Rights UK, disabled jobseekers, DWP, employment, Green paper
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A patient’s experience of ME/CFS and gaslighting
The Mighty blog post, by Siobhan Simper, 18 Oct 2016: We cannot continue to let doctors ‘Gaslight’ chronic illness patients Author’s warning: This post contains experiences of gaslighting and abuse. Recently, I saw an all-too-common meme on social media: the inspirational disabled … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, gaslighting, mental health, Siobhan Simper, The mighty
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Rewriting the script – improving Welsh TV & film industry opportunities for all
Diverse Cymru announcement: Rewriting the Script Join Diverse Cymru for engagement events with production companies, casting agencies, education providers, funders, diverse community organisations, and diverse talent to discuss changing working practises in film and TV to reflect the diverse talent … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, Diverse Cymru, film production, TV production
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What would help people with ME get into politics?
New Statesman article, by David Skuzbee, 11 August 2016: Don’t forget the most under-represented group in our democracy – disabled people Roughly 16 per cent of working age adults are living with a limiting long-term illness, impairment, or disability, but … Continue reading
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Tagged David Skuzbee, disability, Lucy Seymour-Smith, Mathy Selvakumaran, New Statesman, Paul Maynard, politics
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Higher education guide for people with a health condition or disability
Disability Rights UK blog post: Our Into Higher Education guide can help you. Into Higher Education is a guide for anyone with a health condition, learning difficulty or disability, thinking about studying in higher education starting September 2016. This guide aims … Continue reading
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The psychological impact of dependency in adults with CFS/ME
Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis can limit functional capacity, producing various degrees of disability and psychological distress. Semi-structured interviews explored the experiences of adults with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis being physically dependent on other people for help in daily … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, physical dependancy, psychological distress
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